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Tacony: Tool Library Launches, Offering Affordable Access to Home Improvement

July 10, 2020Miles Wall

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

Center City

Center City: Demonstrators Rally, March Onto I-676 to Protest Police Violence

July 7, 2020Jordan Holycross

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.

City Hall

City Hall: Council Approves New Renter Protections

June 26, 2020Miles Wall

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

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Neighborhoods

Riverfront: Along the Waterfront, a New Deal Era Tour Revisited

May 27, 2020Maxwell Klemmer

As part of the stimulus of the New Deal, President Franklin Deleano Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration (WPA) employed thousands of writers under the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP). One of the primary achievements of the FWP

Amateur Sports

Overbrook: High School Wrestler Reflects on Career, Friends, and Future

May 18, 2020Jonathan Michalski and Winston Harris

With the help of Beat the Streets, Daishawn Tilghman found a passion that will carry him on to college.

Cedar Park

Cedar Park: Folk Herbalist Helps Black and Brown Communities

May 4, 2020Mydia Alonso

Folk herbalist and energy worker Desiree Thompson offers black and brown communities an opportunity at unconventional methods of healing. Clients go to Thompson’s shop, Nana Catherine’s Apothecary, for the array of services she can offer them that they otherwise not be able to get anywhere else in the city of Philadelphia.

City Hall

City Hall: 911 Dispatchers Voice Concerns About Understaffing, Disaster Response

April 30, 2020Marissa Howe

Dispatchers spoke about challenges they face on the job that could impact public safety

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COVID-19

New Jersey: Navigating Insurance Claims During COVID-19

April 23, 2020Christopher Malo

Our special reporting on COVID-19 may focus on communities outside Philadelphia, as many of our student journalists are now located outside of the city. Instead, our reporters will cover how the coronavirus is impacting their

COVID-19

Kensington: How the Kensington Community Food Co-op has Adjusted to COVID-19

April 20, 2020Emma Goldhaber and Claudia Estrada

Kensington Food Co-op manger Mike Richards said the store must adhere to new coronavirus safety guidelines while keeping co-op members and employees safe.

COVID-19

Oxford Circle: Northeast Philadelphia Association Steps Up in Time of Need

April 7, 2020Christopher Malo

The Oxford Circle Community Development Association usually focuses on employment, job training, and mentoring — but these days, it’s handing out food. As the nation tries to slow the spread of COVID-19, people have been

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