Barbara Simmons
Corporate Investors Are Gobbling Up Philadelphia’s Single-Family Homes at an Unprecedented Rate, New Report Shows
October 29, 2025
The Rutgers University report released Monday reveals that about 25% of all residential units are purchased as nameless, faceless individuals as investors in LLCs.
‘We Have to Be Good or ICE Will Get Us’: Takeaways From Chicago Children Caught in Immigration Raids
October 29, 2025
Some Chicago parents and teachers say children were traumatized by a recent immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.
Why Billions of Gallons of Raw Sewage Keep Ending up in Philadelphia Waterways
October 28, 2025
Human waste spilling from archaic sewer systems pollutes the city’s waterways and harms residents, according to the nonprofit environmental group PennEnvironment.
Doylestown’s Bike Works Continues Annual ‘Cranksgiving’ Ride to Benefit Local Food Pantries
October 27, 2025
The 28-mile ride on Sunday stops at three central Bucks County grocery stores where participants buy non-perishable grocery items to donate to local food pantries.
Forty Organizations Offer a Plan to Revitalize Rural America
October 27, 2025
When rural people have a seat at the policy-making table, we build an economy from the bottom up and middle out, not the top down, writes Rural Democracy Initiative’s Michael Chameides.
