Pedestrians walk down the center of Ludlow Street between 10th and 11th streets in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Have a question about Philly’s neighborhoods or the systems that shape them?

It's just a padlock on a Clinton, Iowa, dumpster. But these days, it's also a tool in the war on meth. "It looks like they've been able to install this bar to be able to lock the dumpster," said ...

In 1988, the Supreme Court ruled that police can legally search discarded garbage without a search warrant. Though the case centered on law enforcement, it was a major win for dumpster divers because ...