Speakers including Sen. Bob Casey Jr., U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, state Sen. Larry Farnese and state Rep. Brian Sims, who urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to call the Senate back into session to strengthen gun...
This week marks the end of General Assistance (GA) as we know it. The life-saving program that has helped thousands of Pennsylvanians get back on their feet and bridge the gap to self-sustainability ended on Aug. 1. After a difficult battle through the legislative...
In all but three states, people accused of murder can still deploy what’s known as a gay or trans panic defense. A lawyer tried to use that tactic to justify why his client beat and tortured Matthew Shepard, the college student whose death became a rallying crying for...