How to register to vote in Philly if you have no permanent address
Shelters, approximate locations and advocacy groups can all be a proxy.
The Philly October mutual aid and volunteering calendar
Plus free and low-cost civic events
Where does Philly produce come from?
How I tracked down my late-season tomatoes
Changes may be coming to the Philly shelter policy
A glimpse of future policy leaves us with questions
How you can make a difference in Philly this week
Two civic events and one request for recipes to help folks just learning to cook.
The Platia that inspired me, and one in Philly that's attracting attention
A weekly food distro in Kensington encourages us to ask questions about who city officials are actually helping
My Saturday with the group feeding Kensington
The Everywhere Project distributed food several times a week for years, so why is the city interfering now?
Get your late-summer tomatoes at this Philly cemetery
Peppers, eggplant and houseplants bloom at GreenHorn Gardens in Arlington Cemetery
A drop in SNAP participation means we all need food equity
Here are places to get free food immediately in Philly.
No, Uber robots are not delivering medicine
Despite viral videos telling you they are
Meet Ryan, a former Kensington resident
Editor’s Note: When I worked in large newsrooms, we often reported on counts of unhoused populations or overdose statistics, but it’s difficult to care about people living in a different reality when you can’t connect that to your daily life. So I’ll be publishing interviews with
One small thing you can do today, plus fall volunteering and community events
It's totally free and can create big community change.