Social Justice

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, NewCORE and WHYY presented the 2021 Conversations of Kings: Media, narrative, and social change.

The Biden Administration will resume efforts to redesign the $20 bill to feature abolitionist Harriet Tubman, the White House said Monday.

As a new legislative session gets underway at the state Capitol, immigrant advocacy groups in the mid-state have set their priorities for Pennsylvania.

The undertaking is being launched weeks after a violent mob loyal to Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol.

West Philly photographer Lori Waselchuk started her apparel messaging project exactly four years ago.

For some of Philly's Gen Z residents, 2020 was a political wake-up call. Now, they're bringing their ideas to city government.

The agency serves more than 3 million people annually and employs nearly 16,000 employees, making it one of the state’s largest employers.

Some are hopeful. Some are cautious. Some said simply having a president who is not actively hostile to immigrants could have a major positive effect.

Many agree on at least one thing: when Biden takes office, they aren’t expecting all the concerns of the Trump years to magically disappear.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used the media to advance the civil rights movement. Black media leaders in Philadelphia and beyond have ideas on how to continue his tradition.

Here are what experts say about the rise in extremism, and what friends, family members, and bystanders can try to do about it.

Through service, activism, and education, Philadelphians honored Dr. King while reconciling the traumatic events of the past 12 months.

Jamal Johnson began his hunger strike on MLK Day in hopes of connecting the city’s homicide crisis to the historic struggles Black people have overcome.

Kevin Simpson, who lives on one of the blocks visited by the crew, found the effort heartening after years of picking up trash on his own.

The fifth annual MLK Voice 4 Youth contest shifted to an online competition this year, but that didn’t stifle the passion contestants brought to their speeches.