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White Fragility author Robin DiAngelo says the question white people should be asking themselves is not: Have I been shaped by race, but how have I been shaped by race? Above, protesters at a
NPR
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

‘There is no neutral’: ‘Nice white people’ can still be complicit in a racist society

White Fragility author Robin DiAngelo says that the status quo in the U.S. is racism, and for white people, that's comfortable. "We've got to start making it uncomfortable."

6 years ago

Jay Coreano’s street murals in progress at Tacony Creek Park. (Courtesy of Julie Slavet/TTF Watershed Partnership)
Environment
Outdoors

Powering through the pandemic: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford watershed work also builds community connection

‘We’re all connected by water’: Here’s how a Philly environmental org is thriving in the time of coronavirus by prioritizing neighborhood engagement.

6 years ago

LaTonya Floyd speaks during the funeral service for her brother George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
National
Race & Ethnicity

‘He is going to change the world’: Funeral held for George Floyd

Following the service, Floyd’s golden casket was taken by hearse toward the cemetery in the Houston suburb of Pearland where he was to be entombed next to his mother.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas Farley speaks with Dr. Ala Stanford, head of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

Black Doctors Consortium wins city’s first coronavirus testing bid

Tuesday’s announcement represented a change in tune from a few weeks ago, when the Kenney administration expressed hesitancy to fund the group.

6 years ago

A person walks with their belongings on Kensington Avenue on May 7, 2020. (Erin Blewett / Kensington Voice)
Homelessness
Income Inequality
Broke in Philly

Philly curfews and closures create challenges for people experiencing homelessness, outreach workers

The Philadelphia police did not have a clear answer for how they determine if someone is experiencing homelessness, which would exempt them from the curfew.

6 years ago

Corrections officer mocks death of George Floyd
New Jersey
Policing
Social Justice
NBC10

N.J. corrections officer mocks George Floyd’s death as protesters pass

A white man seen mocking George Floyd's death as Black Lives Matter protesters passed by is a corrections officer in South Jersey, officials confirmed to NBC10.

6 years ago

Protesters block the passage of a prisoner transport bus in Philadelphia on May 30, 2020 PROVIDED BY AUTHOR
Public Health
Social Justice
Billy Penn

I’m a doctor who treated protesters tear-gassed and shot by rubber bullets

An account from the midst of Philly’s upheaval.

6 years ago

Silent prayer at LOVE Park
Philadelphia
Religion
Social Justice

Who has power and what’s their purpose?: Reflections on a silent prayer

Rev. David W. Brown reflects on power, privilege and community.

6 years ago

Protesters kneel for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in remembrance of George Floyd during a Black Lives Matter rally at Linconia Park in Bensalem, Pa. Floyd was killed in Minneapolis police custody by an officer who kneeled on his neck, sparking protests in cities and towns across the country. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Philly sanitation workers demand PPE and hazard pay; vigil for justice held in Trevose

Over 100 Streets Dept. workers sanitation rallied near City Hall Tuesday morning to protest their treatment during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Volunteers load food boxes into cars during a food distribution by the Food Bank of South Jersey in Riverside, Burlington County on June 6. (Jon Hurdle/NJ Spotlight)
Income Inequality
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

Food banks expect demand to remain high for months as N.J. starts to reopen

With unemployment at 15%, thousands will struggle to put their own food on the table, food bank officials say

6 years ago

Protesters take over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia
Policing
Social Justice

Photo essay: Protests continue in Philadelphia while suburbs join the call for police reform

Weeks of protest in Philadelphia followed the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

6 years ago

Police officers take guard during a protest over the death of George Floyd last month in Minneapolis.
NPR
Government Accountability
National
Policing

How federal dollars fund local police

Many federal agencies funnel grants to local law enforcement. But some say that undermines community accountability and focuses more on enforcement than minimizing harm.

6 years ago

On June 5, Corinne Bradley-Powers, owner of Corinne's Place, stands in front of her popular Camden restaurant holding the notice she received that her restaurant would be on a list for sheriff's sale this month if she didn't pay the $282 she owed.  (Photo by April Saul for WHYY)
Income Inequality
New Jersey
Taxes

Rude awakening for Camden property owners who thought N.J. delayed local tax deadline

A governor’s order allowed municipalities to extend the May 1 quarterly tax deadline by a month, to June 1. As many have now discovered, Camden didn’t.

6 years ago

Former Chief Scott Thomson, pictured in 2014, led the Camden County police from 2013 until 2019. The reconstituted countywide police department formed after the city dissolved the previous force.
NPR
New Jersey
Policing

New police force from scratch: Camden, N.J. proves it’s possible to reform the police

Amid a public safety crisis, the Camden police dissolved and re-formed in 2013 as a new department. Former police Chief Scott Thomson joined All Things Considered to discuss.

6 years ago

Two members of clergy who are not with POWER say a prayer in Fishtown. (Katie Meyer/WHYY)
Policing
Religion
Social Justice

With lessons from Palestine and Ferguson, Philly clergy act as buffers between protesters, police

In addition to helping deescalate tensions between police and protesters, members of the Philly clergy group say they are there to bear witness.

6 years ago

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