Philadelphians Find Nature On The Pathway To Healing From Gun Violence

The way survivors and co-survivors of gun violence are taught to heal from gun violence can be formulaic: talk to your loved ones, seek therapy, and take anti-anxiety medications. But the path to healing isn’t the same for everyone, and these solutions aren’t a fix-all. For many folks seeking a remedy to the emotional pain...

April 30, 2025 READ MORE

Our Unbreakable Best: Healing Beyond the System

"I want my story to show others that healing is possible, no matter where you start." A profound statement, rooted in love and a deep belief in all things good, from educator and activist Victoria Best. Now forty-five, Best was thrust into the Philadelphia foster care system after being separated from her biological mother at age...

April 29, 2025 READ MORE

AAries Rising: Healing In Perfect Harmony

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Philadelphia was the cradle of the Neo Soul Movement. More than a genre, a new group of homegrown musicians, sirens, and wordsmiths created a vibe and culture that was best experienced live in clubs, coffee shops, and basements. They blended the groove of Gamble & Huff with the...

April 28, 2025 READ MORE

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Passing Down the Pen: 19th News Fellows Meet with Queen Mother Falaka Fattah

Like her ancestor, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Queen Mother Falaka Fattah has connected the two Black Press traditions of informing and advocating.

March 17, 2025 READ MORE

Love Now Magazine

Love Now Magazine is a celebration of love, power and beauty. Each issue features uplifting narratives, luminous visuals, lessons on love, money, faith, and healing that lead to seeing ourselves bold, brilliant, and whole.

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Singing From the Shadows at Philly Story Fest 2024

Today, the media company is best known for hosting storytelling “parties,” where journalists and reporters share compelling narratives in front of a live audience. These immersive events occur twice a year in cities like San Francisco, Detroit and our own, Philadelphia. One participant, who moved to Philly to escape the frantic pace of New York, captured the essence of this year’s festival: “It’s about feeling something profound—leaving different than when you arrived.”

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Poet's Press

Weaving Freedom Dreams: A Collaborative Poem 

This poem was compiled at the Fall 2024 Release Party for Love Now Magazine. Attendees were asked to write down their feelings and responses to various prompts, in haiku format, and submit them anonymously for publication. Following the event, the haikus were compiled by curator Kim Russell into a longer form poem, published above.

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Cultivating a Culture of Peace for Peace Day Philly’s 40th Year

First initiated in 1984, World Peace Day is in its 40th year of celebration. This year’s theme was ‘Cultivate a Culture of Peace.’ Founded in 2012, Peace Day Philly continues this tradition by curating demonstrations of peace around the city of Philadelphia in the lead-up to International Peace Day, observed annually on September 21st.

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Equity

When it comes to your job, how much ‘AI anxiety’ makes sense?

Optimistically, we’re in a very exciting time for the technology, and the possibilities truly do feel endless. On the other hand, we may just be in another AI boom. The bubble could burst and leave us with just enough machine learning to make things a little easier, but without a major Jetsons-level advance drastically changing how we live and work.

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