The Philadelphia Inquirer

A 1942 classroom with old-style wooden desks, a chalkboard, and a large, blown-up grade-school class photo showing Charles L. Blockson, one of only a handful of Black children in a predominantly white group, greets you early in the exhibition. Blockson…

PHILADELPHIA — Prosecutors and defense attorneys continued to trade legal volleys Friday in the case of Joshua Macias, the election denier from Virginia who traveled to the Pennsylvania Convention Center — in a QAnon-emblazoned Hummer containing weapon…

A once-aspiring Proud Boy from Camden County was sentenced Friday to two weeks’ incarceration for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Lawrence Earl Stackhouse III, 33, of Blackwood, had texted a friend the week before the insurrection asking fo…

PHILADELPHIA — On the night before the 2020 Northwestern University duals, the Temple women’s fencing team filtered out of a restaurant in Chicago and onto the street corner. Before the group started a walk back to the hotel, one of sophomore Cassie Na…

It has been almost one year since the ugly U.S. departure from Kabul. Yet tens of thousands of Afghans who were promised special immigrant visas (SIVs) — meant for those who worked for U.S. soldiers and civilians — remain trapped under terrifying Talib…

WASHINGTON — If you’re feeling a surge of optimism over the Phillies’ chances of finally returning to the playoffs, it’s probably because they’ve reeled off 11 wins in 13 games since firing the manager. Or maybe it’s because they’re averaging 6.4 runs …

PHILADELPHIA — Next season, the Flyers will welcome a new head coach behind the bench with a demeanor as fiery as their fans’ passion for the team. The Flyers officially came to an agreement on Thursday with John Tortorella to be the franchise’s 23rd h…

PHILADELPHIA — Kurt Vile is giving a tour of OKV Central, the basement studio in his stately Mount Airy home where the Philadelphia rocker recorded much of his new album, “(Watch My Moves).” The singer and guitarist points out prize possessions, like a…

PHILADELPHIA — In 1931, an all-white jury took just four hours to convict Alexander McClay Williams, a Black teenager, in the stabbing death of a matron at the Glen Mills School for Boys in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Five months later, Williams, 16…

PHILADELPHIA — It was a valiant fight, no matter how brief. As U.S. Open week arrives, LIV Golf lives, thanks to Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed, Donald Trump, and the cults they have cultivated. “They need us,” PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said a…