COVID-19 kept swimmers out of the pools. Now Philly needs lifeguards so we can get back in

“We try to make it so that you can do a little or a lot,” said one organizer. “If you have 15 minutes … if you have three hours, we'll take it all.”

For Steve Sims, the holiday offers an opportunity for residents to consider how they can engage in the “unfinished work of creating a more perfect union.”

Fatal drownings among young children nationally rose 12% from 2020 to 2021, according to a new federal report.