Protests

Environmental groups in Philadelphia picketed outside a TD Bank branch to call on the finance giant to end investments in the controversial Line 3 tar sands pipeline project.

A group including Philadelphia at-large Councilwoman Helen Gym demonstrated outside the Senate to demand that extra funds be spent on underfunded and underperforming schools.

Protestors, police, and encampment residents mingled on Kensington Ave., one day after a Villanova prof sued the city over its treatment of homeless people.

The parking tax reduction was pitched by Councilmember Cherelle Parker last month as a way to drive trickle-down benefits to parking lot attendants.

The progressive activists staged a sit-in within Mayor Jim Kenney’s office. They oppose proposed cuts to the city’s business and parking taxes.

Attorneys released new video footage of the I-676 incident showing protesters cornered by police at a fenced embankment.

While some businesses are rebounding, others still face challenges.

The timeline of eight days that will go down in Philly history.

An episode of Real Black History provides a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like for Black reporters covering issues that affect our own communities.

Jewish activists picketed a company owned by two Montgomery County financiers over their support for right-wing Israeli groups.

Charges have been dismissed against a former Philadelphia SWAT officer who was caught on video pepper-spraying protesters on the I-676 during a BLM protest last summer.

Activists and family members protested for the third week in a row outside Philadelphia jails to draw attention to what they describe as deteriorating prison conditions.

The marchers called for an investigation into how bones thought to be from children killed in the 1985 bombing ended up floating around Ivy League universities for decades.

Protesters in Rodney Square also called for justice for Lymond Moses. Two white officers fatally shot the 30-year-old Black man in January.

Sunday’s demonstration at Malcolm X Park aimed to shed light on how Wallace aligned with Black Lives Matter and how the music he wrote reflected those beliefs.