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HomeAuthorsElla Lathan

Articles by Ella Lathan

Vaux Community Building
Education

Education: Nonprofits Provide Opportunities for Philadelphia Youths

May 11, 2023 Ella Lathan

Nonprofits Provide Opportunities for Philadelphia Youths

Kristen Clark
Education

Education: The School Closures Were Traumatic

May 11, 2023 Ella Lathan

Kristen Clark said that the school closures of 2012 and 2013 were traumatic.

Fulton Elementary
Education

Education: The Lasting Effects of the 2013 School Closures

May 11, 2023 Ella Lathan

Ten years after the School District of Philadelphia closed 24 public schools, the impact looms large.

Inquiry Charter School
Education

Education: Schools Were Closed … but then Returned as Schools

May 11, 2023 Ella Lathan

Schools closed in 2013 have been reborn as schools.

Germantown

Health: The Unseen Cost of an Undiscussed Topic

March 27, 2023 Ella Lathan

The fundamental comfortability and taboo nature of talking about women’s health, and access to knowledge period products, and even care has never served women or menstruating people.

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