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Grid Magazine

Large corporations and nonprofits are setting their own goals to cut carbon emissions. Are voluntary pledges enough?

Private sector and nonprofit entities control essential infrastructure and buildings that generate most of the city’s carbon emissions, but there are...
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We Talk Weekly

Prop2025 Unveiled: Kadida Kenner's Fight for Voter Empowerment

Join us for an enlightening conversation with Kadida Kenner, the founding CEO of the New PA Project Education Fund and the New Pennsylvania Project...
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The Trace

Philadelphia Officials Asked for Help Finding 47 Homicide Suspects. They Aren’t Sure How Many They’ve Caught.

More than a year after the launch, law enforcement officials say they’re not sure exactly how many tips they’ve gotten from the public, nor how many...
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Grid Magazine

Philadelphia isn’t prepared to help people struggling with addiction and homelessness, but that isn’t slowing down Mayor Parker’s plans to end Kensington’s open-air drug market

Mayor Cherelle Parker campaigned on shutting down the Kensington neighborhood’s open-air drug market, saying she would bring in the National Guard...
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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Does Live Nation have a monopoly in Philly?

In 2024, 21% of all concerts in the Philly area were at one of seven venues, which Live Nation either owns, operates, or is a booking partner for...