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Tuesday for Trayvon: Listening to children
I feel passionately about the death of Trayvon Martin and the trial of George Zimmerman. I feel those events in my bones, yet I find myse ...
13 years ago
Pa. House approves $45 million more for Philly’s schools
The Pennsylvania House passed a bill Monday that directs $45 million in additional state aid to Philadelphia’s cash-starved schools ...
13 years ago
Pa. panel plans to look into issues of poverty
A GOP state lawmaker says the next big focus of one House panel will be how poverty affects people across Pennsylvania and what can be do ...
13 years ago
Memo to Corbett administration on disenfranchising voters may figure in Pa. voter ID trial
Testimony is under way in the court case over Pennsylvania’s voter ID law that requires voters to show certain photo identification ...
13 years ago
Delaware congressman discusses higher education affordability
Is there a way to make college more affordable? Delaware Congressman John Carney hosted a roundtable discussion with education specialist ...
13 years ago
Independent board takes on finances for 14 Philadelphia Catholic schools
An independent board of local business leaders is taking over finances for 14 Catholic elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelp ...
13 years ago
Elfreth’s Alley backstory yields clues to life of Philly immigrants
Here are some of the 6,000 objects Deirdre Kelleher has dug up in the lot behind the Elfreth’s Alley Museum: Clay marbles. Buttons. ...
13 years ago
Take it easy, find a cool spot to get through heat wave
Many communities across the region issued this summer’s first hot weather heat warnings Monday. John Corcoran, deputy direct ...
13 years ago
Like Florida, Pa. has ‘stand your ground’ law
As all eyes were on the case of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin, something else came to the nation’s attention: “ ...
13 years ago