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Stunning photos depict migrants ‘as they’d rather be seen’
Many of the images we see of refugees, migrants and immigrants portray them as burdens on society or victims of oppression.
6 years ago
Bucks County Quakers honor ‘forgotten slaves’ buried in unmarked graves
Black residents of Langhorne long suspected that there were enslaved and freed Africans and African-Americans buried on the grounds of Middletown Friends.
6 years ago
Listen 1:44Wilmington reaches deal with Catholic school to overhaul historic stadium
6 years ago
Explore Philly’s murals with your kids
Philadelphia is a city of neighborhoods—and depending on where you and your family live, whether within the city limits or in the Philly suburbs, there may be lots of neighbor
6 years ago
Powered paraglider critically injured in Wildwood crash
A man was critically injured Saturday afternoon in a powered paraglider crash in Wildwood, authorities say.
6 years ago
After one year of headlines, #MeToo is everywhere
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the reporting, in The New York Times and The New Yorker, that led to the fall of movie producer Harvey Weinstein.
6 years ago
Once enslaved by ISIS, Nadia Murad is co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize
In August 2014, Nadia Murad was one of thousands of Yazidis who were captured by ISIS and forced into sexual slavery. Three months later, she escaped.
6 years ago
‘Mystery’ sand piles reappear in Shore town
Symmetrically formed sand piles have once again appeared on an Ocean County beach.
6 years ago
A Point Breeze night market inspires neighborhood pride
If you feed them, they will come.
6 years ago
Free transit on Election Day? SEPTA votes no
Other cities offer free transit on Election Day: Dallas, Houston, Tampa, Minneapolis, Austin, and Asheville, among others.
6 years ago
‘Bystander effect’ and sexual assault: What the research says
Sexual assault, pushed into public conversation by the #MeToo movement, once again dominates the U.S. news cycle.
6 years ago
Atlantic Sunrise pipeline goes into full service this weekend
The pipeline is one of many large-scale projects transporting Marcellus gas.
6 years ago
Rowan U. to hold town hall after viral video shows police drawing guns at students
The encounter raised questions about police use of force and racial bias in law enforcement, because the driver of the car was black.
6 years ago
Most Twitter accounts linked to 2016 disinformation are still active, report finds
Disinformation networks publish more than a million tweets a day, the authors found.
6 years ago
Feds consider floodwalls, gates to protect N.J. back bay areas
Could there be some light at the end of the long tunnel for New Jersey's pervasive back bay flooding problem?
6 years ago