Activism

After her daughter Elora was diagnosed with an incurable, cancerous brain tumor, the Villanova mom made it her mission to accelerate research, funding, and life-saving treatment.

The guy behind Join Philly doesn’t just want people to do more things and make more friends. He wants them to stick around

Coming together for your community is a first step in repairing our politically fractured society. Proof positive: Cities and towns across the U.S., even here in Philly, are doing it

Committee of 70 is reviving the Philadelphia chapter of a Chicago-born program to make sure everyone knows what’s going on in city meetings. Transparency and jobs ensue

Who are all those people standing outside City Hall with their bicycles?

During Covid, South Philly’s El Comite De Trabajadorxs de Restaurante helped keep restaurant workers safe. Now, they have a new mission: Protect immigrants from unconstitutional actions on the part of ICE

Twenty-two years ago, a veteran from West Philly felt left out of the parenting equation. Today, he’s turned thousands of local dads into successful child-rearers

August marks the 130th anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois’s seminal research on Black Philadelphians. It’s a chance to ask — and answer — hard questions about Philly today

A group of PA Masons, our Citizens of the Week, have come up with an ingenious way to surprise, delight and assist growing military families: mass baby showers

How one local resident is bringing neighbors together to fight flooding, one cleanup at a time