Today, 20 percent of teenagers struggle with mental health issues and only one in five of them get support. SpeakUp!, a local nonprofit, helps teens have honest and courageous conversations...
Students Run Philly Style’s (SRPS) mentoring program pairs Philadelphia and Camden youth (in Camden the program is named “I Run This City: Camden”) with volunteer adults and they train side-by-side...
What do you think about when you think about prep schools? If you’ve seen “Dead Poets Society,” perhaps you think of passionate students and teachers with a subversive streak. If...
Founded in 2014, by Joanna Visser Adjoian and Lauren Fine, the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project (YSRP) functions as a comprehensive resource for lawyers representing youth in the adult justice...
Two percent of teachers nationwide are Black men, while four percent of Philadelphia teachers are Black men teaching a student body of 50 percent Black students and 27 percent Black...
On a rainy Wednesday evening, a long line extended along Broad Street outside of Temple University’s Campus Recreation Center. As students in raincoats talked amongst each other, a buzz could...
Based on data from the Economic Policy Institute, Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) recently reported that 28 percent of those who would benefit from a living wage are...
“As a kid, if you asked me what kind of birds there are in Olney, I would have said two kinds of birds: pigeons and sparrows,” says Andorra Library branch...
“We've always loved horror. It's just that unfortunately, horror hasn't always loved us.” That sobering quote is from the beginning of Ashlee Blackwell’s insightful documentary Horror Noire. Based on the adaptation...
Our history is chock full of women who have made battlefield contributions, from the American Revolution’s Molly Pitcher to the Civil War women soldiers disguised as men, to 20th century...