To all the kids out there know that it's okay  Ya’ll got people like me to show you the better way  All you can do is hope and pray for a toy on Christmas day   Don’t worry it's alright  I’m riding this poetry wave like a bike 

I'm from Philly  where they shoot in places that bring us joy  Christmas mornings waking up to gunshots not no lil toy   “I can’t believe Mommy; it’s Fourth of July already”  “Don't worry baby. Hold ya lil sister nice and steady”

18-year-old Vismita Holavanahalli, a 2025 Summer Jawn intern, finds time in her Temple first-year schedule to visit her Central High alma mater. There, three PA Supreme court judges Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, and David Wecht, talk about their retention races.

This year, Philadelphia’s Elections Board is calling on young people to serve as substitute poll workers on November 4 to help keep lines moving and make sure every voter can cast their ballot smoothly.

Young voters are, and have always had some of the lowest voting turnouts in elections. This year that number was only 47 percent of youth coming out to vote in the presidential election.

I am considering many things when I head to the polls for midterms; causes that I was not old enough to cast a ballot for come to the forefront. Marching for gun control and women’s rights were things I couldn’t do then.

I realized then, my hands covered in paint and my sleeves wet, that it was bigger than my family — this apathy cut across cultures, backgrounds and generations.

This guide offers a lesson plan and resources for teaching Whitman's "Election Day: November, 1884."

I may not have a vote, but I do have a voice, and I intend to use it. Encouraging others to engage in the democratic process became my way of contributing, even if indirectly, to US democracy. For every person I convinced to register or to show up at the polls, I felt like I was speaking up for those of us left out. 

The upcoming election carries a lot of weight for Philly, the biggest city in one of the biggest swing states.

There were many times I wasn’t allowed to leave the house because of demonstrations happening downtown.

Redistricting occurs after the census to ensure that each lawmaker’s number of constituents in their district is proportional to the populat