social issues

HARRISBURG — The healthcare workforce shortage is well-trod ground for the House Aging and Older Adult Services Committee, as the legislature seeks ou...

Every May, Beacon Light Behavioral Health System and Beacon Light Adult Residential Services, affiliates of Journey Health System, take part in recogn...

HARRISBURG — A bill banning transgender athletes born male from competing in women’s sports cleared the Pennsylvania Senate with bipartisan support on...

Bradford Hospital Foundation (BHF), the fundraising organization of Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC), presented a scholarship to a local aspiri...

Debates over entitlement programs bring out the worst in elected officials, who are typically more concerned with political survival than addressing d...

If the U.S. Department of Education suddenly went away, what would change for local families and communities? Not much. For starters, the Department o...

(Editor's note: The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Before his sentencing...

Americans are having fewer children, and the birth rate has dropped to historic lows — prompting declarations of aU.S.existential crisis, most notably...

The Guidance Center has joined the national movement in recognizing Mental Health Awareness Month throughout May. With a full calendar of events and i...

California’s Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla have revived one of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s worst ideas: a ban on so-called assault weapons...

MEMORY: “Caring for someone with memory loss takes strength — and sometimes, a pause for laughter is just what’s needed. That’s why the National Comed...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania is home to hundreds of Community Participation Support, or CPS, programs meant to assist those living with intellectual disa...

As Journey Health System (JHS) welcomes May, its affiliates are coming together to recognize National Mental Health Awareness Month. Their theme this ...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure University announced it has been awarded a 2025 Silver Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health by Mental Health ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On April 10, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., introduced the School Meal Modernization and Hunger Elimination Act, legislation that...

An art teacher at School Street Elementary School has been found guilty of harassment for allegedly slapping a 10-year-old student. At a hearing Tuesd...

Food insecurity is another way of saying you don't know where your next meal is coming from. It can happen to anyone who has lost a job, is struggling...

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HARRISBURG— Some legislators have worried that Pennsylvanians who receive federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits might b...

Here’s an SAT-style question that college administrators should be required to answer: What is the best predictor of a student’s academic success at a...