Group Violence Intervention offers shooters a way out

By TaRhonda Thomas and Maia Rosenfeld

“We want to be able to tell you that we value your life, you don’t need this kind of street life, we have services for you,” said Caterina Roman,...

New podcast highlights the journey of Philadelphia shooting survivor

In a new podcast for Kouvenda Media called Stronger Every Day: Healing After Gun Violence, citizen journalist Tashawn Strother tells the...

'It's breaking people': Gas prices continue to soar with no relief in sight

By Katherine Scott

 “What is happening right now, is not totally unheard of, but not at this rate what we are seeing, we haven’t seen the price at this rate so...

Journalists, it’s time to show the bodies of mass shooting victims

By David Boardman and Amy Goldberg

“One of us has seen dead bodies hundreds of times in her daily work. The other only at funerals and a few car accidents. One of us works in a...

Gun violence isn’t inevitable. It’s a policy choice

By Jerry Ratcliffe

“In the past, we have relied too heavily on policing as our solution to violence reduction. But we don’t want to cut back too much, either. On-the...

Experts say Nashville won’t recoup money from building a new stadium with taxpayer dollars

By BLAISE GAINEY

Michael Leeds, who specializes in sports economics at Temple University, says buying a new stadium is more like buying a present. “If Nashville...

School Lotteries Are Not The Answer

By PESHE KURILOFF

“There should be places for all hard-working students in settings that enable them to fulfill their potential. Hundreds of students on waiting...

China ‘testing’ Tokyo with underwater survey off Japan’s coast, analysts say

By Julian Ryall

“China is not breaking the letter of the law and this (the latest vessel) is not as serious as Chinese government ships entering Japanese...

Wall Street Bets and Gamestop stock, revisited

 Remember early last year when stocks like GameStop and AMC went through the roof, powered by people from the subreddit Wall Street Bets? Meme...

Philly residents affected by gun violence will be researching the root causes of the crisis

By Sammy Caiola

Experts say gun violence research is underfunded compared to other public health issues. Caterina Roman, a criminal justice researcher at Temple...

Astronaut Blood Samples Continue To Shed Light On The Health Risks Of Spaceflight

By Allison Gasparini

As Raj Kishore, the vice chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at Temple University and a co-author on the paper explained, a person...

Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey Hosts Roundtable Discussion At Temple University

Casey met with students from the Enough is Enough group at Temple University’s campus on Monday. He says any legislation that's expected to get...

After anti-violence protest, Philadelphia students get meeting with Sen. Casey

By Tom MacDonald

Casey met with members of the group Enough is Enough at Temple University’s campus and told them the Senate was in part to blame for the violence...

The Creators: Temple alum envisions wellness center growing from activewear startup

By Lisa Dukart

 Rebecca Ardekani didn’t initially plan on launching her own business. With a degree in tourism and hospitality from Temple University, her plans...

Examples of implicit media bias that should make you stop and think

Is the media biased? Allegations of political bias happen every day just about everywhere you look, but there are other examples of bias that are...

Skirmishes over medication abortion renews debate on state vs. federal powers

By Victoria Knight

In other words, “FDA policy governing mifepristone could preempt states’ ban of medication abortion,” said Rachel Rebouché, interim dean of Temple...

The blue city playbook for defying abortion bans

By Cassidy Morrison

“Potentially, you will see this catch on,” said Rachel Rebouche, the interim dean of the Temple University Beasley School of Law. “It's something...

FDA abortion pill policy may preempt state restrictions, say legal scholars: ‘We need to push the boundaries and see what sticks

By Carrie N. Baker

Temple University law professor Rachel Rebouché agrees. “There’s an argument to be made that since mifepristone is only approved to terminate a...

A disturbing new pattern in mass shootings: Young assailants

By Glenn Thrush and Matt Richtel

 “Why are a disproportionate number of crimes committed by males in their late teens and early 20s?” asked Laurence Steinberg, a professor of...

A guide to exercise after surgery

By Lisa Esposito

It’s up to the surgeon’s discretion how long you should wait to exercise after an operation like gastric bypass, says Renza-Stingone, a bariatric...

Why South Korea's marine survey in disputed waters is vexing Japan

By Julian Ryall

James Brown, an associate professor of international relations at the Tokyo campus of Temple University, agrees that Yoon will be desperate not to...

They got the debt, but not the degree

By Tara Siegel Bernard

Exactly how many borrowers fit that description is unclear, but it appears to happen frequently. Nearly 40% of full-time undergraduates who...

RealLIST Connectors 2022: Get to know 22 leaders making Philly’s tech and biz ecosystem stronger

By Paige Gross

For the third year in a row, Technical.ly Philly set out to build its RealLIST Connectors, the “who’s who” to look toward if you want to raise...

Should news outlets publish gruesome photos of gun violence victims?

By Joel Mathis

“It’s time—with the permission of a surviving parent—to show what a slaughtered 7-year-old looks like,” Temple University’s Klein College Dean...

Temple’s Khalif Battle withdraws from NBA draft and plans a return to Owls

By Sam Cohn

Khalif Battle is returning to Temple. The guard announced on social media Wednesday afternoon that he’ll be returning for his junior season after...