sociology

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — My first unpleasant encounter with the current meaning of the word “problematic” occurred a couple of years ago. I was mingling wi...

HARRISBURG — The Shapiro Administration will adopt an updated Environmental Justice (EJ) Policy, which expands environmental safeguards throughout the...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Many of them are pessimistic and grim and almost all of them are unblinkingly realistic. The ancient proverb doesn’t give anyone th...

The evidence continues to accumulate that America’s nonprofit sector is failing the country in some basic ways. Specifically, it is not doing enough t...

DUBLIN (AP) — The Irish economy is getting a boost from the Notre Dame football game in Dublin. The Pittsburgh Steelers are benefitting, too. The NFL ...

On my recent trip to Ukraine, I met with a friend who is now a commander on the front line, someone I highly respect and have known since before Russi...

To the miners living in squalor in southern Elk County, she was a hero; to the executives getting rich off of Shawmut Mining and Railroad, she was “th...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved a revised settlement related to events that resulted in the over-pressurization...

ST. MARYS — Woodbed Corp. in St. Marys on Thursday hosted Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and the Pennsylvania Hardwoods Development Council to ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Bob Casey, D-Pa., released a new map detailing the Pennsylvania communities that qualify as “energy communities” under his p...

The first debate of the Republican presidential primaries was held last night. The first time the candidates meet on a debate stage is always a milest...

The Buffalo Bills have one last chance to evaluate the depth options on their roster when the team goes on the road Saturday to take on the Chicago Be...

HARRISBURG — A group of state House lawmakers representing primarily rural areas of the Commonwealth has introduced a package of six bills aimed at ho...

The first sight of changing leaves has arrived and that means it is time for the Bradford Area Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Autumn Auction. The annual...

Notre Dame is on a mission. Beat Navy, yes, but it has been 11 years since Notre Dame last played in Ireland. There is a whole new generation of poten...

HARRISBURG — It’s time to sound the alarm on early literacy in Pennsylvania. Almost half of fourth-graders across our state are reading below grade le...

DUKE CENTER — Students from Otto-Eldred’s Future Farmers of America were invited by U.S. Congressman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., to attend the Annual ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Canada has launched an ambitious program to recruit highly skilled immigrants from all over the world — including from the United S...

OLEAN, N.Y. — The public is invited to the Olean Public Library Gallery at 134 North 2nd St.on Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. for an interactive reception of...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that race-conscious college admission programs are unconstitutional, two things were imm...