North Philadelphia

The Great Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s annual gathering brought together over 75 companies, giving local company owners a platform to network, exchange information, and expand their presence in the community.

For Philadelphia Punk band Froggy, the Trump administrations attacks on queer youth are personal. 

At Carver High School in North Philadelphia students are telling their own stories and combatting stereotypes through journalism.

In Fairhill, rents have risen over the past decade even as thousands of parcels of land sit vacant. This piece follows residents who steward these lots to resist development and examines the policies that quietly reshape daily life—and the people pushing back.

While Philadelphia experiences a historic decline in homicide and murder rates, the trauma of gun violence continues to mark the everyday lives of residents in the city.

The Philly based art collective The Thread creates public spaces for collective grief, using art and community practices to support people navigating loss.

Julius Rodriguez, a Philadelphia native, organized his first showcase of his amateur boxers at Presha Gardens in the Huntington Park area.

On a warm October Sunday inside West Kensington Ministry, 20 people pull up chairs and gather in a circle around the Reverend.  It’s a small church on the corner of Norris Square Park in the heart of North Philadelphia.  The group of congregants is diverse: They are different