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As a kid,  Jim Kenney spent lots of time playing outside in his South Philadelphia neighborhood.  “I went out the ...

We think of libraries as places we can exercise our minds…but in an increasingly digitized world, they public spaces make pretty go ...

This piece is part of our “Rebirth Of The Library” show. Take a look at the rest of our stories ...

This piece is part of our “Rebirth Of The Library” show. Take a look at the rest of our stories ...

As libraries struggle to reinvent themselves, they expand their lending collection beyond books and DVDs to technology, art and even anim ...

This piece is part of our “Rebirth Of The Library” show. Take a look at the rest of our s ...

The shooting of Philadelphia Police Officer Jesse Hartnett unfortunately capped Jim Kenney’s first week as mayor of Philadelphia.&n ...

Lehman Brothers.  Goldman Sachs.  JP Morgan Chase.  Wilmington Trust. You might not think of that last one as a ban ...

If you happened to be watching President Barack Obama’s announcement on gun control earlier this week, you might have noticed that, ...

More than 29 million people in the country have diabetes. With a market that big, why aren’t more people focusing on medical innova ...

As the debate heats up over where to send refugees from Syria and other conflicts, it recalls earlier waves of immigrants who flocked to ...

Dylan Mortimer grew up as the son of a Missouri preacher. For more than a decade, he’s explored faith and spirituality in his artwo ...

As Jim Kenney prepares for his inauguration as Philadelphia’s mayor Monday, his predecessor is winding down his administration. ...

Over the course of a job, most people accumulate stuff. And most of us don’t think ahead to if — and when — we might le ...

How much of who we are is determined by our DNA? Is our DNA a predictor of behavior? How do our genes evolve over time?  Whil ...