Topic: North Philadelphia

A former executive coach turns his passion for woodworking into a skills training program that provides former inmates with life-sustaining jobs

A WURD host notes the way media and politicians worry over violence—except when it’s in poor neighborhoods

Philadelphia Furniture Bank gives furniture to the city’s most vulnerable, free of charge—because home is about more than just four walls

As their commercial business has exploded, they’ve taken time out for a short paean to the place Ricky Staub loves most in the world: North Philly

Mel Wells' 33-year-old social service agency has changed 56,000 lives. What's his secret?

The developer’s massive project in Kensington promises holistic neighborhood revitalization—from housing to environment to jobs

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

In a North Philly neighborhood, residents make the change they want to see

Civics are no longer taught in the classroom. The National Liberty Museum is trying to make up for that

A Temple Hospital program, Cradle 2 Grave, shows students that guns do more harm than just killing