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Special Report: In Philadelphia's beleaguered Kensington, City Hall sees progress; some residents still see despair #Kensington #Philadelphia #PublicHealth #OpioidCrisis @PhillyMayor @NKCDC phillytrib.com/news/local_ne…
Special Report: In Philadelphia's beleaguered Kensington, City Hall sees progress; some residents...

Special Report: In Philadelphia's beleaguered Kensington, City Hall sees progress; some residents...

This installment is one in a series of reports on the travails of Philadelphia’s Kensington community.

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Philadelphia unveils guide to help those formerly incarcerated rebuild their lives #ReentryMatters #FairChance #SecondChances @PhillyMayor @SenSharifStreet phillytrib.com/news/local_ne…
Philadelphia unveils guide to help those formerly incarcerated rebuild their lives

Philadelphia unveils guide to help those formerly incarcerated rebuild their lives

Philadelphia officials on Tuesday unveiled a handbook that consolidates job, housing, healthcare and civil rights resources into a single guide for residents exiting the criminal justice system.

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Residents in West, Southwest Philly urge mayor to preserve affordable homes, prevent displacement #AffordableHousing #SaveOurHomes #StopDisplacement @PhillyMayor @JamieGauthier6 @ThyPennsylvania phillytrib.com/news/local_ne…
Residents in West, Southwest Philly urge mayor to preserve affordable homes, prevent displacement

Residents in West, Southwest Philly urge mayor to preserve affordable homes, prevent displacement

Hundreds of affordable homes in West and Southwest Philadelphia could be at risk of losing long-term affordability protections.

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VIDEO -- In Kensington, families fight to hold on to home youtu.be/U2g-wg-R8KU?si=sduD… via @YouTube
In Kensington, families fight to hold on to home

In Kensington, families fight to hold on to home

This is Kensington: a community gripped by the greatest concentrati...

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Pregnancy questions grow as measles cases increase across Pennsylvania, say doctors #MeaslesAwareness #MaternalHealth #VaccinesWork @PAHealthDept @CDCgov @acog phillytrib.com/news/local_ne…
Pregnancy questions grow as measles cases increase across Pennsylvania, say doctors

Pregnancy questions grow as measles cases increase across Pennsylvania, say doctors

As measles cases rise across Pennsylvania, pregnant women are turning to doctors with questions about a disease many thought had largely disappeared, raising concerns about miscarriage, premature...

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Drexel’s $80 million ultimatum exposed during contentious Council hearing over academy closure #SaveTheAcademy #KeepItOpen #PhillyCulture @DrexelKlineLaw @PHLCouncil phillytrib.com/news/local_ne…
Drexel’s $80 million ultimatum exposed during contentious Council hearing over academy closure

Drexel’s $80 million ultimatum exposed during contentious Council hearing over academy closure

Neon signs reading “Keep it Open” and “Save Our ANSP” filled the Philadelphia City Council chambers Monday, as a standing-room-only crowd demanded the return of the Academy of Natural Sciences’

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Thomas Jefferson University specialists earn federal recognition for sickle cell care in Philadelphia #SickleCellDisease #BlackHealth #HealthEquity @JeffersonHealth @SCDAAORG @CDCgov phillytrib.com/news/local_ne…
Thomas Jefferson University specialists earn federal recognition for sickle cell care in Philadel...

Thomas Jefferson University specialists earn federal recognition for sickle cell care in Philadel...

Roxanne Nelson-Moore knows the difference a few hours can make.

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Philadelphia elementary school students thank Eagles QB Jalen Hurts for a cool gift #FlyEaglesFly #GetWellJalen #PhiladelphiaSchools @Eagles @JalenHurts @PHLschools phillytrib.com/news/local_ne…
Philadelphia elementary school students thank Eagles QB Jalen Hurts for a cool gift

Philadelphia elementary school students thank Eagles QB Jalen Hurts for a cool gift

Jalen Hurts was on the hearts and minds of students at Clara Barton Elementary School in Feltonville on Monday as they created get well cards and posters to encourage their

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State funding restores prison bus service connecting families across Pennsylvania #PrisonReform #FamilyConnections #PAFamilies @prisonsociety @RepAndreCarrol @RepJordanHarris @AndreDCarroll phillytrib.com/news/local_ne…
State funding restores prison bus service connecting families across Pennsylvania

State funding restores prison bus service connecting families across Pennsylvania

For years, a bus ride was one of the few ways Pennsylvania families could maintain face-to-face connections with loved ones incarcerated hundreds of miles from home.

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Young entrepreneur builds pizza brand, legacy and community in Fishtown #PhillyEats #FishtownPHL @visitphilly @TheFillmorePub phillytrib.com/news/local_ne…
Young entrepreneur builds pizza brand, legacy and community in Fishtown

Young entrepreneur builds pizza brand, legacy and community in Fishtown

When Anya’e Wilson-Worley looks around In Crust We Trust, the Fishtown pizza shop she opened this summer, she sees more than customers ordering slices. She sees the beginning of a

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Seven days to the midterms. What’s at stake in Pennsylvania. #PAVotes #SEPTA #Election2026 @GovernorShapiro @SEPTAPHILLY @PhillyVotes phillytrib.com/news/local_ne…
Seven days to the midterms. What’s at stake in Pennsylvania.

Seven days to the midterms. What’s at stake in Pennsylvania.

More than candidates will be on the ballot one week from today when voters head to the polls for the Nov. 3 midterms. Depending on who’s elected, thousands of residents

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Linn Washington Jr.: Beware of schemes that strangle Black voting rights #OVCatto #VotingRights #BlackHistory @OVCatto @PHLHistory @PhilaMOCA phillytrib.com/commentary/li…
Linn Washington Jr.: Beware of schemes that strangle Black voting rights

Linn Washington Jr.: Beware of schemes that strangle Black voting rights

On the damp, unseasonably cool Tuesday of Oct. 10, 1871, civil rights activist Octavius V. Catto met with Philadelphia’s mayor urgently requesting action against white bigots then violently blocking...

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Mayor Parker expands free Pre-K, boosts provider funding for Philadelphia’s youngest #PHLPreK #EarlyChildhoodEducation #PhiladelphiaKids @PhillyMayor @PHLCouncil @PHLfamilies phillytrib.com/news/local_ne…
Mayor Parker expands free Pre-K, boosts provider funding for Philadelphia’s youngest

Mayor Parker expands free Pre-K, boosts provider funding for Philadelphia’s youngest

Mayor Cherelle Parker announced this week that Philadelphia’s youngest students are receiving 100 additional free preschool seats; their teachers are getting a new recruitment pipeline; and the...

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Philadelphia students rally at City Hall to promote youth voting participation #GiveUsABallot #YouthVote #PhillyStudents @PAYouthVote @PHLschools @PhillyVotes phillytrib.com/news/local_ne…
Philadelphia students rally at City Hall to promote youth voting participation

Philadelphia students rally at City Hall to promote youth voting participation

For Charlotte Richardson-Peay, the fight is personal.

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Sunday's front page #Kensington #Philadelphia #PublicHealth #OpioidCrisis #cellphoneban #youthvote @PhillyMayor @NKCDC
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Friday's front page. #ImmigrantJustice #RightToCounsel @PhillyDefenders #BreastCancerAwareness #PraiseIsTheCure #BlackWomensHealth @SusanGKomen @dstinc1913 @SBCAbington @HIASPA
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VIDEO --- Fly Eagles Fly: Tailgating the Philadelphia Way youtu.be/oN_UHIWCAmk?si=FMLb… via @YouTube
Fly Eagles Fly: Tailgating the Philadelphia Way

Fly Eagles Fly: Tailgating the Philadelphia Way

Experience the passion of Philadelphia Eagles fans as they gear up ...

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Biking group empowers Black women to form connections, improve health outcomes and find community #BlackGirlJoyRide #BlackWomensHealth #BikePHL @RideIndego @PENNVEST_PAEC @CircuitTrails phillytrib.com/news/local_ne…
Biking group empowers Black women to form connections, improve health outcomes and find community.

Biking group empowers Black women to form connections, improve health outcomes and find community.

On weekends, a group of more than two dozen Black women can sometimes be spotted pedaling through Philadelphia, riding together through Fairmount Park and other iconic parts of the city.

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Defenders' Association of Philadelphia struggling to keep up with immigrant caseload #ImmigrantJustice #RightToCounsel #Philadelphia @PhillyDefenders @HIASPA phillytrib.com/news/local_ne…
Defenders' Association of Philadelphia struggling to keep up with immigrant caseload

Defenders' Association of Philadelphia struggling to keep up with immigrant caseload

Taking on immigration cases has dramatically expanded the workload of the Defender Association of Philadelphia, leaving an office traditionally focused on criminal defense struggling to meet demand...

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Community carries forward Anita Conner and Kerri Conner Matchett’s breast cancer mission #BreastCancerAwareness #PraiseIsTheCure #BlackWomensHealth @SusanGKomen @dstinc1913 @SBCAbington phillytrib.com/news/local_ne…
Community carries forward Anita Conner and Kerri Conner Matchett’s breast cancer mission

Community carries forward Anita Conner and Kerri Conner Matchett’s breast cancer mission

When Robin Shine-Maddox was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018, she found herself surrounded by what she calls a village.

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