Topic: Women

Michael Eric Dyson’s Black History Month All Stars
All-Star #2: Harriet Forten Purvis
By Michael Eric Dyson
Michael Eric Dyson’s Black History Month All Stars
All-Star #4: Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
By Michael Eric Dyson
Why It’s Time for a Woman Mayor
The last 99 mayors of Philadelphia (i.e. all of them) have been men. Isn’t it time, one of the city’s top female executives says, for that to change?
By Judee von Seldeneck
Grant Blvd + Blk Ivy
The B Corps fashion brand loved by Beyoncé is launching a men’s clothing line and a vintage clothing store, Blk Ivy, dedicated to Civil Rights era fashion, music, books— and activism
By Courtney DuChene
Girlbuild
Serial entrepreneur Monica Miraglilo brings women into what was once a man’s world: demolition, residential rehab, and serious construction. (And helps them look good, too.)
By Courtney DuChene
A Win On Abortion Means a Win For America
A local basketball coach and father of young men wonders if a middle path on abortion is the way America can survive this political moment
By Seth Berger
Ali Velshi asks — Five Years into #MeToo, has Enough Changed?
MSNBC host looks back at the start and looks toward the future of the #MeToo movement
By Ali Velshi
Rape Kit Tracking System
Pennsylvania is one of only 12 states without a statewide system for tracking evidence from rapes, something that holds authorities accountable and helps ease trauma. Two state legislators want to change that
By Grace Shallow
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Margaret Atwood
The prolific, iconic author of "A Handmaid's Tale" speaks with the MSNBC anchor about the increasing threat of American autocracy
By Ali Velshi
YING
Karla Ballard has raised over $1 million for her app, which seeks to replicate the community of helpful neighbors she grew up with in Philadelphia, one task at a time
By Courtney DuChene