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We were still getting used to our new status: retired.

As a formerly incarcerated individual, I am determined to write the narrative instead of letting someone else write it about me.

The mass shootings in El Paso and Gilroy have horrified me. I won’t allow my fear to silence me. Instead, I will use it to resist and fight against white supremacy.

Los asesinatos en El Paso y Gilroy me han horrorizado. Pero no permitiré que mi miedo me silencie, lo utilice para resistir y luchar contra la supremacía blanca.

An op-ed from Camden Mayor Frank Moran says the city can’t afford to go back to the days before tax breaks brought new businesses.

There are plenty of reasons for forensic misconduct. But there is also the reality that many crime labs lack proper oversight.

Mother Nature loves to give and gives generously. Anything that she's given, though, she’ll manage to get back later.

Lack of adequate oversight by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services has resulted in children being put in harm’s way.

Look for a raft of fresh metaphors when the new Congress is seated in January.

In Philadelphia, there's a very special song that reminds us of what Christmas is really all about.

We hear these stories so rarely — and almost never in the asylum seekers’ own voices.

John Coltrane's vacant house on North 33rd Street is deteriorating but still bears marks of the composer's achievement.

According to a 2016 survey, a third of American teachers are open to the idea that climate change might be naturally occurring instead of something caused by humans.

For many reasons, we should stop viewing politicians as our soulmates or as "the one."