Philadelphia

Philly gets a raise

December 21, 2018 By Beth Edelman

More than 130,000 workers in the hospitality, fast food, and other sectors will be impacted.

Family, friends, and comrades remember Debbie Bell in Philadelphia

April 6, 2018 By Myke Simonian

Bell - a civil rights, labor, and political leader - was honored at a memorial service in the Germantown neighborhood.

Northwest Philadelphians say: Good Jobs Now!

January 18, 2018 By Myke Simonian

Corporate propaganda says when big business does better, so do the rest of us. Two events this weekend in Philadelphia called the lie.

“Quest”: Save the world, start with the family

November 20, 2017 By Michael Berkowitz

In a sea of save-the-world super heroes, Quest offers us the real thing—a working-class family that stares down 21st-century adversity and challenge to cobble together community.

Long time civil rights lawyer wins Democratic nomination for Philly district attorney

May 23, 2017 By Ben Sears

Krasner told supporters that he shared their vision of a “criminal justice system that makes things better, that is based on preventing crime and building up society rather than tearing it apart.”