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Jimmy Harrity, one of two Democratic nominees in a special election for City Council, attends the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee pre-election dinner at the Sheet Metal Workers Union hall in South Philadelphia Monday Oct. 24, 2022.

Philadelphia Politics

Philly Councilmember Jimmy Harrity interacted with racy social media accounts for months

Harrity acknowledged he operated the Threads account that sent replies to accounts posting photos of scantily clad women.

Sean Collins Walsh and Fallon Roth

Jerome Shabazz, Overbrook Environmental Educational Center, at the podium, on June 7, 2019.

National Politics

A West Philly nonprofit lost a multiyear grant worth $700K to DOGE cuts

Ms. Staton earned the NAACP’s Visionary Award, a Camden County Senior Woman of Distinction Award, and the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity’s 2008 Rosa Parks Award.

Mabel Landry Staton, 1952 U.S. Olympic long jumper and trailblazing South Jersey teacher, has died at 92

Gun deaths of children and teens in our city are not random, writes Anireddy Reddy. Almost all of them occur in low-child-opportunity neighborhoods.

Almost all pediatric gun injuries and deaths occur in low-opportunity neighborhoods

Anireddy Reddy, For The Inquirer

Lois Davis, of Ardmore, center, walks down the hallway with others during a building prayer walk at Overbrook Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 in Philadelphia. One year ago, Overbrook Presbyterian Church was heavily damaged by fire. They’ve been rebuilding and restoring ever since.

A year after a destructive blaze, Overbrook Presbyterian Church is rebuilding its sanctuary and members’ hope

Lynette Hazelton

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