Combating COVID-19 cabin fever
It’s been a little over a week and a half since social distancing recommendations were rolled out and a few days since the City...
Silver lining
After seeing reports of shortages in supplies for medical field workers fighting on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis, Rebecca Harter, 39, decided...
Fishtown-area businesses grapple with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic
As the coronavirus pandemic rears its ugly head, government-mandated social distancing practices have ended plans for not only sporting events and concerts, but weddings,...
Wacker has kids off on right foot
Steve Wacker isn’t your typical stay-at-home dad.
In fact, he’s usually busy as an assistant soccer coach at St. Joseph’s University.
But last week, after the...
The safe injection site fight is shaping up to be a battle between residents and health experts
In last Monday’s City Council hearing in front of the Public Health and Human Services Committee, testimonies from roughly 30 individuals in the debate...
Philly won’t be getting a safe injection site anytime soon. Supporters of the cause think there’s plenty of blame to go around.
Despite Safehouse’s efforts to implement the country’s first safe injection site in Philadelphia, many members of the city’s pro-safe injection site community have told...