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COVID-19

Italy: One Family’s Perspective on Life During a National Lockdown

April 23, 2020 Christopher Malo 0

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 [Read More]

Featured Stories

Immigration: Familial Experiences Adjusting to United States Culture Differ Between Generations

November 18, 2018 Laura Smythe 1

In the middle of Northeast Philadelphia’s Mayfair neighborhood, the Rodriguez family retains their Colombian heritage by speaking Spanish in the house, listening to Colombian music and cooking traditional Latin American foods like arepas, sancocho soup [Read More]

Crime

Immigration Law: Joe Gordon Explains The Ups And Downs And Political Shifts

July 12, 2018 Means George 0

Joe Gordon has been an immigration lawyer since 2012. His office may be based in North Philadelphia at 4719 N. Broad St., but his work takes him throughout the city and the effects are felt [Read More]

Amateur Sports

Hunting Park: Community Leader Preaches Squash and Family to Students

February 21, 2017 Dalton Balthaser and Hannah McComsey 2

Nabilla Ariffin is the community impact director at SquashSmarts, a non-profit academic and athletic program which uses the game of squash to keep kids healthy, in school and on track to graduate. Since joining the [Read More]

East Oak Lane

West Oak Lane: Planting Seeds For Youth to Help Clean Up Streets

May 10, 2016 Talore G McBride and Chelsea Ann Rovnan 1

On the corners of many streets in neighborhoods throughout the city, there is trash and other debris strewn around. Events like the annual city-wide spring cleanup day were created to help keep streets clean and also [Read More]

Northwest Philadelphia

West Oak Lane: Expressions Of You Store Owner Offers More Than Just Cards, Gifts to Community

April 25, 2016 Chelsea Ann Rovnan 0

At the corner of Ogontz Avenue and Walnut Lane, a bright orange awning offered shade to a colorful storefront. Inside, owner Diane Caffie was bundling black and white balloon bouquets for one of her regular customers. Expressions of [Read More]

Education

West Oak Lane: Simons Recreation Center Director Offers “Safe Haven for the Kids”

March 3, 2016 Chelsea Ann Rovnan and Talore G McBride 1

For Amenah Claiborne, her role as center director at Simons Recreation Center doesn’t feel like work. Instead, her job reminds her of a family, one that is helping to provide a safe haven for kids [Read More]

Amateur Sports

Roxborough: Local Baseball League Brings Community Together

June 16, 2015  0

There’s a reason why the 21st Ward Baseball League has been around for nearly a century. The children and parents of the community have maintained a certain type of dedication that has kept this league a [Read More]

Business

Roxborough: Preserving a Family’s Legacy, One Cheesesteak at a Time

June 12, 2015  4

For Steven Kotridis, the food industry has always been a huge part of his life, so purchasing and preserving Dalessandro’s was something that has meant a lot to him. The original shop was opened in 1961 by William [Read More]

Housing

West Kensington: St. Boniface Redevelopment Embraces Neighborhood Needs

April 20, 2015  4

West Kensington’s beloved St. Boniface Catholic Church stood for nearly 150 years on Hancock and Diamond streets, hosting a plethora of weddings, funerals, graduations and bilingual sermons to generations of families in the Norris Square community. [Read More]

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