The goal of all services at Broad Street Ministry is not telling people “what to do,” but to provide healing for some of the most resilient people of Philadelphia.
‘I’m Not Giving Them What They Want’: One Tenant’s Fight Against Landlord Retaliation
by Maddie Rose.All photos by the author. Tenants are evicted every day in Philadelphia, even during court closures. They are…
Hiding in Housing
by Noah Cote. Featured image by Roberto Catarinicchia on Unsplash. Across the country, many tenants are facing a crisis. Since…
Housing as a Human Right and Lessons in Empathy
by Kerri HughesFeatured Photo by Maddie Rose depicts the camp in mid-July 2020 Housing insecurity is something many of us…
No Evictions Now, or Ever: Philly Tenants Union Blockades Eviction Court Reopening
by Maddie Rose.All photos by the author. Hundreds of people marched on September 3rd to block the reopening of Philly’s Landlord-Tenant…
First Days of Camp JTD: Philly Homeless Build Their Own Hope
By Quinn McGarrigle Featured Image by Maddie Rose Author’s Note: The complete version of this article was originally published on…
Coming Together in a Crisis
By: Matteo MacDermant The COVID-19 crisis dropped like a bomb upon our fragile society, leaving vast sectors of the economy…
The Other Lockdown
By Quinn McGarrigle “The Coronavirus came to the United States in January 2020. As it began to spread across the…
Ableism, COVID-19, and Eugenics
By Noah Strauss The coroner’s initial report of George Floyd’s murder by the Minneapolis Police Department is full of lies,…