Social Justice

The decision effectively protects from legal challenges many Trump administration and Republican-led state government efforts to roll back protections for transgender people.

New Jersey's U.S. Sen. Andy Kim said the detainees escaped from Delany Hall in Newark by breaking a wall and escaping from a parking lot.

Brothers Howard and Bryan Stevenson reflect on their Delaware childhood, their social justice work and how to make sense of these troubled times.

Dial was found not guilty of third-degree murder, but was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter.

Exclusive: WHYY News' Tom MacDonald uncovers new details from the helicopter pilot who flew above the MOVE compound in 1985

After five weeks of hearings with more than 90 witnesses, the MOVE Commission determined the city’s bombing was an “unconscionable” act.

The 1985 bombing claimed the lives of 11 people, including five children, and destroyed dozens of homes in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia.

In 1975, Jan Todd set a Guinness World Record with a 394.5-pound two-handed deadlift — but training was tough at a time when women weren’t expected to lift heavy.

Triple Bottom Brewing in Philadelphia gives fair-chance jobs to the formerly incarcerated and housing insecure. Tess Hart, the small craft brewery's co-founder, joins us.

The Trump administration has suspended approximately $175 million in federal funding for Penn over the swimmer.

The administration has not identified who was deported, provided any evidence they are gang members or that they committed any crimes in the United States.

Here is a look at birthright citizenship, what Trump has said about it and the prospects for ending it.

“Students must be assessed according to merit and accomplishment, not prejudged by the color of their skin,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement.

Immigration enforcement agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident who is married to an American citizen, in New York on Saturday.

Members of Congress and civil rights groups are condemning past comments from Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson, including some which critics called antisemitic.