Stories by Allyn Gaestel

Allyn Gaestel is currently a Philadelphia Fellow for Next City. Much of her work centers on human rights, inequality and gender. She has worked in Haiti, India, Nepal, Mali, Senegal, Democratic Republic of Congo and the Bahamas for outlets including the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Los Angeles Times, Reuters, CNN and Al Jazeera. She tweets @allyngaestel.

Reform in the Back of the House

K’House Experiments with Co-Living in Philadelphia

SLIDESHOW: The Italian Market Festival in South Philadelphia

City Kids

Despite Doctors’ Efforts, Philadelphia’s Infant Mortality Rate Remains Among the Worst in the U.S.

What Cities Face in the Immigration Reform Debate

Philly Parents See Schools as a Way Toward Economic Stability

As Philadelphia International Airport Expands, Workers Push for Higher Wages

“Pull of Gravity” Highlights Struggles of Former Prisoners’ Reentry in North Philly

You Need to Earn Nearly $19 an Hour to Rent ‘Comfortably,’ Report Says

Collaboration or Competition? The Messy Geopolitics of Food Security

Feeding Cities: Photographing the Forgotten Pathways of Food

‘A Place at the Table’ Shows How Hunger Doesn’t Always Look Like Hunger

Report: Poor U.S. Students Receive Developing-World Educations

How State’s Medicaid Expansion Refusal Will Burden Philadelphia

Urban Planner James Rojas Reminds Us to Shut Down the PowerPoint

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