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Game Day, Our Way: Black Girls Love Football Brings Culture to the Field
While football has always been tradition, excitement, and culture woven together under stadium lights, for too long, many women, especially Black women, have been left on the sidelines of the fan conversation. That’s what Black Girls Love Football (BGLF) hopes to change.
Read by 4th: Inside Philadelphia’s Movement to Close the Literacy Gap
Philadelphia’s literacy crisis has long mirrored the city’s broader educational inequities. With 60 percent of fourth graders reading below grade level, the challenge is both systemic and deeply entrenched. But amid these realities, a quiet but determined movement has taken root.
Is The Clapback Worth the Community? Examining The Collective Effects of Reality TV on Blackness
These cultural moments, whether from short-form content or iconic reality TV shows, continue to echo the impact of Blackness. But at what cost to Blackness?
Marcellus Armstrong & the Architecture of Memory
“I don’t like to compromise on my crafts or gifts or creative interests,” he said. “I’ve always had specific interests and they’ve never necessarily met in the same room academically. So whether it’s video, sculpture, painting, or media, I like to think about them all through a lens of poetry and th
Want Your Bus Back on Time? “Balkanize” Pennsylvania
If passed, this plan would bring real changes: buses every 10 minutes, late-night trains running again, no steep fare hikes, and more stable funding so the district can plan programs without last-minute cuts.
“How Can I Not Do This Work?” This Home For Houseless Expectant Mothers Is A True Labor of Love.
What happens to Black expectant people who also happen to be houseless? Cleopatra Robinson, founder of A Home From Shana wants to address that.
SEPTA on the Brink: What Philadelphia Needs to Know About the August Deadline & Incoming Cuts
This is not just a Philly issue—it’s a Pennsylvania one. And the longer Republicans delay, the clearer it becomes that ideology is being placed above the common good.
With His Boyz II Men Retrospective Published, John Morrison Cements His Own Legacy
John Morrison’s 40th-anniversary Boyz II Men book highlights Philly’s role in R&B history, preserving local contributions to the group’s legacy.
Radical Futures and Ancestral Codes: Rashaad Newsome’s Assembly Reimagines Liberation
Assembly, by Rashaad Newsome and Johnny Symons, turns Park Avenue Armory into a speculative sanctuary for movement, memory, and Black queer freedom.
William H. Gray III Is Finally Getting His Memorial. Five Artists Rise To Create It
Plans for a William H. Gray III memorial at 30th Street Station arrive at a critical moment, honoring Black history amid erasure and revision.
Deliberate by Design: Pablo Alarcón Jr. on Printmaking, Platform, and Finding Joy in the Process
Pablo Alarcón Jr. doesn’t believe in accidents. Whether he’s designing the visual identity for BlackStar Film Festival or experimenting with stone lithography, every choice from type scale to tonal contrast is made with care.
From Takeout to Testimony: The Black Dragon’s Recipe for Communal Solidarity
It’s an almost impossible task within the Black Community to find a soul who has not been touched by the power of Orange Chicken or Combination Rice.
Open Treasures Found at TRUNC Artisans: A Black Business Spotlight
There is a well curated, locally made shop featuring home accessories, furniture, apothecary, art and jewelry nestled in the heart of Northern Liberties, called TRUNC Artisans.
A Home, Not Just Housing: How Forget Me Knot is Transforming Youth Care in Philadelphia
Forget Me Knot Children & Youth Services is quietly reshaping the landscape of youth care in Philadelphia.
OPINION: LET’S TALK ABOUT SIPS, BABY— AND THE OVER-POLICING OF YOU AND ME
Just as kids await summer camp, long days at the park and chasing the ice cream truck, many adults in the city feel the same way about Center City Sips.