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#158 July 2022/Column/Culture/Feminism

Dear Lois, How do you find time to enjoy the fruits of your labor?

One of the things that drew me to Germantown was the amount of space to plant things in the ground. I’ve had my share of container gardens in concrete backyards that left me wanting to grow more plants. What I really wanted was enough space to grow my own food. In a time when supply

June 28, 2022

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#095 March 2017/Column/The Big Picture

Can inclusively minded cultural institutions help build stronger communities?

Illustration by Chris Bernhardt Insider Art interview by Heather Shayne Blakeslee Museum activist Nina Simon is an electrical engineer by training who hails from Los Angeles—she now runs the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History in California. Her own outsider status when it came to the hallowed halls of an art gallery is one of

March 1, 2017

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#095 March 2017/Column

Our kids are aching for us to nourish their minds and souls

Freedom from Want by Heather Shayne Blakeslee During elementary school, the bedroom that I shared with my little sister could not have been more ideal. It was light and airy, and our matching set of tiny brass beds each had wooden shelves above them that my father had made himself. In between the beds, under

March 1, 2017

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#095 March 2017/Column/The Right Question

The period of ‘American greatness’ is gone. Let’s focus on thriving instead.

Illustration by Kailey Whitman Getting Over Being Great by Jerry Silberman Question: Can America ever be great again? The Right Question: Why would we want to? Two months ago in this column I pointed out why Donald Trump, like every president since Reagan, will be unable to reverse the decline of the United States economy

March 1, 2017

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#095 March 2017/Column/Comings & Goings

March: Comings & Goings

Pipeline Granted Clean Water Certification, Environmentalists Dub it ‘Premature’The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) granted 401 Clean Water Act certification to the PennEast Pipeline project on Feb. 13, an action criticized by some environmentalists because PA DEP has not fully reviewed the regulations to determine if PennEast is entitled to the certification. The

March 1, 2017

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#095 March 2017/Column/Guest Editorial

The humanities aren’t just practical. They are critical to our democracy.

Illustration by Abayomi Louard-Moore The Open Mind by Laurie Zierer Last spring, a group of teenagers gathered regularly at the Philadelphia City Institute branch of the Free Library. They came from different neighborhoods and attended schools that spanned the local spectrum, from traditional public schools and magnets to charters, private schools and home-school settings. Nonetheless,

March 1, 2017

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#094 February 2017/Column/Guest Editorial

Fixing social problems requires a new framework for philanthropic giving

Illustration by Carter Mulcahy Old Money, New Ideas by Omar Woodard I believe in social innovation as a pathway to eradicate poverty in Philadelphia. Broadly defined, “social innovation” is new thinking or novel approaches to longstanding challenges facing society, such as poverty. Philadelphia suffers the distinction of being America’s poorest big city, and accelerating the

February 1, 2017

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#094 February 2017/Column/The Right Question

Hero-worship of entrepreneurs won’t build sustainable communities

Illustration by Nicholas Massarelli Caveat Emptor by Jerry Silberman Question: Is social entrepreneurship a way to build a sustainable society?The Right Question: Can any entrepreneur really be expected or trusted to dothe right thing when the going gets tough? The term “entrepreneur” has a newly minted positive cachet in our society, the result of a

February 1, 2017

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#093 January 2017/Column/Guest Editorial

Farmworkers do dangerous work for little pay. They deserve better.

Illustration by Abayomi Louard-Moore The Hands Behind Our Harvest by Stephanie Dorenbosch We are lucky to have a vibrant and diverse community of stakeholders in Eastern Pennsylvania working to improve many aspects of our food systems, including groups working on local and seasonal food sourcing, sustainable production and food access in underserved communities. In addition, consumers

December 29, 2016

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#093 January 2017/Column/The Right Question

Worried about who is in the White House? Don’t be

Illustration by Layla Ehsan Meet the New Boss by Jerry Silberman Question: Will President-elect Donald Trump change the direction of the country?The Right Question: How much influence does a president actually have? In reality, not much. The political tenor of this, or any country—as well as its economic success or failure—operates in response to systemic

December 29, 2016

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#093 January 2017/Column

Our divisions are a grand illusion

State of mind by Heather Shayne Blakeslee This month, we swear in a new president. Some of us will be swearing a lot for the next four years. There is a mighty cognitive dissonance in looking at an overwhelmingly red map that exists side by side with the fact that nearly 3 million more Americans

December 29, 2016

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