It can be easy to get discouraged these days. Everywhere we look, there are signs of a struggling planet and, often, it’s difficult to see a clear path to an effectual response. 2022 may well eclipse recent years as the hottest on record. Rainfall has alternated between being absent or violent in Pennsylvania, one of
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By Lois VoltaDear Lois: Do you ever clean up after your friends, and do your friends ever clean up after you?
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By Alex Mulcahy
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By Judy WicksJudy Wicks invites you to join her for the demonstration and civil disobedience in Washington, D.C., led by Jane Fonda this Friday, January 10.
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By Claire Marie PorterOld City gift shop boasts locally made “really Philly things.”
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By Constance Garcia-BarrioThe great-grandaughter of a former slave examines how four local museums are talking about slavery a century and a half after emancipation.
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By Bernard BrownTwo captivating aerial predators love city life.
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by Constance Garcia-BarrioThis formerly incarcerated homeless man rebuilt his life and signed his first lease at age 40.
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By Samantha WittchenConsider giving memberships or classes in lieu of grabbing something off of store shelves this holiday season.
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By Meenal RavalMaking changes to the buildings where we live and work would be an easy way to cut Philadelphia’s energy consumption.
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By Lois Volta Dear Lois: Can we define “self-care” in a way that does not push us toward consumerism
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