The work of four people from four different parts of the world — one Haitian, one Senegalese, one Algerian and one French — Le Centre Francophone de Philadelphie will enable French-speakers to help each other and uplift the community.

"In my op-ed here back in November, I wrote '[a]s we have seen in the past few days, supporters and politicians are taking [Trump] literally and seriously — and we need to be vigilant.' We were not vigilant," says guest columnist Ben Goebel.

"Democracies don’t die because of a lack of checks and balances. They die because the people in charge of those checks and balances act in cahoots with the want-to-be-dictator," says Ben Goebel in his opinion piece.

Masks are necessary for the safe reopening of the city, but they can add a layer of difficulty for those who speak English with an accent, says guest columnist Ben Goebel.