Philly’s first Black-owned brewery has big plans on tap

Black is Beautiful collaboration cans. Photograph courtesy of Two Locals Brewing By Jaclyn Zeal While the craft beer renaissance has generated an uptick in breweries throughout Philadelphia (with as many as 16 new breweries opening in 2019 alone), Rich and Mengistu Koilor are on a mission to add to the city’s thriving beer scene by

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COVID-19 pandemic peels back the curtain on meatpacking plants and the unsustainability of factory farming

Photograph courtesy of Unspalsh.com Meat your Maker By: Siobhan Gleason JBS meatpacking worker Carmen Dominguez is concerned about her co-workers’ health during  COVID-19. Her colleagues Wilbert Rivera and Enock Benjamin died from COVID-19 this April after 19 workers at the Souderton, Pennsylvania plant tested positive for the virus. Dominguez felt it was important to speak

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The Sunrise Movement’s Abby Leedy talks Queer Eye, sustainability and the power of youth activism

Photograph courtesy of Netflix By Francesca Furey If you’ve been binging Netflix shows while social distancing at home, you might’ve come across Queer Eye’s 5th season — based right here in Philadelphia. The Fab Five spruced up the lives of 10 inspiring Philadelphians, including 19-year-old Abby Leedy, a staff organizer at the Sunrise Movement. The

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This Black-owned, sustainable clothing company made a name for itself reimagining secondhand clothes—now it’s setting up shop in West Philadelphia.

Photography by Milton Lindsay Grant Blvd set to open first storefront this month By Gabrielle Houck When you walk into Grant Blvd’s new storefront in West Philadelphia, owner Kimberly McGlonn wants you to feel like you’re at home.  She says the sustainable clothing company’s new retail space is essentially a manifestation of the brand’s identity

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