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Philly City Councilmember Curtis Jones said guns will be taken with no questions asked. The buyback will happen Saturday at two local churches.

Why are fewer people getting welfare in this time of high unemployment, expanding enrollment in other safety net programs, and increasing hunger?

“Bring them here to help us,” said Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium founder Dr. Ala Stanford, speaking Monday at Girard College’s MLK Day of Service.

The civil rights leader spoke to a crowd protesting segregation at Girard College.

Chef Jesse Ito usually turns down requests because the dish is so time intensive.

Rev. David W. Brown reflects on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the media, and the Capitol riots.

This week we listen back to Mary's interview with poet Ariea D. Matthews, Anton Moore, executive producer of "The Wight of Death," and musician Micah Graves.

For some volunteers, Sunday’s acts of service felt different — carried more weight, even — within the context of the past year.

The Pennsylvania State Capitol was on high alert after a report indicated armed groups were planning to gather at capitals across the U.S.

The Monday afternoon event will take place on North Simpson Street in West Philadelphia, where 7-year-old Zamar Jones was killed last August.

The township was awarded funds from the state’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program to pay for the feasibility phase of the project.

A rise in pandemic reading and demand for works written from the Black perspective or about social justice made a unique moment in time, the owner says.

What else explains how people can think it’s perfectly within their rights to try to overthrow the government because their guy didn’t win?

The state Public Utility Commission must sign off on the long-contested $276.5M sale of Delaware County’s wastewater system to Aqua Pennsylvania.

Here's a quick primer from Life Kit on how to talk with your kids about politics — and, even get them thinking about civics.