ICE detainees being held in the Broome County Jail has been a recent point of controversy. A local religious group came out ...

Then, Penn will return to the City of Brotherly Love for its Big Five pod play, hosting the Hawks and making college ...

Salem’s head football coach, Ron Johnson, is entering his 14th season at the helm. “They’ve all been there, and we are a pull ...

Quakers go back to mid-1600s England, when people questioned the church and wanted to explore different ways of practicing Christianity. George Fox emerged as a leader and encouraged people to be ...

Quakers became active in moral reform during the 1750s, moving first to free their own slaves and then seeking to persuade other Americans of the need for abolition.

John Hepburn, a Quaker from Middletown, New Jersey, was one of the first Quakers to protest against slavery. In 1714, he published “The American Defence of the Christian Golden Rule,” which ...

Some Quakers, such as the prison reformer Elizabeth Fry, pointed out early on that this experiment was a failure and an abomination, but by then it was too late.

NEWBERRY, S.C. — One local historian believes he's uncovered how the town and county of Newberry were named. It's remained a mystery for some time, but he thinks after significant research, he's ...

Altrincham became Darlington’s latest scalp as Quakers made it five wins from five in what’s been an encouraging pre-season. After wins against Blyth Spartans, Sunderland U21s, Stockton Town, and ...

Because Quakers are passionate about nonviolence, equality, and respecting every person, he said you'll find many Quakers involved in the political process on a variety of issues: Defense spending ...

The Quakers’ founder, George Fox, explained that when God sent him forth, “he forbade me to put off my hat to any, high or low; and I was required to thee and thou all men and women, without ...