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The former site of the Frank Rizzo statue
Philadelphia
Policing
Social Justice

‘It is finally gone’: Philly removes Frank Rizzo statue amid ongoing protests

“This is not the end,” Mayor Jim Kenney said, pointing to where the bronze statue once stood. “[Removing the statue] is not the be-all and end-all of where we need to go.”

5 years ago

Volunteers with New Kensington CDC clean up in Kensington on June 1, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

‘I want to be able to heal’: Kensington residents begin yet another recovery

After days of violence, Kensington neighbors struggle to come to terms with yet another crisis. Community leaders fear it could take years to rebuild.

5 years ago

Protestors gathered peacefully at City Hall’s Octavius Catto statue
PlanPhilly
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Do Black lives matter to Mayor Jim Kenney?

Police brutality brought protesters into the streets. But the city’s "inadequate" response to COVID-19 contributes to anger, writes Rev. Malcolm Byrd.

5 years ago

Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson spoke with workers and community members at Woodland Village Plaza in Southwest Philadelphia on Tuesday morning. (Meir Rinde for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Business
Neighborhoods

‘We are resilient’ Black community leaders work to rebuild battered Southwest Philly mall

Ron Nowell returned to work at Four Seasons meat market Tuesday after guarding the store from looters on Sunday. He and others are now focused on recovery.

5 years ago

First responders on the Asbury Park beach after a water rescue on Sunday evening. (Courtesy of Michael Levin)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Safety

Police team with good Samaritans rescue swimmers at the Jersey Shore

A pair of police officers and good Samaritans rescued two distressed swimmers from the ocean off the coast of Asbury Park early Sunday evening, authorities said.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Turnpike
Pennsylvania
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Pennsylvania Turnpike to go cashless permanently, laying off 500 toll collectors

About 500 fare collectors and other toll workers along the Pennsylvania Turnpike are about to those their jobs.

5 years ago

Protesters face off with police during a demonstration on I-676 in Philadelphia on Monday, June 1 (Courtesy of Pilar Goñalons Pons)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Policing
Social Justice

Philly police say tear gas used because 676 protest turned hostile, but there’s no evidence that happened

Hundreds who’d gathered on I-676 scrambled to escape the noxious fumes.

5 years ago

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FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2018 file photo, the Instagram app logo is displayed on a mobile screen in Los Angeles. Though Black Out Tuesday was originally organized by the music community, the social media world went dark on Tuesday in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and the many killings of black people around the world that has caused outrage and protests. Instagram accounts, from top record label to everyday people, was full of black squares posted in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Music
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Social media, music world go dark for Black Out Tuesday

Though Black Out Tuesday was originally organized by the music community, the social media world also went dark in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

5 years ago

Protesters attacked the Frank Rizzo statue in front of MSB on Saturday. (Emma Lee / WHYY)
History
Philadelphia
Policing
Billy Penn

Kenny’s curfew echoes Rizzo-led protest shutdown in 1964

Back then, mayors had to invoke state law to keep residents inside.

5 years ago

Malaysia Hammond places flowers at a memorial mural for George Floyd in Minneapolis on Sunday. Police brutality has sparked days of civil unrest. But the sparks have landed in a tinderbox built over decades of economic inequality, now exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
NPR
National
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

From jobs to homeownership, protests put spotlight on racial economic divide

"There have been epidemics in the Black community that have existed for generations before COVID. COVID accentuated and exposed those epidemics."

5 years ago

The Cobb family came to City Hall from their home in North Philadelphia to demand justice for George Floyd and others who lost their lives at the hands of police. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing
Race & Ethnicity

Peaceful protests in several neighborhoods call for police accountability; Outlaw, Kenney decry Fishtown vigilantism

Greater accountability for police action and recruitment aimed at attracting officers of color are urged by the elected officials.

5 years ago

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Police load arrested protesters into a Sheriff’s Office bus after closing Route 676 in both directions.
Philadelphia
Policing
Social Justice
Billy Penn

Philly bail funds raise over $1.8 million as protests and marches roil the city

The influx of donations follows a similar surge in Minneapolis.

5 years ago

Government stimulus check
Aging
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

From confusion to threats, some Pa. nursing home residents aren’t getting their coronavirus stimulus checks

The stimulus checks are more crucial now than ever, as residents struggle to connect with the outside world amid a pandemic that is surging through their homes.

5 years ago

Cleanup volunteers in West Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
Billy Penn

How community leaders in Kensington, West Philly and other bruised neighborhoods say they’ll make it through

“What I saw today was every race out there just helping.”

5 years ago

Odell Griffin places his mail-in ballot in a box outside City Hall.
Elections
Philadelphia
Social Justice

On unprecedented Pa. primary day, high turnout in West Philly, too-big ballots in Bucks

Amid widespread protests, looting and a global pandemic that has triggered an economic shockwave — voters will cast ballots in the Pennsylvania primary.

5 years ago

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