Four Ways Philly can grow its tree canopy
Philly will get a ton of benefits if its first-ever Tree Plan succeeds. Right now, our trees store 99,000 tons of carbon dioxide each year. That number will increase as the canopy grows.
The City’s Tree Plan calls for significantly increasing our leafy coverage. So, why are our large trees continued to be chopped down?
“SAVE MY TREE!”
That’s what Nicole Fakhoury heard her two-year-old son crying and begging over the phone, over the sounds of a chainsaw.
Philadelphians find nature on the path to healing from gun violence
The way survivors are taught to heal from gun violence can be formulaic: talk to your loved ones, seek therapy, and take anti-anxiety medications. But the path to healing isn’t the same for everyone.
Where are the trees we were promised?
On a recent Saturday, more than 30 volunteers gathered in Malcolm X Park to plant street trees on sidewalks in front of homes around West Philly. Despite the rain, they showed up ready to dig out tree pits, spread mulch and get around 30 trees into the ground.
“Trees are the only piece of [public] infrastructure that appreciates in value,” says Dominique London, director of the nonprofit Tree Tender group UC Green.
How Philly can look to New Jersey to fix its child welfare system
How Philly can look to New Jersey to fix its child welfare system By: Steve Volk | The Philadelphia Inquirer April 14, 2025 | Tagged: Foster Care and Child Welfare, Our Kids. The problems bedeviling Philadelphia’s child welfare system — too many kids in foster care, worker vacancies, and lawsuits stemming from child injuries and…
Cómo Filadelfia puede inspirarse en Nueva Jersey para reformar su sistema de bienestar infantil
Los problemas que aquejan al sistema de bienestar infantil de Filadelfia —como el exceso de niños en hogares de acogida, la escasez de personal y demandas relacionadas con lesiones y muertes infantiles— han disminuido progresivamente en Nueva Jersey en las últimas dos décadas. Entonces, ¿qué puede aprender Filadelfia del Estado Jardín? En la década de…
Dentro del sistema de acogida oculto de Filadelfia, donde los padres ceden a sus hijos “voluntariamente”
En el otoño de 2021, Tytianna Hawthorne recibió un mensaje telefónico de un investigador del Departamento de Servicios Humanos de Filadelfia: alguien podría haber maltratado a su hija de un año. El investigador actuó basándose en una pista confidencial enviada a ChildLine por una persona que llamó y dijo que una foto de Su’Layah en…
Inside Philly’s hidden foster care system, where parents ‘voluntarily’ give up their children
Inside Philly’s hidden foster care system, where parents ‘voluntarily’ give up their children By: Steve Volk, Resolve Philly | The Philadelphia Inquirer April 10, 2025 | Tagged: Foster Care and Child Welfare, Our Kids. In fall 2021, Tytianna Hawthorne received a phone message from an investigator with the Philadelphia Department of Human Services: Someone may…
Philly removes neglected children from homes to keep them safe. But they often face worse abuse in foster care placements.
A story like this could begin in dozens of places. It could begin with Elliot, an infant shaken so badly that he suffered a traumatic brain injury; or Adeen, another boy, submerged in scalding water; or Samaya, held down and burned with an iron. A story like this could also begin with a mom, like…
Filadelfia retira a niños de hogares negligentes para protegerlos, pero a menudo sufren abusos peores en el sistema de acogida.
Una historia como ésta podría comenzar en docenas de lugares. Podría comenzar con Elliot, un bebé sacudido con tanta fuerza que sufrió una lesión cerebral traumática; o con Adeen, otro niño, sumergido en agua hirviendo; o con Samaya, sujetada y quemada con una plancha. Una historia como esta también podría comenzar con una madre, como…