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Aunt Jemima
Business
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

After 130 years, Aunt Jemima will vanish from packaging

A spokeswoman said the company recognized Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on a racial stereotype and that the 131-year-old name and image would be replaced.

5 years ago

NJ Transit
New Jersey
Public Health
Transportation
NBC10

NJ Transit issues guidelines to protect customers, employees during travel as N.J. reopens

The transportation agency is reinforcing a “shared responsibility” approach that relies on both customers and employers doing their part in making sure health safety measures.

5 years ago

Protesters watch smoke from police vehicles rise. (Phobymo)
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Homebound: How a new circumstance is helping me rethink an old place

We are a multiracial city made of monoracial blocks. A city where men delicately penned declarations of independence, a city that hosted slave auctions.

5 years ago

Founder and executive director of The Center for Returning Citizens Jondhi J. Harrell. (Ryan Collerd for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Policing

I did 25 years in prison. Don’t abolish police — demilitarize and detoxify policing

I’m a Black man in North Philadelphia who survived prison and helps people returning to the community. We need to reinvent policing from the ground up.

5 years ago

Tayyib Smith (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Gender
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity
Broke in Philly

This Juneteenth, ‘Next Steps Together’ offers thousands of Black men a space to talk freely

Organizers of the “Next Steps Together” initiative hope to create safe spaces for thousands of Black men to share their experiences.

5 years ago

52nd Street in West Philadelphia was hit with both pandemic closures and looting. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Economic Development
Neighborhoods

Return to Main Street: Historic West Philly corridor fights to keep its identity

Who is shaping the bustling corridor remains in flux as longtime businesses take stock of losses and newcomers eye opportunities.

5 years ago

Listen 3:26
Free Library of Philadelphia
K-12
Public Spaces

Checking in, not out: How libraries are moving from closed toward reopening

There’s no single blueprint for making these public spaces public again, no agreed-on best practices for sanitizing materials. Libraries learn as they go.

5 years ago

Juneteenth Parade participants wave from their float as they make their way through Center City in June 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Mayor Kenney declares Juneteenth an official Philadelphia holiday

The observance commemorates the end of slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865. City facilities will be closed Friday.

5 years ago

A Point Pleasant Borough Fire Rescue boat in the Point Pleasant Canal in 2016. (Courtesy of Kim Ormsby/Point Pleasant Fire Department Station 75)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors

N.J. trooper rescues 3 from sinking boat in dangerous Shore canal

A quick-thinking New Jersey state trooper rescued three from a sinking boat in a dangerous Jersey Shore canal, officials say. 

5 years ago

Arts supporters pound their hearts along with performers at a rally to fund the arts in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing
Social Justice

Protesters call to divert police dollars; counter-protesters support South Philly police captain

Two separate protests Tuesday criticized Mayor Jim Kenney’s budget priorities and suggest the police budget could be used to fix them.

5 years ago

Delbert Africa
Philadelphia
Policing
Social Justice

Delbert Africa, longtime MOVE member recently released from prison, has died

Delbert Africa was one of nine MOVE members convicted of third-degree murder following a 1978 standoff with police that left an officer dead and many others injured.

5 years ago

This Nov. 23, 2019 photo shows Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Alexis Johnson in Pittsburgh. (Shantale Davis/@ShanShoots2 via AP)
Media
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Federal lawsuit alleges Pittsburgh Post-Gazette violated civil rights laws in treatment of Black reporter

Johnson's attorney said the newspaper’s actions violated the Civil Rights Act of 1866 for retaliating against someone who opposes or protests race discrimination.

5 years ago

Philadelphia magazine is known for its 'Best of Philly' issues (inset: Tom McGrath) (Danya Henninger / Billy Penn; LinkedIn)
Media
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly Mag editor to resign this fall, hopes replacement is not ‘a middle-aged white guy’

During Tom McGrath’s tenure, the magazine withstood multiple controversies over racism.

5 years ago

(NOAA)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Public Safety

NWS: N.J. rip currents potentially ‘life-threatening’ to anyone who enters ocean Tuesday

A continuing onshore flow and rough surf are creating a high risk of rip currents, according to the National Weather Service.

5 years ago

Andre Lynch
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
NBC10

Worker quits after N.J. Wawa bars him from wearing BLM mask

Andre Lynch said his manager gave him the option to wear a different mask or leave. That’s when Lynch decided to quit.

5 years ago

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