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Los Sixers buscan un nuevo estadio en Nueva Jersey en medio de las protestas contra el 76 Place de Gensler
¿Los Camden 76ers? Suena bien, si eres de Nueva Jersey. En respuesta a las masivas protestas populares contra los planes de Gensler de construir el 76 Place -un estadio de baloncesto especulativo de 1.300 millones de dólares en el barrio chino de Filadelfia-, la 76 DevCo...
El senador Saval se opone a un estadio en Chinatown, alegando perjuicios para la comunidad
Filadelfia, PA - 7 de septiembre de 2024 - Hoy el senador estatal Nikil Saval (D-Filadelfia) se unió a más de mil personas en una manifestación y marcha a través de Center City contra la propuesta Sixers arena en Chinatown. El acto fue organizado por la Save Chinatown Coalition,...
Opositores al nuevo estadio de los 76ers protestan el sábado en Filadelfia
FILADELFIA (CBS) - La Coalición para Salvar Chinatown celebró el sábado una manifestación y una marcha en Filadelfia contra el nuevo estadio propuesto por los 76ers, el 76 Place. Los Sixers, que actualmente juegan en el Wells Fargo Center en el South Philadelphia Sports Complex, han propuesto construir...
No nos desplazarán": Miles de personas marchan por el centro de Filadelfia en protesta por el proyecto de estadio de los Sixers
Más de un mes antes de que empiece la temporada de baloncesto, los Philadelphia 76ers -y su adversario- siguieron siendo la comidilla de la ciudad el sábado, cuando los opositores a la propuesta de estadio del equipo de la NBA en Center City marcharon desde el Ayuntamiento por Chinatown...
Community members, elected officials march through Center City, Chinatown to protest the Sixers’ arena proposal
Scores of demonstrators marched with members of the Save Chinatown Coalition through Center City and Chinatown Sábado to protest the Philadelphia 76ers’ arena proposal with songs, drumming, dancing, and speeches. Drenched by a sudden downpour, protesters shouted “No...
Lawmakers introduce measures to hold colleges like UArts accountable for sudden closures
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — After the University of the Arts suddenly shuttered its doors earlier this year, Pennsylvania Democrats are working to prevent other colleges from doing the same. “It is not normal for me at age 22 to blame myself for the mistakes of...
These lawmakers say they want to prevent another collapse like UArts’. Here’s what they’re requiring.
As president of University of the Arts Student Association, Alex McFadden routinely met with the school’s top officials. They sat on the selection committee that helped pick Kerry Walk as president. So when the school closed with just a week’s notice in Junio, shocking...
El senador Saval anuncia nuevas protecciones para las comunidades universitarias de Pensilvania tras el cierre de la UArts
Los legisladores de Pensilvania anuncian una nueva supervisión de la enseñanza superior tras el cierre de la Universidad de las Artes
Shapiro ‘confident’ 76ers arena will remain in Philadelphia
Despite news reports that New Jersey is trying to woo the 76ers to build a new arena in Camden, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Martes said he’s confident the team will remain in Philadelphia. “The mayor is the lead on this, together with city council. We’re in...
Pennsylvania’s historic preservation incentive received a huge boost this summer
In a summer filled with explosive political news, even the most assiduous media consumer may have missed the Pennsylvania legislature increasing the value of the state’s historic tax credit. This policy is meant to provide resources to developers to renovate buildings...
Shuttered UArts in Philadelphia Faces $50 Million Debt Repayment Demand
Turmoil continues to surround the abrupt closure of the University of the Arts (UArts) in Philadelphia just over two months ago, at the end of the Spring semester. The shuttered school is now subject to a demand for immediate repayment of a more than $50 million debt,...
The Hotelification of Offices, With Signature Scents and Saltwater Spas
Visitors to the Springline complex in Menlo Park, Calif., are surrounded by a sense of comfort and luxury often found at high-end hotels: off-white walls with a Roman clay finish, a gray-and-white marble coffee table and a white leather bench beneath an 8-by-4 resin...
Sereyrath ‘One’ Van emigrated to Philly in 1984 as his family fled genocide. Advocates are fighting his deportation
Sereyrath Van, known to many as “One,” has no memories outside U.S. soil. Now, the 44-year-old is fighting an order from Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) that would deport him to Cambodia — a country Van has never visited. Van had a check-in with ICE on...
Community leaders rally as ICE detains Philadelphia man
Despite a month-long campaign coordinated by Southeast Asian community leaders and immigration advocates, federal authorities detained a man last week and appear to be preparing to deport him to a country he has never visited. Sereyrath “One” Van, 44, was born in a...
The Fight Continues Against Criminalization of Homelessness
The Supreme Court’s momentous ruling last month in the Grants Pass v. Johnson case removed a key protection for unhoused people, allowing criminalization even when there is no available shelter. While some Democrats condemned the decision, several leaders on the West...
The Supreme Court’s Grants Pass Decision Has Lit a Fire Under Homeless Advocacy Groups
The Supreme Court’s momentous Junio ruling in the Grants Pass v. Johnson case removed a key protection for unhoused people, allowing criminalization even when there is no available shelter. While some Democrats condemned the decision, several leaders on the West Coast,...
Opinion: New pipeline safety rules must be enacted for the health of current and future generations
The blue flame on the stovetops in millions of American homes is fed by a web of some 3 million miles of natural gas pipelines crisscrossing the country – including some 90,000 miles of these conduits in Pennsylvania. Regulated by an outdated set of standards, many of...
¿Quieres que tus alumnos triunfen? Dales hogares seguros
Los legisladores de Pensilvania tienen razón al celebrar la inversión en educación pública lograda en el presupuesto estatal recientemente aprobado, un paso inicial muy necesario hacia la equidad para los niños de nuestra Commonwealth. Pero, por segundo año consecutivo, no han incluido 50...
After New Law Regulates Evictions, Landlord-Tenant Office Shuts Down
PHILADELPHIA – Today, six weeks after the Angel Davis Eviction Accountability Act was signed into law, the municipal court announced that landlord-tenant officer Marisa Shuter will cease conducting evictions. As the lawyer appointed to oversee private evictions in...