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A conversation with Robert D. Hicks, who led the development of the Mütter Museum’s Spit Spreads Death exhibit, about how the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic compares to COVID-19, and what we can learn from the past.

Youth for Black Lives, an independent Philadelphia activist group, marched from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to City Hall on Sunday, Aug. 2 to protest racism in Philadelphia schools.

In a hearing on Philadelphia’s path towards economic recovery, testimony from officials stressed plans to make the new economy more fair.

In anticipation of the presidential election on Aug. 9 in Belarus, protestors assembled at the Art Museum to protest the Belarusian government.

Quarantine hasn’t stopped some Philadelphia kids from spending time with their favorite librarian. Dana Giusti, the children’s librarian at Mt. Airy’s Lovett Library has hosted virtual story times over Facebook Live for children since the

The library will make tools ranging from circular saws to spotlights borrowable for up to one week, for a small fee.

The protest followed demonstrations in which police used tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets against civilians. Organizers demanded Mayor Kenney resign in response and for the police to be defunded.

Measures include a lengthy extension of the city’s eviction moratorium and the waiving of all late fees on rent.