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Temple journalists are covering the local races throughout the city and suburbs. For more information, take a look here at https://www.facebook.com/groups/146061412093532 See more coverage at the following sites with our partner,  WHYY: https://www.newsworks.org/index.php/neighborhoods/roxbourough https://www.newsworks.org/index.php/neighborhoods/mt-airychestnut-hill- https://www.newsworks.org/index.php/neighborhoods/germantownwest-oak-lane [continue reading…]

If you ask Philadelphians what one person embodies the personality of their city, you might be surprised that the answer is a fictional character. Rocky Balboa, Philadelphia’s boxing hero, mirrors the personality of the city: [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/30703045] Three individuals, Meghan Weik, Tim Broderick and Kathleen Grady, all from Philadelphia, know what living in a sustainable way truly means. It’s a concept all of them follow in their daily lives. Their lifestyles [continue reading…]

Glenn Segal is a man who talks fast. Earnestly and fervently dispensing his opinion and gesticulating animatedly while he discusses his novel series, Devine Intervention, he somehow manages to cover everything from the Grateful Dead [continue reading…]

Ly Nguyen’s classroom on the fourth floor of George W. Nebinger School is a place where students can come, plug into their headphones and recognize something familiar: computers. Nguyen’s classroom is currently the only computer [continue reading…]

Every year Temple University brings together high school students from throughout the city for a special program under the guidance of Journalism Professor Maida Odom. Read a .pdf version of the paper that high school [continue reading…]

Former House Speaker John Perzel pleaded guilty on Aug. 30 to eight charges of corruption, theft and conflict of interest for misusing public money for campaign purposes and then trying to cover it up. Perzel, [continue reading…]