In Remembrance: How One Homeless Man’s Life Mattered to a Mantua Community
By Joshua Albert I have an office in the Mantua area of Philadelphia, just off Lancaster Avenue, that I use…
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Pennsylvania’s cities confront homelessness
By Emily Previti (Newsworks/Keystone Crossroads) You’d never know it from the road, but in the woods in Allentown, there’s a…
Waiting to eat – Why I took the photo
At 17th & JFK, several hundred people of Philadelphia wait in line for a hot plate provided by Project…
Homelessness is on the rise in Kensington
By Alfred Lubrano (Inquirer) – Ilza Padua bathes her 500-pound ex-boyfriend in exchange for a shower, or a $10 bill…
Study on homelessness proposed in Pa.
From Newsworks‘ Mary Wilson – Two state lawmakers are hoping to take a closer look at homelessness in Pennsylvania. The proposal calls for…
Those who died homeless on Philly’s streets memorialized with calls for action
By Newsworks’ Holly Otterbein – More than 100 advocates for the homeless gathered in Philadelphia Thursday evening to memorialize people who died…
New census data: Poverty up in Lower Northeast, down in S. Philly
By The Inquirer’s Alfred Lubrano and John Duchneskie – Poverty has increased a startling 62 percent in the communities of Lower…
The Philly Declaration 