History

The 20 million AR-15s in the U.S. today are a symbol of constitutional freedom, evil and terror. A new book, 'American Gun', traces the weapon's history and transformation.

She was the first Black woman in Pennsylvania history to hold a cabinet position, and is remembered for much more.

We’ll find out how cigarette manufacturers made some processed food addicting. Then, Judy Govatos talks about death with dignity. Opera Philadelphia's David Devan also joins.

Philadelphia's Mütter Museum is wrestling with ethical questions about its displays of human remains. Also, the invention of the pocket and the first emoticon :-).

Delaware couple John and Mary Dunning did not have a happy marriage.

Communities across the Delaware Valley this week hosted historical re-enactments of El Grito de Dolores.

Labor organizer Luisa Moreno, who founded one of the first Latino civil rights assemblies in the U.S., inspired Friday's Google Doodle.

When asked what MLK would think of today’s gun violence, Jones said: “He would put his head in his arms, and he would just weep.”

After a controversial decision to rethink its collection of medical pathologies, the Mütter will launch a 2-year public discussion about human remains.

A new report measures the pace of progress towards economic parity since the famed civil rights demonstration.

“One of the preconditions for the rise of an authoritarian strongman is that people cease to believe in the truth,” Rushdie said.

It’s a title the Philly mayor bestowed a decade ago upon the Boston native, who famously played Eagle Vince Papale (and intro'd the pope).

“Never Broken” at Michener Museum in Doylestown, Pa., asked Indigenous artists to tell the history of the Lenape people.

People gathered Monday at memorials, firehouses, city halls, campuses and elsewhere to observe the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.

It took two court battles, including a Supreme Court case, to change the status quo at what was considered a bastion of academic excellence.