Philadelphia
The legal limits of Trump’s crackdown on sanctuary cities like Philadelphia
The legal limits of Trump’s crackdown on sanctuary cities like Philadelphia President Trump’s executive order on April 28, 2025, demands that the U.S. attorney general publish a list of cities and states that obstruct federal immigration enforcement, potentially putting Philadelphia on the list due to its sanctuary city policies. Philadelphia’s sanctuary policies, including refusing to […]
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The hidden history of Philadelphia’s window-box gardens and their role in urban reform
The hidden history of Philadelphia’s window-box gardens and their role in urban reform Window-box gardening has been a tradition in Philadelphia since the 1800s, but its role in urban reform was largely overlooked until recent research by historian Sonja Dümpelmann. Women’s window-box gardens were used as a means of female social reform during the Progressive […]
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From business exports to veteran care − here’s what some of the 35,000 federal workers in the Philadelphia region do
From business exports to veteran care − here’s what some of the 35,000 federal workers in the Philadelphia region do Federal layoffs have affected employees at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. Ryan Collerd/AFP via Getty Images Layoffs of federal employees and cutbacks to federal agencies have direct consequences for the Philadelphia area. I am […]
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