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Officials said the scope of the probe will include the PPD’s use of force. A civil rights attorney said there’s a “critical need” for such an investigation in Philly.

The dogs were airlifted to safety so that southern animal shelters could make room for pets displaced by the storm — without the need for euthanasia.

The state health department has issued guidelines for outdoor sports as New Jersey begins to reopen its economy.

This week: NJ's plans to reopen, the tenure and resignation of PA House Speaker Mike Turzai, and the role of murals in social movements.

While protests may skew younger, many in the religious community in Northwest Philadelphia have been fighting for civil rights for decades.

Some stores sustained property damage just as they were emerging from lockdown.

The series will offer a safe space for those on the frontlines of recent protests advocating for Black lives, as well as those who have suffered repeated racial trauma.

For the second Sunday since restrictions were lifted, Catholic churches in the Philadelphia archdiocese gathered for in-person services.

Some argue Christopher Columbus should not be revered due to his brutality against indigenous people in the Americas.

Many residents of Nicetown-Tioga don’t want police to completely disappear from their community but they want them to show up differently.

These talks are an everyday fact of life in some homes, but are new to others. Here is some advice on how to approach them, starting with young children.

Statues and flags may not do physical harm to anyone. But they meant something to the people who put them up, and they have meaning for people who see them today.

Saturday’s “Black Men Rising” march put a period on the statue’s removal. But other famous local personages stand as ongoing symbols of racism, many say.

The site has a chronological listing of activist events across the region.

The MOVE organization, Black Lives Matter, and Philadelphia Socialist Alternative are sponsoring major events in the city.