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They hid in jungles. Now they are building lives in Philadelphia

The Karen people, refugees from Myanmar, what was once known as Burma, have had a harrowing passage to our city. As an ethnic minority in a repressive state, they were forced from their homes and into hiding. “My whole life, I had to be afraid of everything,” said an 87-year-old who now lives in Philly.

A small nonprofit is trying to make their lives easier. Reporter Julia Binswanger shares that moving story. Continue reading …

Gay Lay at a garden in Philadelphia. (Courtesy of Clara Varadi-True)

HitchBOT celebrated, 10 years after its demise

Ten years after a hitchhiking robot reached the end of its road in Elfreth’s Alley in Old City, a Firs

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