Emily Neil

If passed in the fall, the landmark legislation will make Philadelphia the largest city in the U.S. to extend labor rights to domestic workers.

The second-oldest LGBT Latino organization in the country, GALAEI, continues to create change for Latinx, LGBTQ Philadelphians.

The Honduran-born and Philly-based author, Allan Fajardo, talked to AL DÍA about his recently published novel that reveals the history of Honduras and the experience of being an immigrant.

Through her private practice, Nutritiously Yours, Dalina Soto is leading the way in making nutrition and wellness more inclusive and culturally relevant.

At the national level, and here in Philadelphia, businesses that range from the corner mom-and-pop shops to large corporations are raising the alarm about climate change.

The first Latino to serve as CEO of the largest public utility company in Illinois, ComEd, shared his vision for the future of energy in the U.S. and beyond at the inaugural AL DÍA Global Speakers event on May 15.

Jessica Elena Aquino is a Mexican-American artist who draws on a number of influences and aspects of her identity to produce artwork that challenges established categories. 

On May 9, artist Michelle Angela Ortiz hosted a screening of “Las Madres de Berks,” an intimate look at the trauma of family detention. 

Sheriff Sean Kilkenny said that he wants to continue to push for greater diversity in the Sheriff’s Office, increase transparency, and more in what would be his second term in the office.

Through her all-female flamenco dance company and her own choreography and performances, including most recently “La Bolivianita,” Hevia y Vaca embraces the deeply empowering dimensions of the art form.

On Monday, Apr. 8, Philadelphia City Council’s Labor and Civil Service subcommittee held the first formal hearing on domestic workers’ rights and protections.

On display April 5 - April 25 at Gershman Hall, the documentary photographer’s work illuminates the individual stories and faces of those who risk everything to travel to the border.

In the first year of his administration, District Attorney Larry Krasner has fulfilled several of the campaign promises which gained him the support of nearly 75 percent of Philadelphia voters and swept him into office in 2017. But how successful have the changes that Krasner has introduced been in reducing the city's out-sized incarceration rate - and what will be the consequences locally and nationally as he continues in his efforts to reform the criminal justice system?

Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli’s novel “Lost Children Archive” chronicles losses large and small, personal, national, and historical - while serving as proof of the aspects of truth which slip between the cracks in even the most airtight reporting on the arrival of many immigrants from Central America at the southern border.

The state legislator is launching a bid for mayor in the 2019 Democratic primaries, his second run at the position, against incumbent Mayor Jim Kenney.