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WHYY News, Committee of 70, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and the League of Women Voters of Philadelphia co-hosted the City Council At-Large Candidate Convention.

Mayoral candidates say they want to use the arts to address civic problems. Some even see it as an important part of anti-violence work.

The second annual March Against Gun Violence, hosted by Beloved Care, Imani Star Development, and Forget Me Knot, amplified the work of young Philadelphians. Poets, speakers, and civic leaders encouraged young people to get involved, including sending letters to area lawmakers.

Theater artist Gabriela Sanchez will lead the city’s arts granting organization, and wants the next mayor to value the power of the arts.

Part spiritual teachers, part practical helpers, death doulas help people plan for their final moments, advocate for them in hospitals, and sometimes sit with them as they draw their last breaths.

In 2003, former Brown University president Ruth Simmons appointed a committee to investigate the school’s historical ties to slavery.

In the process of preserving the station's musical legacy, retired jazz producer Becca Pulliam is rediscovering her own body of work.

In the 1970s, Eleanor Allen, a New York city native, read a book by famous back-to-the-landers Scott and Helen Nearing, called the Maple Sugar Book. It was a sugaring how-to guide, but it also described how the couple, with no former farming experience,...

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