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North Philadelphia: Can the Next Crimes be Prevented?

November 28, 2022George W. Miller, Brooke Beyer, Haajrah Gilani and Natalie Elizabeth Kerr

November 28 marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Temple student Samuel Collington.

Health: Hospitals Expand Care to Address Violence at the Source

November 28, 2022Natalie Elizabeth Kerr

Health: Hospitals Expand Care to Address Violence at the Source

Elections: Mural Arts’ Chad Eric Smith Calls Upon Philadelphians to Participate in Midterms; ‘I am less optimistic that current elected leaders can work together than I am that community members can unite in selecting better leaders’

November 8, 2022Michela J Weber

Philadelphians could make transformational changes, if they vote on Nov. 8.

Elections: Philadelphia Students Talk Midterms and Share Issues Important to Them

November 8, 2022Fallon A. Roth

Registered and non-registered student voters share issues they care about most and mobilize their communities ahead of elections

Northern Liberties: Life After Fleeing War, Yuliia Bihun Navigates Her Life as a Ukrainian Refugee in Philadelphia

September 17, 2022Sarah Landwehr

This past February, Yuliia Bihun, her 2-year-old daughter, and her husband were back home in Kyiv, Ukraine when their home started to shake from Russian bombs at five in the morning.

Health: Local Organizations Collaborate to Reduce Health Disparities for Expecting Black Mothers

August 9, 2022Eden MacDougall

Independence Blue Cross is working with Cocolife.black and Cayaba Care to reduce racial disparities in severe maternal morbidity.

Spring Garden: Library Exhibit Highlights Photography, Humanity of Prisoners

August 5, 2022Eden MacDougall

Howard Zehr photographed and interviewed Pennsylvania prisoners with life sentences in the 90s and returned 25 years later to find out how their perspectives on their sentences changed.

North Philadelphia: Nonprofits Show Up for Fun in the Sun

July 19, 2022Eden MacDougall

Block Gives Back, a community service nonprofit, started hosting Peace & Play Day in 2017 to encourage residents to use public parks more and make them safe spaces from gun violence in their communities.

Culture: Caribbeans Celebrate Heritage at Reading Terminal Market Event

July 11, 2022Eden MacDougall

The Caribbean Community in Philadelphia shared their culture through music and food on June 25.

South Philadelphia: Sing Slavic Raises Funds to Support Relief for Ukraine

June 29, 2022Caitriona O'Donohoe

West Philadelphia Slavic Community Choir, Sing Slavic hosted a benefit concert at Fleisher Art Memorial, to raise donations for United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, amid conflict with Russia.