When Inda Bard Hennessy ’28 opened St. Joe’s Handshake in January and saw a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement job posting for a criminal investigator position, she knew she needed to act.  Upset...

An estimated 15,000 demonstrators gathered outside Philadelphia’s City Hall Oct. 18, chanting “No Kings” as part of a nationwide protest against President Donald Trump and his administration. Demonstrations...

Over 150 children and their guardians gathered outside the Lovett Memorial Library in Mt. Airy Oct. 29 to write letters to Dwight Evans, U.S. representative of Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District,...

In the aftermath of the recent killing of Walter Wallace Jr. by the Philadelphia police department and subsequent pro-tests, The Hawk compiled a list of donation-based resources in Philadelphia, and education-based...

Two days after the Oct. 26 killing of Walter Wallace Jr. by Philadelphia police while Wallace was experiencing a mental health crisis, a group of St. Joe’s students and faculty organized a gathering...

Approximately 300 people gathered on Oct. 3 at the bottom of the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to protest racial injustice and police violence after the murder of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman...

Which professional teams and leagues boycotted their games? On Aug. 26, players across six NBA teams decided not to play in a slate of postseason games as a statement in the fight for  racial justice.  A...

Since May 29, hundreds of thousands of Americans across the country have taken to the streets of their cities and towns protesting against police brutality and systemic racism in the U.S. Among those millions...

A reminder for us to keep fighting against racial injustice: George Floyd’s killing  by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has received both national and global attention over the past few days.  Thousands...