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Last week Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that he was ending the military’s ban on women serving in combat positions. “Femal ...

The massacre last month at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut galvanized the national conversation on gun control, but ...

Novelist JULIE OTSUKA didn’t dream of being a writer. She pursued fine ...

Every New Year millions of Americans resolve to lose weight, eat better and hit the gym.  Sadly, many of us aren’t successful.  But i ...

Forty years ago this month, the Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade, the historic case that made abortion legal in the United States. The ...

On Monday, after four months on the job, Philadelphia School Superintendent William Hite, Jr. made public his ...

The six men accused of gang raping and killing a 23-year-old Indian woman were formally charged last week. The horrific attack has set of ...

As school districts cut budgets, worry about litigation and squeeze more academics into limited time, recess has taken a hit in terms of ...

Hour 2 Guest: Alan Bernstein It’s that time of year when we take inventory of our lives – what’s working, what’s n ...

This year there’s some good news in the fight against childhood obesity – particularly for Philadelphia. Rates of childhood obesity h ...

Should the U.S. slide off the fiscal cliff in a few weeks, over $55 billion in spending cuts a year for the next decade will kick in at t ...

In an effort to provide thoughtful perspective on the tragic shootings that killed 20 children aged 6-7 and 6 educators at Sandy Hook E ...

Among the many changes in American families over the past few decades is the increasing number of parents who are having children later i ...

City of Philadelphia tax solicitor and 2012 USA Eisenhower Fellow, ...

For young middle-class families who are committed to living in a diverse, vibrant urban environment while contributing to the economic he ...