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Health researchers are getting increasingly interested in the effects of loneliness on our bodies – studies have found that being l ...

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On the 15th anniversary of the September 11th terror attacks on the World Trade Center and pentagon dozens of Philadelphia firefighters a ...

United States Marine Corps and Army veteran Michael Miller believes the military gave him the strength to stand up to gentrification of h ...

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Since the advent of the Internet, libraries no longer have a monopoly on information. Across the country, the changing digital landscape ...

The neighborhoods of Paschalville and Elmwood in ZIP code 19142 might be completely unknown to most Philadelphians. Southwest Philadelphi ...

As Camden’s schools prepare to begin a fourth year under state control, their superintendent argues that a spate of reforms has begun t ...

Mary Seton Corboy, founder of Greensgrow, a farm in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, died on Aug. 7 at the age of 58.

It’s no secret that many returning service members feel like the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has struggled to adequately ca ...

It happened in a very unlikely way from an even more unlikely source. But it made an impact on me and my coffee-addicted self that I̵ ...

The veterans with whom I spoke talked about feeling a little lost after leaving the military. Mostly, they didn’t know what they wa ...

During the DNC last week, my organization, 5th Square, launched a ...

When civic boosters promote the benefits of hosting a national political convention, they tout the economic benefits. However, I witnessed some unexpected social benefits, too

I couldn’t believe my ears. There’s a movement to ban parking on the median strip in South Philly! What next? Banning soft pr ...