affordable housing

  PHILADELPHIA- Cherelle Parker has won the Democratic Primary for Mayor. She’ll face off against David Oh in November to become Philadelphia’s 100th Mayor and the first woman to hold the office. “I am so [more…]

It’s almost a foregone conclusion that the 100th Philly Mayor will be a woman. Three of the highest-polling Democratic candidates are women, and it’s a tight race. The Democratic nominee will almost certainly win in [more…]

PHILADELPHIA – Alliance for a Just Philadelphia (AFAJP) held a candidate forum for City Council’s seven At-Large seats on March 26, 2023, in the packed sanctuary at Rodeph Shalom, 615 N Broad Street. Twenty-one of [more…]

Bone-chilling temps bring urgency to our city’s desperate need for safe, affordable housing.  [more…]

The violent story of America’s first federal housing project [more…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Early in the morning on June 18, 2022, thousands of protesters gathered at Freedom Plaza to march down Pennsylvania Ave to be joined by more than 150 thousand poor and low-wage workers [more…]

PHILADELPHIA – It’s the Guns, Stupid! Well, that’s the simple view, anyway. The reality is that the issues are much more complicated than a simple sound bite. Solving the problem of semi-automatic assault rifles like [more…]

PHILADELPHIA – on May 1, 2022, Multiple groups of labor, immigration, and other social justice activist gathered at various points in Center City before meeting up at Independence Mall and marching down South street to [more…]