Activism

Who can outshine a Super Bowl MVP? Try a West Philly public school teacher, Southwest Philly block captain, a 15 year-old from Northeast Philly, and other Philadelphians dedicated careers to dauntlessly implementing solutions in their community

A former city worker was recently fired from the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which President Trump plans to shut down. That’s a win for scammers and price-gougers

Can “transformational advocacy” transform our politics — and ourselves? A longtime democracy activist lays out what’s needed

Other than MVP Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley and the rest of the champion Birds, the people we want to see in the parade are fans just like us, except, the best of us

You know Barkley, Graham, Hurts and the rest of the Birds for their on-field feats. How much do you know about what they do off-field for their (and our) communities?

… and didn’t know it. A local tech innovator and former refugee had no place to call home for 30 years. Here’s how she suggests helping our immigrant neighbors.

How do we celebrate Black History Month when our government is seeking to erase everything it stands for?

A labor expert on what a White House keen on halting the labor movement means for the grocery store workers, why unions are still on the rise nationally — and what it all means for Philadelphia

Women Against Abuse’s executive director on what we all can do to protect women — and men — from domestic violence amidst the Trump-era surge in disturbing and dangerous rhetoric

In a rousing conversation at the 2024 Ideas We Should Steal Festival, MLK biographers Jonathan Eig and Michael Eric Dyson share what’s still true about the America that the “radical” and “woke” King fought for