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Philadelphia students get dirt under their nails producing fresh fruit for their neighborhoods

Jerry and her classmates are collaborating with the Philadelphia Orchard Project, working to increase fresh fruit availability in low-wealth neighborhoods ... but engagement with students to take cont... read more

Philadelphia’s Economy Boosted by Influx of Retail, Investments

Since 2013, 25 national stores have come to Center City Philadelphia and nine retail-driven developments have been built or are under way in Center City. In the next few years, more than 2.3 million n... read more

Thorium Power Is the Safer Future of Nuclear Energy

But these control rods aren’t foolproof: their operation can be affected during ... hot liquid would all drain out and the reaction would stop. Thorium power has other attractions, too. Its production ... read more

Why New Urbanism Doesn't Work

In their view, the kind of homes and neighborhoods we live in are tacky ... relying on mass transit to get around and shopping at local stores filled with goods produced in the surrounding area. While ... read more

Meet the Tenacious Gardeners Putting Down Roots in “America’s Most Desperate Town”

Fruit trees (cherry ... which was soon adopted by the city; the Fresh Mobile Market, a truck that sells fresh produce in the neighborhoods and provides a place for residents to barter their surplus ve... read more

Myth of the High Speed Rail "Boondoggle"

With a real boondoggle under their belt, they really shouldn't be going after a manufactured one. “[California] State Sen. Joe Simitian’s district office near Stanford’s campus is nestled among shops ... read more

Things that foreigners find annoying about life in Japan

“I often see students commuting to school, lined up across a road, and they don’t pay any attention to cars coming behind them. I get irritated that they seem to think they own the road.” – Endless wa... read more

In Biden, Obama Opts for Experience Over Change

Among those under consideration, Biden was at the top of the list on ... Voters ultimately do not make their November decisions on the basis of vice presidential running mates, but the debate between ... read more

Upward Immobility

Outside, vendors sold tamales and fresh fruit juice ... buildings and their inhabitants with a number from 1 to 6, called an estrato. Those who belong to the lowest estratos, 1 and 2, reside in the ci... read more

The Irreplaceable Human Voice: Louise Glück Gives Form to Devastation

The poet is a kind of dazed Miranda, so new to the world that its very ordinariness seems an emblem of wonder….I think a reader will remember these poems for their beauty ... violets, fresh-hewn wood, ... read more

Essay: Philadelphia students get dirt under their nails growing fruit for their neighborhoods

In a city where far too many lack access to fresh fruits ... communities to create their own sources of healthy food are invaluable. Outside Tilden Middle School in Southwest Philadelphia, a group of ... read more

Charged With a Crime? Better Check Your Facebook Pictures

The judge slammed him with a two-year jail sentence. A girl charged in a fatal drunken driving crash also had photos from her MySpace page downloaded by prosecutors, who used them in their pre-sentenc... read more