Social Justice

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.

Jehmir Nixon’s “Things That Matter” urges people to speak out against racial injustice.

Unveiled on MLK Day the program will offer free tuition and room and board, a commitment intended to remove barriers for students deterred by law school's steep costs.

“Bring them here to help us,” said Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium founder Dr. Ala Stanford, speaking Monday at Girard College’s MLK Day of Service.

Biden and his wife, Jill, joined an assembly line to help fill about 150 boxes with fresh fruit and non-perishables for those in need.

Rev. David W. Brown reflects on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the media, and the Capitol riots.

For some volunteers, Sunday’s acts of service felt different — carried more weight, even — within the context of the past year.

Five decades later after Martin Luther King’s assassination, the neighborhood school is fighting to provide a high-quality education.

What else explains how people can think it’s perfectly within their rights to try to overthrow the government because their guy didn’t win?

Joseph Bologna was arrested in June after a baton-beating video went viral.

The move means those who are not legally present in the United States may be able to apply for driver’s licenses as early as May.