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Councilman Mark Squilla holds the power to stop the proposed $1.3 billion Sixers arena in its tracks ― or set it on its way through the approval process.

The project, first announced last July, has triggered multiple protests from residents and business owners in neighboring Chinatown

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—About 400 Philadelphia Chinatown community members and their supporters gathered at the Ocean Harbor Restaurant on Dec. ...

Members of Philadelphia's Chinatown community say their activism against a plan to build a new 76ers arena prevented city leaders from clearing a major hurdle that may have fast-tracked the controversial proposal. 

13 hours ago “What happened in my high school experience was a very important moment for me to change my mind about what new immigrants can do to change our lives, change our community,” Chen said. Going to school in fear When they arrived in this country, Tong and Chen landed in the peculiar institution of the American neighborhood urban high school, where the most vulnerable children often are concentrated together and then denied what they need to thrive. New immigrants from all over the world interact with students from marginalized groups who have their own history of oppression. At ...