“Somebody lost their moral compass in letting the school fall to its demise right now,” said Carol Moore, a former associate dean at UArts and founding director of its fine arts master’s in studio art. “It feels like a total abandonment. It didn’t happen overnight. The decision to abandon it with seemingly no sense of…
December 27, 2024 – With LGBTQ+ rights on the chopping block during the next term, Councilmember Rue Landau is seeking input from the community aimed at reinforcing Philadelphia’s laws to safeguard vulnerable groups. Introduced on Nov. 21, Landau’s resolution authorizes the Committee on Law and Government to hold hearings with the intent of strengthening Philadelphia’s…
Marc Rowell’s mission with Deep Green Retrofit, launched in 2021, is to develop energy efficient, move-in ready housing for working-class families, putting affordability and sustainability ahead of personal profit. Growing up in public housing in North Philadelphia, Rowell came to believe that the residents deserved better. That idea combined with his passion for sustainability led…
By Kathleen Cancio · Thursday, January 02, 2025 Photo: Philly Cultural Workers United After 16 months of negotiations, workers at Please Touch Museum United have approved their first collective bargaining agreement. The workers, who are part of AFSCME Local 397 (District Council 47) announced the Nov. 24 victory in an Instagram post. Contract highlights include paid parental leave, which…
The Momnibus Act – the solution to America’s maternal health crisis Introduced by Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Representative Alma Adams (D-NC), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ). Background The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any high-income country and significant disparities in outcomes, and since the pandemic, this crisis is getting worse. But…
Job Title: Sustainable Transportation Program CoordinatorLocation: Philadelphia, PAReports to: Sustainable Transportation Program ManagerLevel: Entry-level with some experienceOffice: PhiladelphiaSchedule Type: Full-Time*Deadline: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. The ideal start date is January2025.
During an interview in VietLead’s cramped offices in a South Philadelphia Asian shopping center, Chu Bach began to cry. It’s all too much — too much trauma, too much pain, too much fear. What if he never came back? What if immigration grabbed him and deported him? What if he never saw his wife and…
Sign our petition to tell Aramark that the fans stand with the workers. Aramark must settle a contract which provides family-sustaining wages and healthcare benefits for year-round work. In recent years, Aramark has raised the price of a cheese pizza 50% at Lincoln Financial Field, 67% at the Wells Fargo Center, and a whopping 93%…
We know that the work is going to be harder for the next few years. It’s going to require an unfair amount of energy and resilience, but we cannot let hopelessness and frustration tire us out, we can’t give up. We cannot continue to let politicians manipulate people’s frustration with their economic situation into a…