sociology

It’s hard to imagine in 2023 that any American would view slavery as anything but unmitigated evil. It’s a testament to the nation’s dangerous decline...

Wow, big news broke last week — President Biden’s campaign is officially going to be headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. For months nervous Democra...

Progressive activists remain committed to tearing down the Supreme Court on one hand as, without irony, they fret about threats to democracy on the ot...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — In 1945, Hollywood set in motion its first big-budget movie drama about the making and use of the atomic bomb. Almost immediately ...

PITTSBURGH — Sentencing is set for October for a Kersey man who pleaded guilty last fall to violating federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month T...

The biggest professional sports leagues in the United States have dealt with a smattering of hazing issues over the past decade, ranging from NFL offe...

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee offered U.S. Supreme Court justices an opportunity to salvage their standing with the American people on W...

Football practice will begin next week at Pennsylvania’s big state-related universities, but the Legislature’s game of political football with the ins...

It’s no secret that recent years have been tough on small businesses and on newspapers. A bipartisan bill, the Community News & Small Business Support...

The financial sustainability of rural hospitals and healthcare will be the focus of a public hearing beginning at 9 a.m. Aug. 3 at University of Pitts...

A former Bradford and Port Allegany man who was sending nude photos of himself to children on Snapchat was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court t...

WASHINGTON — Thursday, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., joined by over a dozen of his Senate colleagues, and Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., in the House, i...

Last month, the Michigan House passed Bill 4474 — legislation that would expand the state’s existing Ethnic Intimidation Act beyond current protection...

DUKE CENTER — Even rural communities know how to do it big, and in the absence of the famed Old Home Days in Otto-Eldred, coming Friday and Saturday w...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — It’s my full-time job but wallowing in our broken politics can sometimes make for a dark world. Why wouldn’t I look forward to goin...

There has been a highly political battle on Capitol Hill — actually, that’s the only kind of battle they have on Capitol Hill — over U.S. defense poli...

House Republicans voted to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs and personnel at the Pentagon, and one wonders whether the U.S. military will ...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure University professors Dr. Benjamin Gross and Dr. Samantha Gavin have co-authored the book “Framing the Police ...

The nine-day manhunt for Warren County Jail escapee Michael Burham ended on Saturday evening without incident. Burham is now residing in the Erie Coun...

HARRISBURG — No phase of the state’s imminent $1 billion broadband expansion may be more important than the planning happening now, officials say. “We...