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Michelle Myers is an Ecuadorian bilingual journalist who moved to Philadelphia in 2017. You can find her Community and Political journalism work at Presente Media, Philatinos Radio, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and AL DÍA News. Currently, she works as a GA Service desk reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer, and co-hosts Philatinos Radio show "El Café de la Tarde."
If you are one of 16,072 domestic workers in Philly, or an employer, here is what you need to know about domestic worker rights. Photo: Alejandro A. Alvarez.
On the corner of Ninth and Ellsworth Streets, La Guerrerense wows ice cream aficionados with close to a hundred complex flavors. Although they have become a local staple, selling over 110 gallons of ice cream weekly, their story doesn’t begin in Philly. Photo: Jose F. Moreno
Germantown is now home to a 1,100-square-foot mural commemorating Juneteenth. Photo: Tyger Williams.
Philadelphians have four questions to answer for the 2023 Primary. Here's what they mean.
Philly's Spanish speakers can enjoy Latin American movies, community gathering and cultural discourse at El Conejo en el Faro, a new film club started by a local screenwriter.
The Motherhood Project is a ¡Presente! Media short documentary about the experiences of three Latina immigrants becoming mothers in the United States.
Vice President Mike Pence visited West Philadelphia on Wednesday, and his presence did not go unnoticed. LGBTQ people and allies, refugee supporters, and union workers stood outside St. Francis de Sales School, along 47th St, as he gave a speech at an event around school choice.
It's been 36 years since Carlos Rodriguez called somewhere other than Philadelphia's Norris Square neighborhood "home." Before he moved to his current house at 2034 Hancock Street in 2000, Rodriguez lived a block over on Palethorp Street.
More than 700 people gathered at Malcolm X Park in West Philadelphia to march for justice, equity, and liberation for the transgender community, while remembering the transgender people who have been murdered in Philadelphia. Violence directed toward the transgender community is not unique to the city of brotherly love.
Ask anyone who's lived in Norris Square for more than 30 years about the park that now bears its name and you'll more than likely hear it referred to as "El Parque de Las Ardillas" (The Park of Squirrels). The name comes from a calmer time in the neighborhood's history, though not one without hardship.