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Coal Township is located deep in the hills of Northumberland County. It takes it name from the once-thriving anthracite industry that built the hard-scrabble community and others like it in the north central part of the state. Today, it is tucked away between green...

GETUP — a group of graduate student workers at the University of Pennsylvania — reunited over 200 people and rallied on campus on April 26 for safe, fair, and transparent working conditions. AL DÍA heard from some students about their thoughts on the movement. For...

Jen Cousins remembers the exact moment she decided she had to stop Moms for Liberty. At a school board meeting in Orange County, Florida in October 2021, Proud Boys member Jacob Engels stood up to speak with a copy of the book Gender Queer in his hand. Cousins, who...

Asian Americans are seeing unprecedented success in electoral politics. Vice President Kamala Harris is the first Asian American (as well as the first woman and the first Black person) to occupy her post. A record number of Asian Americans serve in Congress. And Asian...

From June 29 to July 2, the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown will host Moms for Liberty, a national right-wing advocacy organization, and their second national convention. Called the “Joyous Warriors Summit,” the event plans to host a variety of prominent right-wing...

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After a months-long organizing campaign, the resident and fellow physicians at the University of Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted to unionize with the Committee of Interns and Residents. With 88% of participants voting in favor, the frontline Penn Medicine doctors...

Penn Medicine resident physicians and fellows have voted overwhelmingly to unionize in support of higher pay, better medical benefits and improved working conditions at one of the top-rated hospitals in the region. On Monday, 88% of the roughly 1,400 residents and...

A ban on safe-injection sites gets approval in the Senate Another bill that received bipartisan support this week is legislation that would ban so-called safe injection sites from being located in the state.

Several hundred people gathered near the University of Pennsylvania’s Van Pelt Library last week, many carrying posters emblazoned with the United Auto Workers logo and personalized with slogans about their worker grievances. Student workers took turns talking into a...

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Month and State Senators Maria Collett (D-12) and Nikil Saval (D-1) announced plans to introduce legislation to raise awareness of AAPI achievements by incorporating their history into public school curriculum in an effort to...

Pennsylvania’s GOP-run state Senate this week passed legislation banning supervised injection sites, sending the bill to the state House. Such locations — also called “safe injection sites,” “safe consumption spaces” or “overdose prevention sites” — permit addicts to...

The Pennsylvania House made history Tuesday after passing the Fairness Act. The LGBTQ non-discrimination bill now advances to the Senate, and Gov. Shapiro wants it on his desk as soon as possible. Legislators made history Tuesday in Harrisburg as the Pennsylvania...

Following years of debating and a legal battle around the issue of safe injection sites, the Pennsylvania Senate on Monday, May 1, approved bipartisan legislation to ban them across the Commonwealth. Bill 165 is sponsored by State Senator Christine Tartaglione...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House in a split vote Monday passed legislation to address the state’s teacher shortage, particularly a need for more teachers of color, by setting up a program to help young, aspiring educators. The action was one of several lawmakers...

So-called “safe injection sites” would be a thing of the past if the Pennsylvania State Senate has its way. The chamber voted 41-9 on the legislation that would ban the sites, after Philadelphia became the center of a legal battle over opening safe havens where opioid...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House in a split vote Monday passed legislation to address the state’s teacher shortage, particularly a need for more teachers of color, by setting up a program to help young, aspiring educators. The action was one of several lawmakers...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state Senate on Monday approved legislation to ban so-called safe injection sites, after Philadelphia became the center of a legal battle over opening safe havens where opioid users could legally inject heroin and other drugs...