Social Justice

Thousands phone banked, marched, and attended public meetings during a record year of activism demanding changes in local and federal governments.

Refugee resettlement agencies welcome coming changes to refugee and immigration policies.

This year the holiday comes on the heels of a movement demanding racial justice. One Native American leader says that "people want to resolve the burdens of our history."

Instead of making Pilgrim hats, students are hearing what scholars call “hard history” — the more shameful aspects of the past.

The DOJ and lawyers for several of the women agreed that immigration authorities would not carry out any deportations until mid-January.

The boy’s uncle described a child who enjoyed solving problems before he was killed by a person who shot through his front door.

Philadelphia’s Use of Force Review Board is the only venue for civilian oversight of shootings involving police. The board last met in October 2019.

Built on formerly vacant city lots, the housing will be earmarked for families earning less than $50,000 and veterans.

The Republican-controlled Pa. Senate on Monday blocked state Victim Advocate Jennifer Storm from serving another six years in the job

The quarterback stated his support of Abu-Jamal, who has been incarcerated for 38 years, and published one of Mumia’s essays on his new website.

The panel of judges upheld the federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Stressors, stigma and self-care were the focus of a virtual community conversation sponsored Wednesday night by WHYY.

Many students boycotted classes after college leaders sent out an email discouraging involvement in Philly protests of Walter Wallace Jr.’s death.

Biden promises to take a starkly different approach from his predecessor: to "set the annual global refugee admissions cap to 125,000, and seek to raise it over time."

A federal judge has ordered the pretrial release to Anthony Smith, a Philadelphia social studies teacher and organizer with Philly for REAL Justice.