
Posts tagged with Protests


The 18-year-old son of late housing activist Jennifer Bennetch started a GoFundMe to help him and his siblings

How the protest movement engineered a takedown of the Rizzo statue after years of delay
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Desmond Tutu’s 1986 Philadelphia speech and the U.S. Anti-Apartheid Act

Signs and scenes from the Women’s March, drawing hundreds to Philadelphia City Hall

The ‘war tax’ resistance movement and the Philly athlete who pioneered anthem protests

Ya Fav Trashman and partners dump litter at Mayor Kenney’s feet to highlight city trash failures

‘First of many’ protests over teardown of Philly’s only rec center for people with disabilities

What we know about white supremacists getting chased out of Philly

A week that changed Philadelphia: How the George Floyd protests unfolded

After Capitol breach, Philly terrorism expert warns of coming ‘paramilitary’ insurgency — led by Trump

10 inspiring moments from Philly’s 2020 social justice protests

A peace walk through feuding North Philly communities, because stopping the violence ‘starts with us’

There’s a burst of protests on the Fourth of July in Philadelphia this year

Some Philly police aren’t wearing masks, and the city won’t enforce the rule

You can find Philly protests all in one place, thanks to a volunteer web designer

Chasing protests: How TV news helicopters keep from crashing into each other

Kenney’s curfew echoes Rizzo-led protest shutdown in 1964

How community leaders in Kensington, West Philly and other bruised neighborhoods say they’ll make it through
