Social media can connect people and communities from all around the world. But online social platforms can also be competitive places where unrealistic standards of beauty are praised and diet culture runs rampant. [Read More]
Lauren Hallden from Port Richmond is using a website she created to connect with users in a unique way. Problem Bodies is a site that randomly generates things that are “wrong” with how you look. [Read More]
Being a female leader in the nonprofit sector is difficult, just like it is in many fields. According to a report by the human resources firm Nonprofit HR, women are underrepresented in nonprofit leadership positions, [Read More]
Now the city waits. The bid to land Amazon’s second headquarters has been made, and local tech industry experts believe even if the Seattle-based corporate giant goes elsewhere, it’s been a good experience for city [Read More]
Soft music filled the office of MilkCrate in South Philadelphia. Morgan Berman, the company’s founder and leader, oversaw her team busy at work to help companies and organizations follow the words of Gandhi and “be [Read More]
As more job applications migrate to websites, under-served communities struggle to connect with opportunities. At the Southwest Community Development Corporation and the Paschalville Library branch, new computers purchased with grant money offer applicants a chance to find work [Read More]
Just west of Broad Street on Dickinson Street is Philadelphia Tech Repair. Alex Kanderson–the store’s owner, manager and lone employee–sits inside the small shop. As the small chalk board outside 1411 Dickinson St. states, he fixes [Read More]
Tech-savvy consumers often look ahead to the next best thing. However, there are times when repairing computers, phones and other devices is a better deal than buying new equipment. There are many tech repair shops [Read More]
Sarah Robbins is the Roxborough High School STE(A)M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) Scholars Program Coordinator with District 1199C’s Training and Upgrading Fund. The union, representing health care and hospital workers in Philadelphia, looks [Read More]
The recent surge in value of Bitcoin led many people to look it up on the internet. According to Google Trends, the search-term “bitcoin” was one of the most-searched terms in the third week of [Read More]
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