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Ask Blew Kind when she knew the pandemic had hit her cafe, Franny Lou’s Porch in East Kensington, and she doesn’t hesitate: the second week of March.

For some, removing Donald Trump from office isn't enough to dismiss sexual assault allegations raised against the former vice president.

Addressing hunger in the city has been Gaye Nailah Johns’ mission for two decades as director of the Sadaqah food program.

A coalition of mostly Black female activists is asking public health officials to extend their stay-at-home orders.

The pandemic is exacerbating long-existing inequities in all areas of society across the city and the country, but perhaps nowhere more acutely than in education.

Philadelphia is the poorest big city in America, with nearly a quarter of its citizens living below the federal poverty line and more than one in 10 Philadelphians in deep poverty. About 47 percent of residents are renters, with 54 percent paying at least 30 percent of their income in rent.

The 19th spoke with the former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate during Black Maternal Health Week about issues including maternal mortality, pay equity, benefits for low-wage workers and how the pandemic could impact the 2020 election.

The Rev. Leslie Callahan, the first female pastor of St. Paul’s Baptist Church, tends to her flock and her family. “I feel like, as a Black woman, we just do what we’ve got to do,” Callahan said. “Who has time to think about how I feel about this?”

Ledbetter cites Biden's experience, saying "we need someone that knows how Congress and the presidency works.”

A Q&A with Ai-jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.