🧑‍⚖️ The PA Supreme Court’s abortion decision

📝 The State of Philly’s Schools

Yesterday marked the School District of Philadelphia’s first-ever “State of Public Education” address, where Superintendent Tony Watlington discussed progress toward the district’s five-year plan. Here’s a recap. [NBC10]

☕ Black N Brew GoFundMe Deactivated

Organizers shut down a crowdfunding page meant to help the Passyunk Avenue coffee shop with the cost of relocating from its current spot, after the landlord chose not to renew its lease. The GoFundMe disbanded a day after more details about the shop’s debts came to light. [Inquirer 🔒]

• Listen to a 15-minute summary of all the drama that led to this point. [City Cast Philly 🎧]

🪧 Penn Professors Protest

The group Penn Faculty for Justice in Palestine hosted a “die-in” vigil on Monday to bring attention to the Palestinians who’ve been killed in the Israel-Hamas war. [Inquirer 🔒]

• As contentious campus discourse over the war continues, the university’s Faculty Senate Executive Committee last week passed a unanimous resolution emphasizing the importance of “dialogue across differences.” [Daily Pennsylvanian]
• Some faculty members also expressed their concern about the influence of a wealthy alumnus and donor, Marc Rowan, in a 100-person protest last week. [New York Times 🔒]

💊 Former Rite Aid Storefronts Stay Empty

Following the Philly-based pharmacy’s bankruptcy last year, 45 former Rite Aid locations across the region have become vacant spaces — and it’s unclear how quickly those storefronts will be filled with new businesses. [WHYY]

PA Supreme Court's Abortion Ruling, Explained

Earlier this week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling related to abortion access. Technically, the case before the court was about Medicaid. But some of the justices signaled their willingness to make a bigger ruling about reproductive rights in the Commonwealth. City Cast Pittsburgh host Megan Harris breaks this all down with Susan Frietsche, co-executive director of the Women’s Law Project, and Gillian McGoldrick, Pennsylvania state government reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer.