Philadelphia’s only rape crisis center, Women Organized Against Rape (WOAR) – Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence, announced staff layoffs Oct. 6 and a pause of essential services as a result...
Joseph Bergkoetter ’29 has used SEPTA to travel from his home in Northeast Philadelphia ever since he was a toddler. But the instability that affected his first-week commute, caused by cuts to SEPTA’s...
This past August, shortly after taking my last exam at the college I attend in Sacramento, California, where I am studying for my computer science degree, I took a flight to Kabul, Afghanistan to visit...
Under-served and lower-income Philadelphia public schools have finally made the transition to an in-person learning format, months after other districts throughout the state and country had already done...
As thousands of Venezuelans continue to protest the government currently led by President Nicolas Maduro and battle to maintain stability in the country, Venezuelans at St. Joe’s are concerned about...
Panel discusses American opioid crisis
National substance use disorder recovery advocate Ryan Hampton reminded attendees at a panel discussion about the opioid epidemic that college students are heavily...
Nuevo Progreso, Mexico — For more than two decades, 63-year-old Maria Luisa Lima Ortiz has been running Taqueria El No Que No, a tented taco stand in a line of taco stands along Calle Sonora in Nuevo...
The opioid crisis is about more than just pharmaceutical companies
33,091.
This is the number of people who were killed in 2015 by an opioid overdose. This number includes prescription drugs and the commonly...
