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What would Ta-Nehisi do? (Photo via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Roz Warren reads Ta-Nehisi Coates

A personal (and very quiet) revolution

Roz Warren read some Ta-Nehisi Coates and decided to take action. She's offering small but useful reparations one library patron at a time.

Roz Warren

Aug 15, 2016 Essays 4 minute read

In Pennsylvania, women's paychecks don't add up. (Photo by Sarah Mirk via Creative Commons/Flickr)

Pennsylvania lags in equal pay

Boston or bust

This week, Massachusetts passed legislation that helps achieve equal pay for equal work. So, how do Pennsylvania's women fare?

Stacia Friedman

Aug 08, 2016 Essays 3 minute read

Francis Wheatley's "Valentine rescuing Silvia from Proteus." (Illustration via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Teens, Trump, and Shakespeare in Clark Park's 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona'

Shaking a speare at history's hangover

It's summer Shakespeare season, and Anndee Hochman asks why we keep turning to the bard. She also thinks she knows the answer.

Anndee Hochman

Aug 02, 2016 Essays 5 minute read

And the beat goes on. (Illustration for BSR by Mike Jackson of alrightmike.com)

Kile Smith digs deep into his roots

"All the Hits of the '60s!"

When composer Kile Smith needed to dig some tree roots out of his side yard, he had no idea how deep they'd go.

Kile Smithand Illustration by Mike Jackson

Jul 27, 2016 Essays 5 minute read

The Union League's display explains the concept of an oxymoron (I kid, I kid). (Photo by Stephen Silver)

'PoliticalFest' DNC exhibitions

Political education, in museums and on the streets

Stephen Silver visits Philadelphia 2016's 'PoliticalFest' exhibitions and learns what can and cannot be taught in a museum's display.

Stephen Silver

Jul 26, 2016 Essays 3 minute read

Make America Drunk Again! (Illustration for BSR by Mike Jackson of alrightmike.com)

Creative cocktails for the Democratic National Convention

I'll drink to that!

Philadelphia bartenders, we know you're freaking out about the coming influx of DNC conventioneers. Never fear, BSR has you covered with some last-minute creative cocktail suggestions.

Stacia Friedmanand Illustration by Mike Jackson

Jul 19, 2016 Essays 3 minute read

Fairmount Park's Cedar Grove mansion. (Photo via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Historic Houses of Fairmount Park tour

These old houses and the stories they tell

In advance of the Democratic National Convention, a tour of three historic Fairmount Park homes tells the stories of our nation's painful birth.

Steve Cohen

Jul 19, 2016 Essays 5 minute read

The trees in summer 1959 bore strange fruit. (Drawing courtesy of Reginald McFadden, Attica prison)

Eastern State Penitentiary's 'Prisons Today: Questions in the Age of Mass Incarceration'

Part two: When facts hide the truth

In part two of Treacy Ziegler's two-part series on Eastern State Penitentiary's current exhibitions, she examines the stories behind the displays and asks more questions than the museum can answer.

Treacy Ziegler

Jul 18, 2016 Essays 5 minute read

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Heartfelt and tongue tied. (Illustration for <em>BSR</em> by Mike Jackson of alrightmike.com)_

Kile Smith on the perils of being a WRTI-FM deejay

Three things I learned from being on the radio

Kile Smith was a WRTI-FM deejay for 10 years. He never did figure out how to pronounce that one name.