2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (603+ words) As the Academy of Natural Sciences prepares to close its museum amid a financial crisis, former U.S. Ambassador David Cohen is leading efforts to preserve its research, education and public engagement mission while exploring new ways to keep its collections accessible…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (657+ words) During a Philadelphia visit three weeks ago at the start of the Association of African American Museums’ 48th annual conference, Lonnie G. Bunch III head of the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. said he was “doing the best” he could with…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (873+ words) NEW YORK — The recent announcement of Pennsylvania's first measles-related deaths in decades has ignited a public feud among politicians and health officials who disagree over the role of the contagious disease in the fatalities. Independent experts say the conflict is…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (760+ words) As Pennsylvania confronts a growing measles outbreak, local health leaders are urging parents to get their children vaccinated as the new school year begins. Doctors from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, the School District of Philadelphia, Children’s Hospital of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (760+ words) As Pennsylvania confronts a growing measles outbreak, local health leaders are urging parents to get their children vaccinated as the new school year begins. Doctors from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, the School District of Philadelphia, Children's Hospital of…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (903+ words) As volunteers in black "We Got Us!" T-shirts boarded the Black Voters Matter bus parked along Lancaster Avenue, Kallel Edwards had a simple message for West Philadelphia residents: "We want Black folks to know how much value they have in…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (673+ words) Attorney Michael Coard held up a sign saying "Kutuina Akulu," which in the Kimbuntu language means "avenge ancestors." (Cory Sharber/WHYY) In remembrance of the first documented enslaved Africans arriving in America, dozens gathered at the President’s House Site at…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (948+ words) “ICE OUT!” rolled across the north side of City Hall again and again Tuesday, as immigrant organizers, clergy, domestic workers and victim advocates shouted it, saying Philadelphia passed laws to protect their communities but has yet to show how those…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (598+ words) “If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going; if there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.” ― Harriet Tubman…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (470+ words) Jared Kushner and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. — Getty Images via CNN Newsource Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and close adviser, recently met with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to discuss ways the White House can collaborate with Democrats on…...