Social Justice

When Lynette Medley encountered women who were using newspapers and socks because they couldn’t afford menstrual supplies, she took action.

They are gathering on the heels of yet another shooting by a white police officer of a Black man — this time, 29-year-old Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last Sunday.

Kyle Rittenhouse would face a mandatory life sentence if convicted of first-degree intentional homicide, the most serious crime in Wisconsin.

The gathering follows Democratic and Republican party conventions that laid out starkly different visions for America.

The Phillies were scheduled to play the defending World Series champions, the Washington Nationals in the nation's capital.

A century's worth of U.S. statistics finds mortality rates and life expectancy were much worse for Black Americans pre-pandemic than they have been for white Americans.

37 years ago, Jim McCloskey founded Centurion, the first non-profit dedicated to helping exonerate people wrongly convicted of crimes.

Professional sports players in the NBA, MLB, NFL, WNBA, and MLS protested the police shooting of Jacob Blake. The players refused to play to raise social awareness.

About 100 protesters are in attendance so far for the demonstration organized by Refuse Fascism Philly, with the streets surrounding City Hall being blocked off by police.

NBA players made their strongest statement yet against racial injustice Wednesday.

A temporary mural above the front door to Philly’s Municipal Services Building depicts the summer of protests that erupted after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Filmmaker Michelle Ortiz produced Las Madres de Berks to share the stories of detained immigrant families and the fight to close down the state’s oldest family prison.

In a letter to Franklin County’s Republican DA, the county GOP committee said the party was formally withdrawing support for future elections.

A white Bedford County man shot into a crowd of about 50 peaceful civil rights marchers who were crossing through Pennsylvania during a pilgrimage from Milwaukee to D.C.

Anger over the shooting spilled into the streets of Kenosha for a second night Monday, with police again firing tear gas at hundreds of protesters.