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Center City

Facing Doxxing and Surveillance, Protesters are Adapting Safety Strategies in 2025 

October 22, 2025 Lubbe, Chelsea 0

By: Lilly Werling  On October 7, 2025 over 100 peaceful protesters took to the streets of downtown Philadelphia to protest Israel’s war on Palestine, which many international experts, including the United Nations have declared a [continue reading…]

Education

Spring Garden: Students March to Protest Racism in Philadelphia Schools

August 12, 2020 Eden MacDougall 0

Youth for Black Lives, an independent Philadelphia activist group, marched from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to City Hall on Sunday, Aug. 2 to protest racism in Philadelphia schools. [continue reading…]

Center City

Center City: Demonstrators Rally, March Onto I-676 to Protest Police Violence

July 7, 2020 Jordan Holycross 0

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. [continue reading…]

Government

Social Issues: Activists, Demonstrators Call for Further PPD Cuts

June 12, 2020 Miles Wall 0

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 [continue reading…]

Center City

Chinatown: Protestors Demonstrate Outside ICE Office, Inside Bus Station

October 4, 2019 Lawrence McGlynn 0

Members of the Philadelphia Workers Solidarity Network protested outside the Immigration and Custom Enforcement agency office at 114 N. Eighth St on Saturday, Sept. 14, . The target of the protest was not just the [continue reading…]

Housing

Zoning: Mt. Airy Residents Hold Rally To Halt Apartment Construction

October 24, 2018 Michaela Althouse 1

Residents of the 7000 block of Cresheim Road held a rally Saturday morning, Oct. 13, to protest the proposed construction of an apartment building on their block. Speakers, including representatives from West Mt. Airy Neighbors [continue reading…]

Crime

Immigration: The History Of ICE And The Controversy

September 13, 2018 Means George 0

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, has recently found itself at the center of national discussions surrounding immigration policy. Locally, Philadelphia’s ICE Field Office, which is the most aggressive in [continue reading…]

Northwest Philadelphia

Roxborough: Older Residents Stay Active with Protest Organization

April 30, 2018 William Brown 0

The phrase “staying active” has taken on a new meaning for residents of the Cathedral Village Retirement Community in Roxborough and it’s political. The retirees formed the activists group Indivisible Village in January 2017 for residents there [continue reading…]

Arts and Entertainment

Chinatown North: Asian Arts Initiative Encourages Protest Through Art

March 13, 2018 Roberts Jennifer 0

Aram Han Sifuentes still remembers the first protest banner she made — the words “Dump Trump” sit emblazoned atop a teal fabric playfully covered in pugs. The fiber artist said she always has extra fabric [continue reading…]

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March 9, 2018 Christopher Malo 0

In the summer of 2017, through a generous donation from Lew and Janet Klein, PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com invited five former students (Jonathan Ginsburg, Jared Phillips, Ramona Roberts, Brianna Spause and Bob Stewart) to participate in a fellowship [continue reading…]

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