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Community activist Isaac Gardner leads a march on Locust Street demanding justice for Walter Wallace Jr., who was shot dead by police Monday. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly creates new ‘network’ for grassroots criminal justice reform with $200k grant program

Gun violence continue to rise, but the city’s biweekly briefings may have already be having a positive effect.

6 years ago

A selfie Feng Daoyou took in Macau. Her older brother Feng Daokun believes she traveled to Hong Kong before flying to the U.S., from where she first contacted him in 2016. Unlike the rest of her family, she did not marry, and seemed to relish venturing far from home.
NPR
Crime
Gender
Immigration
Race & Ethnicity

In China, Atlanta shooting victim’s kin struggle to understand her — and her death

Feng Daoyou, who'd lived in the U.S. for about five years, died a stranger in a strange land.

6 years ago

People rally outside the courthouse in Minneapolis on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, after the guilty verdicts were announced in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. George Floyd's killing last year and the protests that followed led to a wave of police reforms in dozens of states, from changes in use-of-force policies to greater accountability for officers. At the same time, lawmakers in a handful of states have had success addressing racial inequities. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Black Lives Matter
Criminal Justice
K-12
Philadelphia

Philadelphia high school students offer reaction to guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial

WHYY asked students from its Media Lab how they were feeling about the Chauvin verdict. Here are some of their responses.

6 years ago

Saj “Purple” Blackwell talking to West Philly residents about the Derek Chauvin trial. (WHYY)
Black Lives Matter
Policing
Social Justice

Residents along 52nd Street expected the worst. Post-Chauvin verdict, there’s relief.

Saj Blackwell, a partner in WHYY’s News and Information Community Exchange, spoke to her neighbors along 52nd Street about the relief they’re feeling after the Chauvin verdict

6 years ago

Vincint performs for a Pride Day crowd gathered at Penn's Landing on Sunday, June 9, 2019. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
LGBTQ
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

OutFest 2021 is canceled, but Philly Pride celebration is ON for Labor Day weekend

A “lite” version of an in-person festival is better than another virtual event, organizers say.

6 years ago

the shooting took place at Smyrna Middle School. (NBC10)
Delaware
Gun Violence
NBC10

Woman shot dead at Smyrna Middle School in Delaware

The shooting happened in the front parking lot around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday.

6 years ago

Tomeka Holmes (center) leads family and friends in a balloon release in her son's memory
Black Lives Matter
Mental Health
New Jersey
Policing

In Camden, a son’s death moves parents to ‘break the silence’ on mental health issues

Nah’Jole Frazier had been dealing with mental health issues when he was struck by a driver earlier this month. Now, his parents want to address a need for better services.

6 years ago

Items from the Miss America Organization archive
History
New Jersey

There she is, online: Miss America archives digitized at Rowan University

One hundred years of American history will have a digital home at the South Jersey university for scholarly use.

6 years ago

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An aerial view of Kensington
Addiction
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

New fund aims to help Kensington community groups address impacts of the opioid crisis

Philadelphia has a new fund to help address the impact of the opioid epidemic on the city’s Kensington neighborhood.

6 years ago

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Roselle Querido, left, and her groom Mo de las Alas kiss after their marriage service
Business
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Outdoor gathering, indoor event capacities increased

Starting May 10, outdoor gatherings will be limited to 500 people — up from the current 200-attendee cap.

6 years ago

A man takes a picture with mobile phone at the sunset with Eiffel Tower in the background
NPR
International
Travel

Vaccinated U.S. travelers will be allowed to visit Europe again starting this summer

The EU president expects all 27 EU member states will accept visitors who've received COVID-19 vaccines, but the CDC is still warning against travel to much of Europe.

6 years ago

People wait in line to enter a gun store in Culver City
NPR
Gun Violence
Public Safety

1st time gun buyers help push record U.S. gun sales amid string of mass shootings

Data from the FBI's firearms background check database shows six days in March of this year made up the top 10 highest days of firearms background checks since 1998.

6 years ago

Jonathan and Marcia Pretlow with their children, Julius, Asia, and Laila.
Keystone Crossroads
Housing
Pennsylvania
America Amplified

A rent-to-own project spurred dreams of homeownership in Chambersburg. The reality leaves tenants feeling ‘set up to fail’

An effort to bring affordable housing to Chambersburg, Pa., promised to help tenants become owners. But the reality is much more complicated.

6 years ago

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Mourners pray near the coffins of coronavirus patients killed in a hospital fire during their funeral at the Imam Ali shrin
International
Public Safety

‘Volcanoes of fire’: Death toll at Baghdad hospital surpasses 80

Most of those killed suffered severe burns, he said. Others were overcome by smoke, unwilling to leave behind relatives hooked up to ventilators.

6 years ago

A protester holds up a sign during a We Still Can’t Breathe March
Delaware
Policing
Protests

Wilmington protesters call for new law to ensure independent oversight of police

Protesters in Rodney Square also called for justice for Lymond Moses. Two white officers fatally shot the 30-year-old Black man in January.

6 years ago

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