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How we talk about an issue has ramifications that go far beyond the words. Names, descriptions, and terms lay the foundation for how we t ...

Today, we are rebroadcasting stories from our archives about what it means to be American from three different perspectives.

We discuss Vice President Joe Biden's record on busing and desegregation in schools and whether the policy has achieved racial integration in schools across the country.

Decades before YouTube, Marion Stokes taped everything on TV — nearly a million hours of it. Was she a hoarder or an archivist?

Last week, Philadelphia Energy Solutions announced it would close its South Philadelphia oil refinery following a nearly catastrophic fire. What's next for the site?

It's not all in your head — If you live in the Philadelphia region, you have actually been getting more severe weather alerts on your phone lately. Why?

This week: what open primaries would mean for elections in Pa, what the closure of Hahnemann Hospital says about Philly healthcare, and why every year is a bad tick year.

Philadelphia Energy Solutions has had a long history of fires and financial troubles. Why was the latest accident a tipping point for the 150-year-old oil refinery?

There will be a total Solar Eclipse Tuesday July 2nd in Chile and Argentina. The Exploratorium in San Francisco will cover the eclipse li ...

We'll talk about what the candidates said, and how they said it, how the second debate compares to the first, and what this means for the twenty plus campaigns going forward.

Wednesday night marked a milestone in the 2020 election cycle. Ten of the twenty plus Democratic candidates for President squared off in the first of two debates.

As local newspapers Philly suburbs continue to shrink, dozens of scrappy, new media startups have risen to fill the gaps in coverage. What that means for your community.

Sanctions against Iran's Supreme Leader are the latest move in the ongoing turmoil between the U.S. and Iran. So, what comes next?