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RIP Medical Debt helps poor Americans eliminate medical bills

Jun 30, 2020

A third of Americans have medical bills they cannot pay. A New York nonprofit has helped eliminate $2 billion of that debt for the poorest of them

Newsrooms must balance racial equity and public debate | OPINION

Jun 26, 2020

Recent events at The Inquirer and The New York Times raise questions both about racial hierarchy and the commitment to open discourse

Local students help erect Center City marker honoring 1967 Black protest

Jun 25, 2020

In 1967, thousands of students marched to protest inadequate schooling for Black Philadelphians. In this new moment of racial uprising, a group of high schoolers won the right to honor them.

Philly has a hot-weather health crisis on its hands. Here's how to beat it.

Jun 23, 2020

Heat and Covid-19 could make this the most dangerous summer on record. Two urban environmentalists with ways to make a more sustainable, resilient and just city.

Juneteenth 2020 marks a critical juncture in the Black fight for liberation

Jun 19, 2020

Juneteenth, celebrating the end of slavery, is a City holiday for the first time today—but Black Americans’ fight for freedom is long and enduring