Social Justice

Inmates at prisons across the U.S. are expected to stage a two-week strike beginning Tuesday to demand better living conditions and prison reform.

Demonstrators toppled "Silent Sam," a monument dedicated to fallen Civil War-era soldiers.

The victims are coming forward to expose abuse in the Protestant evangelical world where some say the misdeeds have been just as pervasive as the acts by Catholic clergy.

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a song many African-Americans know from school or church. You may know it from one of a few landmark performances.

A mural commemorating children lost to violence was 'memory lane' for the community. Now, the developer promises to replace the neighborhood memorial.

Tarana Burke sat for a discussion at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre in Center City hosted by The World Affairs Council of Philadelphia Tuesday night.

Time is ticking down to a court-ordered deadline Tuesday afternoon to decide what information to black out in a forthcoming grand jury report investigating child sexual abuse

After a deadly clash between white nationalists and counterprotesters on Aug. 12 last year, Charlottesville has become shorthand for racial strife.

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The panel of eight spoke to an audience of a couple hundred at Universal Audenried High School, in an environment that felt more intimate than boisterous.

The main goal of Monday's march along Market Street was emphasizing the importance of registering to vote, organizers say.

A new Pew study found that 8 in 10 black Americans value the platforms for magnifying issues that aren't usually discussed.

It comes after a hotel staff member wrote a three-letter slur against those of Japanese ancestry on a hotel guest’s room folio last week.

Police are investigating an apparent hate crime at a South Philly playground where neighbors organized to honor a historic African-American burial ground.

We are all responsible for standing up for the sanctity of black lives. Because while so many of us are doing great work to sustain black lives, all of us have to do more.