Voice: Emma Copley Eisenberg

The Blue Stoop founder and author of the new novel, Housemates, on the best new books to read this summer by local authors

Emma Copley Eisenberg, author and co-founder of Blue Stoop, the nonprofit that nurtures writers of all walks, pays tribute to the thing she’s missed most during the pandemic: her community.

Queer and trans people have worse health outcomes than the general public. A local couple is trying to change that with a Yelp-like doctors app for LGBTQ Philadelphians

Last year, our writer left the Mummers parade worried for her adopted city. This year, she wonders if it’s a sign of hope

How music venue World Cafe Live is filling a gap for Philadelphia school students

Bread & Roses Community Fund launches a project that proves philanthropy isn’t just for rich people and foundations—it’s available to every citizen who cares about changing their world

A book club series by Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance seeks to turn collective ideas into worker-owned businesses—from groceries to builders to sex workers

The week-long Camp Sojourner, for mostly Philly girls of color, turns campers into confident leaders—for life

Filmmaker El Sawyer has gone from from prisoner to presidential advisor with one goal: Helping ex-inmates make it on the outside

A community-led effort is paving the way for a “greenway” in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods