While the streets may be cleaner, the true impact of these efforts can be seen through the stories of people like barber Joshua Santiago, whose commitment to his community goes beyond just a good ...

Santiago is providing free haircuts to the homeless in Kensington, a Philadelphia neighborhood known as the world’s largest open-air drug market, plagued by addiction, crime and poverty.

Santiago founded his nonprofit Empowering Cuts in 2017 and has spent nearly a decade providing free haircuts to people experiencing homelessness in Kensington. He believes in the power of human ...