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Black History, Everyday: A journey through Black Philly style
This month, local artist Donte Neal produced a series of illustrations highlighting Black Philly fashion.
Recipe Exchange: Our readers know how to pass the plate
Your recipe requests, answered: First up, we're taking a look at macaroni and cheese and hummingbird cake.
The Philly Download Recipe Exchange
Why we're launching it and how to contribute.
Resetting the Scales: Relationship expert Nedra Glover Tawwab on countering codependency
The celebrated therapist visits Philly Thursday to discuss her new book, The Balancing Act
Holiday Gift Guide: Shopping along the Broad Street Line
Here are seven gems we found riding the subway.
Holiday Gift Guide: The ride down to Africatown
Fabrics, fashion, books, beads and more. Here's why the T4, still known to many as the 11, as the perfect route to pull together a holiday care package.
Letter from the Editor: The Philly Download's winding road
We became an independent newsroom six months ago. Here's an overview of where we hope to go from here.
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