State Rep. Chris Rabb, a five-term lawmaker for Pennsylvania’s 200th legislative district, is one of eight Democratic candidates running for the chance to take Congressman Dwight Evans’ vacant seat in the U.S. House of Representatives next year. Rabb has emerged as a progressive option in the lead-up to the Democratic primary in May, with positions
MoreEditorial Assistance from Cory Clark On January 4, 2021, one of the world’s largest security companies, G4S, published an intelligence report detailing the potential risks to Washington, DC, leading up to inauguration. In the report titled “January 2021 Washington, DC, Security Outlook,” G4S warns specifically about the security threats to the United States Capitol on
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When Jerome Shabazz started Overbrook Environmental Education Center (OEEC) in 2002, he set about transforming a former EPA brownfield site into a community space where the neighborhood could connect with nature. Today, it’s a verdant oasis on Lancaster Avenue’s commercial corridor. “It’s the intersection of environment, public health and community,” Shabazz says. But OEEC doesn’t
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In the weeks and months leading up to any election, campaign signs begin to crowd lawns, medians, and planters, and all roads can seem like battleground interstates. The 2020 elections were no different in Philadelphia, with rival campaigns for Senate and House seats, PA Attorney General, PA Auditor General, and State Treasurer adding to the
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Eager to put the last four years in America’s rear view, President-elect Joe Biden and his transition team have published their first batch of plans for their time in the White House, some of which include exciting news for bicycling, public transit and walking. Pledging to allot federal funding for alternative transportation modes, the Biden
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Well into the eighth month of a mismanaged pandemic that caused Great Depression-level unemployment, lame duck President Trump and members of his party are posturing toward a coup to remain in office. The general tone surrounding the “soft coup” is the same tone America has had towards climate change and the coronavirus, “if we ignore
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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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Philadelphians celebrate the results of the 2020 presidential election today. Photographs and video by Aaron Salsbury.
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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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Politics are personal to Malcolm Kenyatta, a third-generation community activist born and raised in North Philadelphia. Kenyatta began his career in civic activism as a block captain at 11 years old, and he worked his way up the political ladder over the next few decades, studying political science at Temple and Drexel universities and serving
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Every day when I bike home from work, I pause at the corner of 11th and Spruce and look at the all-white "ghost" bike placed there to memorialize Emily Fredericks, who lost her life while biking at that intersection. It's a place where I momentarily reflect on the fragility of life and remind myself not
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