Susan Richardson

Galit Carmely holds court at her Old City boutique My Little Redemption. (Images courtesy of Lauren Elena McGrath)

No matter how you dress it up, your ‘little redemption’ comes from within

If you wander Old City north of Market Street, you pass through a rich mix of charming boutiques, boarded storefronts plastered with perm ...

8 years ago

Jim Stephens’ Full Tilt Boogie Band (Image courtesy of Athena Music)

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Using music to connect victims of abuse to support resources

When I began working in Philadelphia years ago, one of the first people I met was a young musician named Jim Stephens. He was open, earne ...

8 years ago

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The dual paths of insider and outsider can lead to insight, strength

Professor Elijah Anderson, the urban ethnographer and Yale faculty who ...

8 years ago

Publicity image of Elijah Anderson (Martha Spanninger)

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Elijah Anderson: The workplace can be an education against homogeneity

A recent conversation with Elijah Anderson, urban ethnographer and author of “ ...

8 years ago

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Back to the darkroom to bring more light into the world

I’ve written before about how JJ Tiziou lost his solitary darkroom time when photography went digital. He’d since learned to ...

8 years ago

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Zen and the art of cappuccino froth

Throughout Philadelphia, baristas help serve up our day at moments when we most need the experience of something warm to cup our hands ar ...

8 years ago

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Self and the City: Finding meaning in our work depends on the communities around us

Ideas become reality only when we experience them — in our bodies, our selves, our daily lives. So when a great bunch of Philade ...

8 years ago

Imam Mikal Shabazz is shown on March 31 encouraging listeners not to blame SEPTA for anti-Muslim ads. (Bobby Allyn/WHYY, file)

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Anti-Muslim ads create an opportunity to replace hate with understanding

The recent ruling allowing the American Freedom Defense Initiative to run a four-week ad campaign of anti-Muslim ads on SEPTA buses, the ...

8 years ago

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Former foster kids get a foothold in the world, one latté at a time

One in three young Philadelphians who age out of foster care at 18 will end up living below the poverty line. Forty percent will experien ...

8 years ago

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At this time of renewal, patterns of memory help us take the next step in our holy work days

This week, especially, has made me grateful for how our experience can be used to better equip us for the future. Living the challenges o ...

8 years ago

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Finding the human heart where art and medicine intersect

For Nazanin Moghbeli, a physician and artist who lived in Iran until she was 9 years old, culture, ...

8 years ago

Savraj Singh is shown at the Tarn Taran Gurudwara, Sikh place of worship, just outside of Amritsar, India. (Image courtesy of Savraj Singh)

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Working to better the world as a tenet of one’s faith

“We should be here to make the world a better place when we leave it.” It’s not an unusual idea, and I hear it f ...

9 years ago

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