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Business

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.

Arts and Entertainment

Fashion: Philadelphia’s Fashion Industry Grapples With Societal Issues

July 6, 2020Nathalie Cavallo and William Stickney

“I’ve always been into dresses,” Atiya Lewis said, her voice filling the basement studio on North Moss Street in West Philadelphia. All around, curvy mannequins eavesdrop. They’re dressed in embellished evening gowns, as if awaiting

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.

Government

Social Issues: Activists, Demonstrators Call for Further PPD Cuts

June 12, 2020Miles Wall

Community activists and others gathered at City Hall on June 10 for a demonstration demanding funding cuts to the Philadelphia Police Department, joining dozens of similar municipal calls-to-action since the nation erupted in protest two

COVID-19

COVID-19: Philadelphia Area Organizations Support Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

June 3, 2020Cheyenne Dantzler

Homeless support services are working harder than ever to protect the high risk and vulnerable homeless community from contracting COVID-19. Homelessness is difficult under any circumstances, but researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, Boston University

Animals

COVID-19: Agencies Adjust to Making Animal Adoptions Possible

June 1, 2020Christopher Malo

Many people feel it is their responsibility to help animals during times of crisis, especially when finding comfort through them. In this report you’ll hear from Natalie Digiacomo, director of community outreach at the Bucks

COVID-19

COVID-19: Florida Community Members Help Feed Families Amidst Pandemic

May 29, 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

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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

Business

COVID-19: How Philadelphia Restaurant Workers are Dealing With Unemployment

May 25, 2020Claudia Estrada

Brian Chapman is a 34-year-old Chinatown resident, who used to work as a server at Double Knot, a popular sushi-based Schulson Collective restaurant located in Center City.  Like most restaurant employees, Chapman’s last day was

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