Topic: feedHider
The Merchants Fund
The 150-year-old organization gives help to small businesses when they need it, $10,000 at a time, writes Patrick Bilow
Neighbor-powered realty co-ops
In Minneapolis, neighbors joined together to develop property in their community. Jessica Press wonders if that approach could ensure Philly residents benefit from their changing neighborhoods too?
Hahnemann Hypocrisy
Despite the rhetoric of Mayor Kenney, Helen Gym, and Bernie Sanders, the hospital’s fiscal woes are not new. Larry Platt wants to know: what did they know and when did they know it?
Megan Rapinoe for President?
Larry Platt writes that the Democratic candidates ought to get beyond their bubble of consultants and learn from the soccer star and her “love more, hate less” message
Reality Check with Abbe Stern
Charles Ellison and Abbe Stern, hospitality manager at the Rittenhouse Hotel, discuss how she started a food rescue operation to bring restaurant excess to food banks and other organizations that could use it.
By Charles D. EllisonCollege Thrift Stores
An upstate New York college helps reduce its community’s carbon footprint by giving students a way to recycle used clothes and textiles. Nick Fiorellini thinks it could be huge in Philly
Seriously? Busing?
Larry Platt thinks the flare-up between Joe Biden—Philly’s third senator—and Kamala Harris is a window into why people hate politics
Reality Check with David Bradley, Founding Director of LiveConnections
Charles Ellison and David Bradley, Founding Director of LiveConnections, sit down to discuss the music program at Hill-Freedman World Academy. Its students recorded an album inspired by the Sound of Philadelphia (including a cover of "Wake Up Everybody").
By Charles D. EllisonTo Grow Or Not To Grow
Helen Gym, Allan Domb, the Chamber and other stakeholders are all talking about “inclusive growth.” Larry Platt asks: what might that look like here?
Philadelphia’s Really Bad Gas Problem
The PES refinery fire, WURD’s Charles Ellison argues, proves our embrace of gas plants doesn’t square with Mayor Kenney’s green rhetoric