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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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Philadelphia Gay News

LGBTQ+ people more likely to be negatively impacted by return-to-office policies

Mayor Cherelle Parker’s return-to-office mandate officially went into effect on July 15, forcing city workers back to working in-person five days per...
Philadelphia Gay News

Syringe service provider responds to Mayor Parker’s defunding

Mayor Cherelle Parker’s budget for fiscal year 2025 does not include any funding for syringe exchange programs — a harm reduction and public health...