First Philadelphia, then Washington, D.C., and last month, Austin, Texas. By the end of 2015, Wash Cycle Laundry is expected to expand to somewhere between four and six more cities. Who knew a laundry service that depended on pedal power could catch on? The sustainable laundry service has grown rapidly since its founding in Philadelphia […]

Yesterday, November 11, Keep Philadelphia Beautiful (a local branch of Keep America Beautiful) released its new Community Beautification Resource Guide. The guide includes everything from city and nonprofit resources to event planning tips. The guide is designed for anyone that’s interested in spearheading a community beautification event — whether it’s a community-based organization or an individual […]

Last Friday, a cross-section of Philadelphia’s LGBTQ community gathered in the SEI Innovation Center in the basement of the Kimmel Center to have an intimate discussion about the problems they face as LGBTQ students, professionals and members of the community. They also talked about the possible to solutions to these problems and the collaborations that […]

1. Friends and family and the LGBTQ community at large are mourning the loss of a pioneer Gloria Casarez in LGBTQ civil rights. Image via the Philadelphia Business Journal 2. The Kensington Community Food Co-op launched its member loan campaign in October and has raised $183,500 with a little less than one week left. Photo […]

I just started reading Thomas Picketty’s expansive tome on economics, Capital in the 21st Century, which some critics have called the modern day equivalent to Das Kapital by Karl Marx. When I say “critics,” I mean reviewers and not certain pundits who are rousing up fear that the book will start another cold war. Picketty […]

Next Wednesday, November 12 at 6 p.m., the Sustainability Nexus is holding an event at CityCoHo as the first part of its Goldilocks Zone Speaker Series. The series will be an opportunity for thinkers and doers to reconsider, reexamine, and reimagine Philly’s future and the scales at which large problems facing our world can be solved. Those who […]

Reggie Shuford at press conference announcing ACLU’s marriage equality lawsuit. Photo via ACLU Last May, federal Judge John Jones struck down Pennsylvania’s Defense of Marriage Act. The decision cleared the way for anyone to become legally married regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, and it capped off years of work by the LGBTQ community and its […]

Editor’s Note: this story is a follow-up to a story written in September: “With its Pilot Phase Over, The Philadelphia Public History Truck Reaches North Philly.” The Philadelphia Public History Truck, a mobile museum now canvassing the neighborhoods of North Philadelphia, will be hitting the streets this month. Its first event, a Storytelling Block Party on […]