In September, SafeKidsStories joined the historic national movement to mobilize young voters and get them to the polls. We launched Vote...

The sound of steadily beating drums and the flowing notes of the piano invite me into the Mayor’s Reception Room in City Hall. A mahogany...

I watch as my physics professor draws a careful diagram of a block resting on a table, chalk smudging as he redraws force vectors to...

As you walk onto the Mayor’s Reception Room, you are immediately surrounded by history. A statue honoring Amerigo Vespucci and the seal...

When I was in kindergarten, my mom would sit me down at our dinky kitchen table and teach me how to do long addition on the back of bill...

I once was told by a fellow immigrant that living in America is like being in a car going on a never-ending road trip — the citizens are...

I was one of the first students to arrive at WHYY, where the Vote That Jawn event would soon begin and was welcomed in by a kind old...

I am walking out of 15th street station by Centre Square in Philadelphia, and a woman coming up beside me remarks on her phone, “Oh, my...

I’m an average citizen — not someone who keeps up regularly with current events, tweets about politicians, or fully understands the US...

“Behind the ever open gate No pikes shall fence a crumbling throne, No lackeys cringe, no courtiers wait, — This palace is the people’s...

As we waited in the Mayor’s Reception Room for our guests to arrive for the #VoteThatJawn celebration, Philadelphia’s Clef Club Junior...

Rachel Headlam, the 18-year-old Philly character animator and I meet at a bustling juice shop. “I’m wearing a white pinstriped shirt, a...

“The quality of the dining hall food just doesn’t match the tuition fee I’m paying,” someone just complained to me. I nodded earnestly,...

I can recall the first time my parents saw Barack Obama on TV as if it happened yesterday. I was in first grade. My parents were talking...

Are you one of the 20,000 Philadelphia youth turning 18 before the 2018 election? Watch the video to find out about all the ways you can...

It’s a hot time in the old folks home these days. Elections are coming up in November and these guys are psyched. I recently asked a...

What I am about to share could save the earth from pollution. People should stop driving cars and ride bikes. Every day a lot of people...

During the 2016 presidential election, when I was just five months shy of being old enough to earn my voice in American politics, I...

I was wandering up and down North 6th street, feeling foolish that the whole train ride here I had been envisioning a block party. That...

During my second year of college, I took my first ever creative writing course. My sweet professor had us check in with her at the...

“When life gives you lemons, you can’t make lemonade unless you know where the sugar and water are,” proclaims Tamara Anderson. She’s a...

What good could a couple of painted signs do? This is what I thought to myself as Lansie Sylvia, director of Next Stop Democracy, took...

Youth voting campaign ‘Vote That Jawn’ shares resources to bring first-time voters to the ballot All the lanyard-wearing folks handing us...

PHILADELPHIA – Sept. 18, 2018 –Young Philadelphians are invited to participate in #VoteThatJawn, a nonpartisan, city-wide campaign...