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A Haven of Hope for Philadelphia’s Unhoused

March 3, 2025Lauren Haley Morris

By: Tim DePetris Broad Street Love is an organization that serves the impoverished people in Philadelphia. The organization is in an old church in Philadelphia and provides many services such as mailing, mending, food distribution,

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Center City

Heights Philadelphia: Mentoring students for future success

March 3, 2025Lauren Haley Morris

By: Colette Kearney Heights Philadelphia is a result of a merger between Philadelphia Futures and Steppingstone Scholars back in 2022. Starting in middle school and through college, they mentor students preparing them for life after

Chinatown

Chinatown Celebrates Lunar New Year

February 24, 2025Jonathan Jacob Walker

Thick white smoke seeped through the door of Sang Kee Peking Duck House as cheers and the blaring of smoke detectors filled Race Street.  It was Chinese New Year. Firecrackers hung from business awnings exploded,

Arts and Entertainment

Fashion: How Dylan Kepp Brings their Drag Persona “Iris Spectre” To Life

December 30, 2024Marie Schmidt

The drag performer creates all of their own designs, in addition to designing for others.

Neighborhoods

Philly Roller Derby: A Family on Wheels

December 22, 2024Lauren Haley Morris

By: Emily Briggs Philly Roller Derby is more than a team — it’s a family forged on and off the track. Skaters share an unbreakable bond that is rooted in their passion for the sport.

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Business

Chinatown is Not Going Down Without a Fight

December 20, 2024Lynn Choi

In a neighborhood as vibrant and lively as Chinatown, a dismal overcast has been set with the announcement of an arena proposal. 76 Place was first announced in July of 2022, and if approved, is

Arts and Entertainment

Keeping the Arts Alive in Philadelphia Youth

December 20, 2024Joelle Carr

Philadelphia has a long-standing history as a juggernaut of arts and entertainment. Its neighboring status to the national epicenter of the arts, New York City, has always attracted talents of all trades to the city.

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Neighborhoods

The City of Brotherly Litter: A Conversation on Trash in Philadelphia

December 20, 2024Sophia M Battaglia

By Sophia Battaglia In order to further comprehend the effects trash has on the residents of Philadelphia, I sat with Tonya Sears, a woman living in Nicetown North Philly, and asked her about her experience

Neighborhoods

National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Melissa Jest speaks on the future of the John Coltrane House

December 20, 2024Adam Litchkofski

STRAWBERRY MANSION — The John Coltrane House on North 33rd St. in Strawberry Mansion has finally found financial backing after years of uncertainty. In March, the African American Cultural Action Fund (AACHAF), apart of the

Neighborhoods

Peter Sey: A Cambodian American in Philadelphia

December 20, 2024Sujan Upreti

Peter Sey, 22, a resident of North Philadelphia, is a graduate of Olney Charter High School, class of 2021. He is part of a family of four, including his parents and younger sister. Sey’s mother

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  • People stand on a sidewalk beneath a pale gray sky. The street behind them is between two tan stone buildings with floor-to-ceiling glass windows on their ground levels, and the multicolored glass exterior of a parking garage shines further down the street, next to some taller red brick buildings. Glass windows are visible behind the people on the sidewalk. Some of them wear raincoats or windbreakers, and some of them hold umbrellas of various colors. Two men in the right half of the image, one southeast Asian and one white, wear clerical collars. They are all waving wooden rods with thick red ribbons tied to the ends of them in the air. Most of the people present appear to be white and/or over the age of 50. One bearded, middle-aged man in a gray and black windbreaker and black pants points a camera towards the bottom right corner of the image, where a blue banner reads “GOD STANDS WITH THE OPPRESSED.” To the banner’s left, a canvas with a monarch butterfly painted on it is draped over a concrete sidewalk barrier. A blue bicycle is parked behind the man with the camera, and a black car in the street drives past the group of people.
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