Protests

Local workers at the large-chain coffeehouse are encouraging customers to skip buying a cup of Starbucks for a day, but still tipping a barista.

WHYY student interns Dre’Mere Reyes and Lamar Reed interview residents who are fighting to stave off gentrification in University City.

The city Gas Commission approved a new budget for PGW that includes a small but potentially historic allocation: $500,000 for a geothermal feasibility study.

As the deadline to vacate the West Philly affordable housing complex nears, activists vow to continue pressing for a better plan.

Judge allows removal of encampment after weeks of protesting at site. Personal property taken by law enforcement must be claimed within 30 days.

An IBID Associates spokesperson says, “the trespassers have no legal right to remain on the property.”

A woman who pleaded guilty to setting fire to police cars amid the 2020 racial justice protests in Philadelphia has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison.

It was the second weekend of protests after a viral video sparked accusations of racism and the park faces a racial discrimination lawsuit.

It's the second such breach this week but this time, they didn't disperse peacefully.

The Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas ordered the encampment’s end last Friday. Law enforcement is expected to break it up in the coming days.

A handful of women dressed in rags scrubbed the ground of the City Hall courtyard to amplify the work to access abortion rights in the U.S.

Residents plan to hold more events to spread the word about the situation as they enter week two of the encampment.

Agencies are again warning of rising violence around Haiti’s capital, saying 99 people have been reported killed in recent gang fighting in the Cite Soleil district alone.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife left aboard an air force plane bound for the Maldives. He made his prime minister the acting president in his absence.

In "Why We Did It", Tim Miller gives an honest reflection his own past work for the Republican Party and the actions of his former peers in the GOP establishment.