The cigarette tax bill (HB 1177) passed a Pennsylvania House of Representatives vote by 119 to 80, allowing Philadelphia to exact a $2-per-pack tax on cigarettes to help fund Philly schools. The ...

Last week on Friday, June 27, Fire Commissioner, Derrick J.V. Sawyer promoted 29-year-old Fire Captain, Peter Crespo. The first Latino appointed to the position of Deputy Commissioner. "It is a proud ...

What makes and defines a leader? The answer to this question may vary from person-to-person. However, it is a question that has been the foundation of everything Adria Córdova has done throughout her ...

City Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. plans to introduce a bill Thursday that would make two official Muslim holidays in Philadelphia. Jones said it is an issue of providing the same “holiday access” that ...

A principios de año la Cámara de Comercio Hispana de Estados Unidos (USHCC) se vio envuelta en un coletazo del movimiento #MeToo cuando su director ejecutivo, Javier Palomarez, debiera entregar el ...

"Damaris" of the lush black hair and inquisitive dark eyes is a single mom and for the past four years has been a sex worker in Mexico City, fighting day by day against discrimination and police ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced $3,299,862 in grants to rural Pennsylvania communities to support key strategies ...

Trade with Mexico creates approximately 4.9 million jobs in the United States, according to a new research from the Wilson Center, a non partisan think tank in Washington DC.Despite what ...

Alan Nunez was raised in Las Vegas, and received his Bachelors in Journalism & Media studies in December of 2021. Writing has always been at the forefront of his interests and using it to explain or ...

There are two novel openings that every literate knows by heart. One is the beginning of One Hundred Years of Solitude, by García Márquez, and the other, the phrase that opens Pedro Páramo (1955), the ...

La celebración del mes de la historia afroamericana es una valiosa oportunidad para reflexionar sobre las contribuciones de los afroamericanos a lo largo de la historia estadounidense y un momento ...

María Quiñones-Sánchez, the 12-year Philadelphia City Council veteran, said women need to proudly share their stories in political spaces. “The talent has always been there,” Quiñones-Sánchez told AL ...