Social Justice

The Equal Justice Center will be a one-stop-shop for low-income residents to get help from Philly’s civil legal aid community.

Theresa Burroughs, who proudly called herself a foot soldier for the right to vote, has died in Greensboro, Ala. She was 89.

Civil rights advocates and law enforcement groups have reached an agreement in the California legislature on new rules for when police can use deadly force.

Playwright and activist Eve Ensler discusses her new book "The Apology," written as a letter from her father apologizing for years of sexual abuse.

The allegations against Michael Jackson in the documentary Leaving Neverland make listening to his songs a struggle, one that resists the comfort those songs once provided.

Mothers bring life to a world where death too often holds sway. They bring authenticity to a world where relationships are often fake.

There will be a lot to talk about in your Uber Wednesday — if you can get one.

Pennsylvania rallies staged as part of International Workers’ Day call for raising the minimum wage and supporting immigrant communities.

Booker says addressing environmental inequality is one of today's civil rights battles.

Stacey Abrams talks about her book, "Lead from the Outside" and about current politics, voting rights, and her personal story.

We talk about solitary confinement in American prisons with Albert Woodfox, who served more then 40 years in isolation in Angola Prison, and Amy Fettig, of the ACLU.

The Poor People's Campaign, a loose coalition of political process reformers, social safety net supporters, racial justice advocates and many others made a stop in Harrisburg.

Facebook will overhaul its ad-targeting systems to prevent discrimination in housing, credit and employment ads as part of a legal settlement.

The Asian Arts Initiative in Philadelphia is exhibiting work by a group of Dalit, once known as “untouchables,” to protest that social hierarchy.

I had believed the hype that students of this millennial generation were “over” the diversity thing … that they believed we were living in a post-racial society.