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Health

Health and Wellness: Supporting Women Who Choose Non-Traditional Birth

January 23, 2019 Michaela Althouse

The best payment Rafaela Rocha ever received was a garden. When a man was unable to pay the 27-year-old in complete for craniosacral work she performed on his paraplegic mother, he offered to build her

Environment

North Philadelphia: Community Gardens Green Vacant Lots and Feed Residents

January 22, 2019 Brianna Baker

Carmen Francesco (below), a community organizer for Arch Street United Methodist Church, which partners with The People’s Garden in North Philadelphia, said that the presence of vegetables in the garden that late in December is

Housing

Kensington: One Neighborhood, Two Worlds

January 21, 2019 Zuri Hoffman

The dynamic neighborhood of Kensington is evolving in several ways. On one hand, the community is facing one of the worst drug crisis in the country. Meanwhile, housing developers are beginning to change the neighborhood,

Kensington

Kensington: As Two Friends Grow Up, One Does So In Front Of The Camera And One Behind It

January 21, 2019 Zuri Hoffman

Chris Riebow is an 18-year-old recent high school graduate, born and raised in Kensington. He has been a freelance photographer since the age of 14. Now, four years later, he has turned his hobby into

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Neighborhoods

Nicetown: Activists Continue To Fight Against SEPTA’s Gas Plant

January 21, 2019 Kira Runk

For the past three years, environmental groups from across the city have actively opposed the construction of a new SEPTA gas plant (pictured above) planned for North Philadelphia. They have protested outside the Mayor Jim

Business

Spring Garden: Mayor’s Office Of Black Male Engagement Hosts Community Conversation

December 21, 2018 Hadiyah Weaver

On Thursday, Nov. 29, the Mayor’s Office of Black Male Engagement (OBME) hosted its My Brother’s Keeper event which featured a conversation on Economic, Empowerment, and Entrepreneurship. The event was a part of the City’s Community

Immigration

Germantown: One Refugee Family’s Experience Avoiding Deportation

December 20, 2018 Kira Runk

This past August, Oneita and Clive Thompson (pictured above) received a phone call telling them something they never could have imagined: they were being deported. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer left Clive Thompson

Germantown

Germantown: One Refugee Family’s Experience Avoiding Deportation

December 20, 2018 Kira Runk

This past August, Oneita and Clive Thompson (pictured above) received a phone call telling them something they never could have imagined: they were being deported. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer left Clive Thompson

Business

Chinatown: Navigating Change, Growth And Development

December 14, 2018 Grace Shallow

Crafted by artists from Tianjin, China and coated with tiles manufactured in Philadelphia, the Friendship Gate on 10th and Arch streets symbolizes a kinship between two cities that are nearly 7,000 miles apart. In 1984,

Business

Chinatown: Navigating Change, Growth And Development

December 14, 2018 Grace Shallow

Crafted by artists from Tianjin, China and coated with tiles manufactured in Philadelphia, the Friendship Gate on 10th and Arch streets symbolizes a kinship between two cities that are nearly 7,000 miles apart. In 1984,

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