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BY: JIM IRBY August 2016 was the hottest month ever — until it wasn’t. Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suggest that 2016 and 2017 will be…

BY: DENISE CLAY When I was a kid in the 70s, my brother and his friends wore the kind of Afros you’d see on “Soul…

BY: EVAN BRANDT POTTSTOWN >> The people of POWER and the lower-income people they represent want to be heard — and they want to be…

Two dozen protesters turned the tables on federal immigration authorities on Tuesday, demanding “ICE, show us your papers!” and filing a formal legal request for…

I was born into a family of hard-working people. I grew up watching the people I loved make sacrifices, day in and day out, to…

BY: DENISE CLAY As he stood at the podium adjusting his prayer shawl, Rabbi Mordecai Libling remembered hearing the chants of White Nationalists outside the…

BY: GAYATHRI ANURADHA Thousands of people came out onto the streets of Philadelphia on Wednesday and carried out a march rebuking white supremacy and racism in…

Councilwoman Helen Gym and community leaders are calling for a community dialogue on the future of the Frank Rizzo statue located at Thomas Paine Plaza…

BY: EVAN BRANDT PHOENIXVILLE >> Between 300 and 400 people — some from as far away as Baltimore — gathered in Reeves Park Friday night…

BY: Kristin E. Holmes At services this weekend, Rabbi Nathan Weiner plans to stand before members of Congregation Beth Tikvah in Marlton and talk about the…

BY: Samaira Bailey More than 2,000 marchers shut down traffic on Broad Street, from Green to Arch and some parallel streets, in a demonstration to…

Last night, hundreds of people marched down Broad Street for the Philly is Charlottesville March and Rally event organized by the interfaith group Philadelphians Organized to Witness Empower…

BY: Alan Yu A protest against the rise of the white supremacy movement flooded Broad Street near Philadelphia City Hall Wednesday night. The event was…

About 2,000 people, chanting denunciations of racism, fascism, President Trump, and former Mayor Frank L. Rizzo, marched down North Broad Street on Wednesday night in…

BY Ian Bush PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — Thousands of people rallying against white supremacists have marched through the streets of downtown Philadelphia. Wednesday’s event was called the…

PHILADELPHIA (WTXF) - Hundreds of people marched in Center City on Wednesday evening as part of the 'Philly is Charlottesville' rally. Scores from many races, religions…

Thousands gathered in Center City Wednesday night to march against racism and fascism. Click to view image.

BY: Andrew Parent Philadelphia march and rally held in response to a violent weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia drew large crowds and attention to Center City on…