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Profiteers of Holmesburg Prison’s Medical Experiments Have Yet to Redress Harm
Albert Kligman experimented on incarcerated men for more than 20 years. Survivors call the tests tortuous and unethical.

Chemical Plant That Polluted Delaware River Forced My School to Evacuate in 2007
Who will guarantee our safety in the future when this inevitably happens again? Because it will, and it already has.

The US Has Seen 50 Chemical Spills or Fires This Year, and It’s Only March
The latest spill at a factory outside Philadelphia has sent thousands of gallons of chemicals into the Delaware River.

Philadelphia Will Pay $9M to Settle George Floyd Protesters’ Suit Over Brutality
Plaintiffs said that the settlement is just one step toward accountability for police violence.

Philadelphia Aims to Start Guaranteed Income Program for New Parents by 2024
The program's aim is to cut infant mortality rates for low-income neighborhoods in the city.

Public Banking Has the Potential to Truly Revolutionize Our Economy
The public banking movement is creating an opening wedge for the transfer of finance from private to public control.

Supreme Court Backs Catholic Foster Care Agency in LGBTQ Discrimination Case
Although the new ruling is not as devastating as some feared, it exposes a loophole in anti-discrimination protections.

Spree of Anti-Asian Violence Has Long Roots — Including Terror in 1990s Philly
To confront anti-Asian violence, we must unearth buried histories and stop erasing "imperfect victims" from our memory.

Child of Black Activists Bombed by Police: “My Activism Is My Religion”
Philadelphia police killed 11 members of Mike Africa Jr.’s household in their attack on MOVE in 1985.

The Case for Abolition After Philadelphia Police Kill Walter Wallace Jr.
Protests in Philadelphia marked a second night of calling for abolition after police shot and killed Walter Wallace Jr.