PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — An activist for Philadelphia’s homeless population is among the invited congressional guests who will see and hear President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in person Tuesday in the nation’s capital. Sister Mary Scullion, the Catholic nun who runs Project HOME in Philadelphia, and who is a nationally recognized expert […]

On Aug. 14, 2019, Sony Pictures Animation released the short film “Hair Love,” which is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film (animated). When I first saw the film, I couldn’t help but cry. Watching the story of a Black father learning to style his daughter’s thick, naturally-curly hair filled me with so […]

Two Temple-area congressmen have proposed separate plans to protect patients and providers from hospital closings in the wake of Hahnemann University Hospital’s shuttering last year. United States Rep. Dwight Evans, D-Philadelphia, whose district encompasses parts of Main Campus and the Health Sciences Campus, is meeting with legislators and hospital leaders to consider how Congress could […]

Sister Mary Scullion, Philadelphia’s nationally renowned expert on homelessness, will attend the State of the Union address Tuesday night as a guest of Philadelphia Democratic Rep. Dwight Evans. Evans, like other members of Congress, is allowed to bring one person to the House of Representatives to hear President Donald Trump’s speech. He said he chose […]

Wisconsin Rep. Gwen Moore has seen discriminatory practices play out in the news, where Black people were asked to cut their hair to attend school or to participate in sporting events or to stay employed, and she is doing something about it. The Democratic congresswoman who represents Wisconsin’s 4th district is teaming up with Rep. […]

WASHINGTON — When a black New Jersey teen was forced to cut his dreadlocks in order to participate in a high school wrestling match in late 2018, U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans, D-3rd District, was taken aback. The wrestler, Andrew Johnson, received a hurried haircut after he was told by a referee that his hair violated […]

Poetry, prayer and lots of humor marked the packed celebration of renowned multimedia journalist Heshimu Jaramogi’s life at a memorial service Saturday at the Arch Street Friends Meeting House at 320 Arch St. “He would mention things that would get your gears turning,” said his son Anwar Neale-Jaramogi. His son also recalled how his father […]

Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two bills that could mean big changes for small businesses. The first, the “Capturing All Small Businesses Act,” H.R. 5130, aims to change the way that the Small Business Administration (SBA) calculates a company’s number of employees for the purpose of determining that company’s size. This […]

Thousands gathered Monday morning in the armory of Girard College in North Philly for the city’s annual Martin Luther King Day event. Beyond the usual community service efforts, this year’s gathering had a special, once-in-a-decade focus: the 2020 Census count. And it involved the swinging of hammers and nails. As part of the largest MLK […]

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — All across the Delaware Valley, volunteers used their day off to give back in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In Philadelphia, the Annual National Bell Ringing Ceremony, hosted by the Philadelphia Martin Luther King, Jr. Association for Nonviolence, Inc. drew politicians and dignitaries who spoke about Dr. King’s legacy. “We […]