The Ukrainian community in Philadelphia is the second-largest in the United States. As members of the diaspora celebrated the holidays with a special Ukrainian version of “The Nutcracker,” they reflected on a year of worry and solidarity.
Advocates say the state is turning a blind eye to violations of state law by allowing the Berks County Residential Center to remain in operation.
What's it like to deal with a tariff? Ask a Philadelphia ice cream maker who exports to China.
More than 800 Puerto Rican families have evacuated the island to Philadelphia. What happens when aid runs out?
In 2015, the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, exposed anew the problem of excess blood lead levels in children. Now a new investigation has identified over 3,800 neighborhoods around the US whose children have blood lead levels twice as high as the levels in Flint.
A traditional instrument from Veracruz, Mexico has become the voice of immigration activism and community building in the US. And not just for activists, but for popular bands Las Cafeteras and JaroChicanos too.
Dozens of local police departments are joining forces with ICE to more aggressively enforce President Donald Trump's crackdown on people living in the country illegally.
Sarmad Assali, an Orthodox Christian in Allentown, Pennsylvania, supported Donald Trump for president. She was stunned this weekend when his refugee and immigration restrictions meant her relatives were deported back to Damascus.
A shadowy group calling itself Guccifer 2.0 has claimed responsibility for the DNC email hacks. However, the hackers also show a fondness for Russian emoticons.
Here are images from Philadelphia around the Democratic National Convention.
Violence at Donald Trump rallies and the ubiquity of firearms at public events has prompted some news outlets to train their political reporters in conflict-zone survival. The World is among them.