Organizers and residents of Philadelphia were one step ahead of Donald Trump’s call to “STOP THE COUNT.” Armed with boxes of mustard yellow hoodies with “Count Every Vote” printed across the chest, as well as street-sized banners with the same message, Philadelphia was prepared for the president’s false cries of voter fraud. “While some including
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On November 2, Grid journalist Jason N. Peters walked seven miles throughout Philadelphia, interviewing voters about tomorrow’s election. 67 people responded to an in-person survey and another 33 filled out online forms. To win all 20 of Pennsylvania’s votes in the electoral college, a simple majority must be won by either Donald Trump or Joe
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With a smattering of bright yellow refrigerators across the city, Michelle Nelson is on a mission to better the lives of food-insecure Philadelphians in light of the pandemic. “COVID has amplified problems that have always existed and made them more prevalent,” says Nelson, the founder of the Mama-Tee.com Community Fridge Project, which established Philadelphia’s first
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On Tuesday night, it was announced that an agreement was reached between the City of Philadelphia and the residents of Camp JTD, which formed at 22nd street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in early June. The City has promised residents of the encampment 50 houses in a land trust.The move-in process will take place after
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On Tuesday night, it was announced that an agreement was reached between the City of Philadelphia, and the residents of Camp JTD. The City has promised residents of the encampment, which formed at 22nd street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in early June, 50 houses in a land trust. The move-in process will take place
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Last week, it was announced that a tentative agreement was made between the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Housing Action, and the residents of Camp JTD. The encampment, which formed at 22nd street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in early June, agreed to reopen the stretch of 22nd that had been barricaded. In return, the city
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Following the October 5th clearing of the homeless encampment known as Camp Teddy, the future of the James Talib Dean Homeless Encampment along the Parkway remains unknown. On September 26th the JTD Camp moved a long standing blockade they had formed on 22nd Street as a part of a deal with the City of Philadelphia
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Camp Teddy, a protest encampment established in June by the city’s homeless population outside of the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) building, has been cleared thanks to an agreement made on October 5 by the PHA and Occupy PHA. Per the PHA: “The agreement, completed after nearly four months of negotiations, resulted in the residents of
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The Class of 2020 didn’t attend prom, senior week, graduation parties, or various other rites of passage associated with graduating high school. Those graduates, now college freshmen, sit perched at their laptops from wherever they feel safest during a global pandemic. “Missing out on the rest of my senior year, I just kept having the
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