Social Justice

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More than 500 people gathered at Philly City Hall for a peace rally Sunday, where the death of George Floyd wasn’t the only injustice on their minds.

The statue was targeted during Saturday’s protests against police violence and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Looting and vandalism spread to other parts of Philadelphia Sunday and officials prepared to bring in the National Guard to assist law enforcement.

George Floyd's death is one of a litany of racial tragedies that have thrown the country into chaos amid the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 100,000 Americans.

Overnight curfews were enacted in several cities nationwide as authorities sought to stem any violence.

“The peaceful protests earlier were touching showings of our collective grief,” Mayor Kenney said. “But the anger displayed now and this afternoon cannot continue.”

As the night dragged on, fires erupted across the city's south side, including at a Japanese restaurant, a Wells Fargo bank and an Office Depot.

Protesters torched a Minneapolis police station that the department abandoned as three days of violent protests spread to nearby St. Paul and across the country.

Nine sex abuse lawsuits were filed Tuesday in New York against three Boy Scout local councils

Behind bars, Thomas ‘Reem’ Cotton earned two degrees, became a self-taught legal scholar and kept close relationships. He died about a year after his release.

People who are disabled or have chronic illnesses have a different perspective on the limits we’re all living with today.

Grants are available to groups organizing around the pandemic and to those struggling to operate in a changed environment or generate lost revenue.

Penn State University will be required to make major changes to how it deals with sexual assault complaints

Three years after a state appellate court overturned his conviction, Msgr. Lynn is scheduled to face a new jury, but the same charges of covering up clergy sex abuse.