Will living in a sanctuary city safeguard Philly’s roughly 50,000 undocumented immigrants and their families if President-elect Donald Trump delivers on his promise to deport a record number of immigrants?
It started well before the pandemic and continues today. A key reason is experiences of racism within the larger school district that affect Black teachers across the system, but manifest differently depending on their schools’ locations.
Christian Reconstructionists believe that Old Testament biblical law applies to today’s society and to everyone, whether or not they are Christian.
In his new book, Piketty distils some of his key insights about the development of income and wealth inequality across history, and presents what he views as the key to a more just and sustainable world.
Billionaires and Wall Street exploit our charitable giving laws to dodge taxes and collect fees, hurting real charities in the process.
It is important for governments, institutions and others seeking to address extremism to understand the ways people are being drawn to the far right and its online echo chambers.
Local police may even deputize certain militias to help them deport immigrants, warns militia expert Amy Cooter.
“I believe that this is part of a strategy to preempt opposition to Republican policies and encourage self-censorship,” said Indiana University Professor Beth Gazley.
A report by federal prosecutors offered example after example of brutality and constitutional violations, many of which disproportionately impacted Black people and Latinos in this city of almost 90,000 residents.
Mike German spoke with Editor Cyril Mychalejko about his new book “Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within,” which comes out Jan. 7.
Immigrant solidarity protesters marched through the streets of downtown Philly, starting at Independence Hall. This is in reaction to President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations.
The U.S. Department of Energy is dangling $750 million for the buildout of a hydrogen hub around Philadelphia. But the looming Trump presidency and strong economic headwinds endanger its prospects.
Lake Angela was moved by her own experiences with schizophrenia and the stories of the treatment patients in her dance therapy groups faced at the psychiatric institution.
The move to erase attention to anti-bias and culture in schools is grounded in denial that concerns about systemic racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, etc., are real.