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Photographer Hanbit Kwon shares photos and an essay on what the "No Kings" protest means in the city that birthed a nation.
Beyond extreme ideologies, new efforts rebuild America's civic integrity. Nuance, understanding, and robust education offer a path away from division.
The United States Constitution was ordained by “We the People” on Sept. 17, 1787. Emerging from the signing at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, delegate and statesman Dr. Benjamin Franklin ...
In 2016, I signed an executive order declaring Philadelphia a “sanctuary city.” That meant Philadelphia would keep the immigration status of any Philadelphian private from federal immigration ...
Philadelphia’s civic landscape is rich with multipliers. OpenDataPhily , the city’s central open data platform, provides critical datasets for technologists, journalists and advocates. Code for Philly ...
Martinez was invited to speak at the Cultural Dynamics Summit, a conference organized by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance and PA Humanities, as part of their ongoing effort to position the ...
Philadelphia’s tech economy isn’t as bad as Philadelphians say it is. In the 2000s, Philadelphia civic leaders attacked the rotten brain drain problem, where most of its many college students moved ...
READING, Pa. (AP) — A former Philadelphia labor leader who wielded significant clout in Pennsylvania politics was sentenced on Thursday to six years in prison for bribing a City Council member ...
Photographer Emilio Martínez Poppe was initially inspired to create ''Civic Views'' by the first known photo to be taken in the United States. In 1839, Joseph Saxton, an employee at the U.S. Mint in ...