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The emergency fund designed to help Delaware State University students hit hard by the coronavirus shutdown has reached its $1 million goal.

Eastern State Penitentiary has laid off staff, implemented salary reductions and made deep cuts to its operating budget due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The committee made the suggestion before the board votes on the new fare proposal on June 25. If approved, the new fare plan goes into effect July 1.

The 1.5 million is a historically high number, even as the economy increasingly reopens and employers bring some people back to work.

First we discuss the history and importance of Juneteenth and the efforts to recognize it as a holiday. Then, we talk about the lasting impact of the Tulsa massacre of 1921.

After weeks of protest, Philly Council passed a preliminary budget plan that responds to calls for reprioritization in spending.

The package would include capital investments in poor neighborhoods, as well as millions more on job training, rent subsidies and basic income support.

The Prospect Park resident who died from COVID-19 complications is remembered by her sisters for her spot-on impressions and “passion for people.”

The massacre shocked the nation and prompted a racial dialogue in the city. Those same issues resonate today amid the national outcry over recent incidents of police brutality

An online staged reading of “Mr. DuBois: a Myth” brings 19th-century activism to life.

In the complaint, the Federal Bureau of Investigation lays out how it came to detain Blumenthal in granular detail using social media and internet sleuthing.

About half of American adults now say police violence against the public is a “very” or “extremely” serious problem, up from about a third as recently as September last year.

Akhenaton “Akh” Jones, 36, is being charged with murder, abuse of corpse and related offenses.

How do you reduce funding for police, and change their role in communities, while ensuring public safety for all?

Friday’s celebrations will take place amid more than three weeks of civil unrest following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.