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How community groups, activists and local media turned Camden into a model of police reform

Community and Media Drive Police Reform Success in Camden, New Jersey

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How community groups, activists and local media turned Camden into a model of police reform

Detroit’s high property taxes are driving a housing affordability crisis – how can city leaders bring down costs?

Cuba needs a long-term solution to its energy crisis

Where will money for the ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ come from? This man has been warning of Judgment Fund abuse for years

The ‘warrior ethos’ promises victory — history says it leads to defeat

When a president settles his own lawsuit to create a fund for allies, fundamental questions about justice arise

For the first time in a decade, the next election could be less secure than the one preceding it

Philadelphia will celebrate Ona Judge Day to honor Martha Washington’s enslaved maid who made a daring escape to freedom

Battleground state with few combatants – why Pennsylvania’s primaries lack competition

Why the Iran war is breaking the US-European strategic alliance

Trump’s Cabinet dramatically changed American foreign policy while the president made noise – a scholar of presidential rhetoric explains

AI-generated fantasies of US intervention reveal how desperation has narrowed Cuba’s political horizons

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson disagreed about the American Revolution’s meaning even as they lay dying

Why a growing number of Trump supporters are experiencing voter’s remorse

Why Trump’s call to pull 5,000 US troops from Germany will hurt America

Trump-Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment – that they are talking is enough for now

Why political gerrymandering in the South will likely continue to consider voters’ race despite Supreme Court ruling

What to do if someone you know in Philadelphia or elsewhere is detained by ICE

When you don’t have the facts, argue the law: How Trump’s EPA is limiting its own ability to protect public health far into the future

The missing link in America’s critical minerals push isn’t mining – it’s processing expertise

Why a landmark Supreme Court ruling has failed to keep racial bias out of jury selection

How Pennsylvania’s new paid leave bill leaves the sandwich generation behind

Ted Turner didn’t just revolutionize television − he changed the way we see our world

The American Revolution’s triumphant story of democracy and freedom overlooks loyalists who paid a steep price for allegiance to Britain

US violent crime is at its lowest in more than a century – but the funding that helped reduce it is disappearing

Is it wrong to pay incarcerated people in jail? This Pennsylvania county says no

A democracy or a republic? History shows that some Americans are asking the wrong question

Why the 60-day War Powers Resolution deadline doesn’t actually constrain presidents

When immigration detention becomes a system of concentration: Lessons from research on 150 historical cases

Gerrymandering is unpopular with Florida voters – my recent survey shows why DeSantis pushed it through anyway

Supreme Court ruling: The latest in history of diminishing minority voting rights

What Trump’s post as a Jesus-like figure tells us about political messianism

Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling makes it harder to protect minority voting power and alters the landscape of future elections

Supreme Court’s ruling in Voting Rights Act case makes it harder to protect minority voting power and alters the landscape of future elections

Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana gerrymandering case redefines Voting Rights Act, making it harder to protect minority voting power and altering the landscape of future elections

Stockings once worn by Philly’s wealthiest man show the value of women’s mending in early America

Can the nearly $1 trillion-a-year US military really be depleting key weapons in Iran?

Older Americans who vote live longer than those who don’t – new research

Latest attack threatening President Trump reflects rising political violence in US

What to know about sex trafficking as Pittsburgh hosts the NFL draft