Where we go past the headlines and straight to the streets of Philadelphia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF-L0oHQOm8 Kendrick Sampson, an actor known for How To Get Away With Murder and The Vampire Diaries was a huge activist for Senator Bernie Sanders in this past election. Millenials all over the United States favored him.
Peggy Dolan was surrounded by sponsors, donors, friends and family as she gracefully took the mic at the celebration gala. "This is so cool," she laughed. Also in attendance at the 40 Year Celebration Gala were the nurses who took care of her late daughter, Kelly Anne. Also... Continue Reading →
Reading Terminal Market has been in operation since 1893 and is a historically preserved building. Chris Gowen, assistant general manager, talks about how the establishment caters to both tourists and locals, as well as how it remains true to its history while still providing new aspects.
When SEPTA buses, trolleys and subways were brought to a halt earlier this month during the most recent city transit strike, business slowed down at Sandy Neitham’s dry cleaning shop near Girard Station station on the Broad Street Line. And running the storefront became a lot more difficult. “It affected [Sun’s Cleaner’s] a lot because [people]... Continue Reading →
Through the disappearance of newspapers and the alterations of television broadcasting, radio has always been an important part of the typical media consumer’s daily life. Here, in Philadelphia, college radio is setting the bar high. Value Colleges released a list of the “Top 10 College Campus Radio Stations,” that are completely student run. Each of the... Continue Reading →
According to Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders, there are currently 65.3 million displaced individuals — including refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced individuals — in the world. Those numbers have not been reached since World War II, said Rachel Milkovich, a coordinator for MSF’s latest exhibit, “Forced From Home.” Due to... Continue Reading →
Soldiers skirmished throughout continental Europe, darkening the soil with bold and illuminating the sky above with contrails and phosphorous, and all the while artists from around the world immortalized their struggles with a brush and canvas. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts created a new exhibit commemorating WWI this past Friday, Nov. 4, and... Continue Reading →
The year was 1939, and a young Jewish German boy was being sent by his parents to France in order to escape the impending Holocaust. Two years later he would become one of the One Thousand Children, or OTC, a large group of Jewish children who were sent to North America without their parents in... Continue Reading →
When a soldier in the armed forces retires and becomes a veteran, one would think the war stops there for them. They come home to their families or loved ones and live a normal life. Right? One would hope this would be the case for somebody that fought to preserve the liberties and freedoms we... Continue Reading →
Still just in his first year at SEPTA, T found himself amid a strike of all the transportation service's subway, bus and trolley operators and engineers. As a new employee, he said he was afraid to do anything that went against both SEPTA and the Transport Workers Union. “I just know a lot of people... Continue Reading →
Temple University Multimedia Storytelling 