Law

When voters cast ballots for state representatives last fall, millions of Americans essentially had no choice: In 42 percent of all such ...

In November, Pennsylvania lawmakers passed Act 5 that allows people to have some misdemeanor convictions sealed if a judge approves. But ...

The word police just got put on notice: Your power to arrest, detain, and shame people who don’t share your view of “offens ...

I know not whether laws be right,Or whether laws be wrong,All that we know who lie in jail,Is th ...

Free speech is easy to support when you like what’s being said, but that’s not how the First Amendment works. This is somethi ...

“Life, unauthorized” is a series from WHYY that looks at the personal immigration stories of individuals who are living in the Philadelphia region without legal status.

We’ve come to the time in the district attorney race when the appeals to fear come to the fore. Candidates claim they will be ̶ ...

“Life, unauthorized” is a series from WHYY that looks at the personal immigration stories of individuals who are living in the Philadelphia region without legal status.

On May 16, Philadelphians will effectively elect a new district attorney, and the candidates have different positions on an important iss ...

Although the district attorney race in Philadelphia is celebrated ...

Seth Williams, the first African American district attorney in Philadelphia, is down and soon to be out. He provides a cautiona ...

With the Philadelphia district attorney’s race heating up, many candidates are promising to make significant reforms to the o ...

One of the most complicated and delicate relationships a district attorney must balance is their relationship with the police. ...

From the cops policing our streets to the judges in our courts, our justice system is one of the most important demonstrations ...

There is much to be learned from George Orwell’s classic novel “1984,” written in 1949, which has suddenly jumped again ...