Topic: Immigrants and Refugees
Now is the Time to Protect DREAMers
A rare lame duck session of Congress provides opportunity to protect Americans who arrived to the U.S. as children
By Elaine Maimon
How to Help Refugees in Philadelphia
Philly welcomed a bus of migrants Philly-style this week: with open arms. They are among thousands who come here every year. Here, ways to support them
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy and Katherine Rapin
Generation Change Philly: The Activist Chef
South Philly Barbacoa’s Cristina Martínez has earned the highest honors for chefs in America. But that’s just the start of her most important work
By Katherine Rapin
Save Soccer. Save Suffolk Park.
Philly’s most talented African soccer players play in Suffolk Park. City Hall touts their successes in the Unity Cup. So why can’t Philly give this park a little help?
By Kai Englisch
Business for Good: Brightly
The immigrant-owned cleaning service co-operative, opening in Philly next spring, offers workers a pathway to the American middle class
By Courtney DuChene
Ideas We Should Steal: Lawyers Stand Against Muslim Refugee Ban
Attorneys from major law firms and nonprofits alike banned together to help refugees planning to enter the United States in the wake of Trump's ban on Muslim travelers
By Jane Levy
How to Help Ukraine
The world is watching as their democratic country is under full-scale attack. Here are ways to support the efforts to keep Ukraine free and help those caught in the crossfire
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Guest Commentary: The Day We Fled Kabul
An Afghan refugee who worked for the U.S. government relates his family's harrowing experience fleeing the Taliban, making their way to the U.S.—and finding a welcoming home in Philadelphia
By Ahmad