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Flooded streets in a Norristown, Montgomery County neighborhood
Grid Magazine

Federal program is finally incorporating climate change into precipitation frequency estimates, giving developers and engineers access to more accurate projections

In early September 2021, the remnants of Hurricane Ida swept through Southeastern Pennsylvania, destroying hundreds of homes, resulting in more than a...
Aerial view of a flooded neighborhood in Mont Clare
Grid Magazine

The Delaware Valley needs large-scale, regional planning to effectively address flooding. What’s in place is local and piecemeal

During his third year in office as a Pennsylvania State Representative, Joe Webster found a menace hiding within his bucolic Montgomery County...
Black voter
FunTimes Magazine

The Impact of Black Voters in U.S. Elections: Why Their Vote Equals Their Voice

It could therefore be said that the Black vote is a rather influential force in the U.S. elections. Black Americans participated in the struggle for...
Two people from the Citizens Police Oversight Commission giving a presentation to a room full of people
Kensington Voice

Philly’s police oversight agency is tracking dog shootings, but has done zero misconduct investigations

At the last public Citizens Police Oversight Commission meeting, the agency’s Investigations Unit spent 22 minutes of their 24-minute update...
Mourners holding pictures of people who have died from addiction
Kensington Voice

‘This isn’t about policy’: Vigil honors overdose victims in McPherson Square Park despite disruption from Philly police

Mike Divergigelis didn’t get to hear his brother’s name read aloud at a memorial service for people lost to overdose Thursday. Divergigelis was...