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The Delaware National Guard hosted Governor John Carney for a tour of its counterdrug facilities. (Zöe Read/WHYY)
Addiction
Delaware
Military

Delaware National Guard steps in to help fight drug trafficking, addiction

The guard provides resources — such as training and transportation — to law enforcement agencies across the state in their efforts to tackle drug trafficking.

6 years ago

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Pope Francis prays during the opening of the second day of a Vatican's conference on dealing with sex abuse by priests, at the Vatican, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Pope Francis has issued 21 proposals to stem the clergy sex abuse around the world, calling for specific protocols to handle accusations against bishops and for lay experts to be involved in abuse investigations. (Giuseppe Lami/Pool Photo via AP)
International
Public Safety
Religion

Vatican sex abuse summit seeks new culture of accountability

Victims have turned out in droves on the sidelines of the summit to demand greater accountability from the church.

6 years ago

The Philadelphia Experiment
Race & Ethnicity

Jussie Smollett’s act of betrayal

When Jussie Smollett alleged he was attacked because of his race and sexual orientation, the story didn’t make me angry. It made me numb. But a lot has changed in three weeks.

6 years ago

Barry Jenkins’ ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ has been nominated for best adapted screenplay at the 91st Academy Awards. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Movies
Race & Ethnicity
The Conversation

Oscars 2019: Beyond the stats, why diversity matters

With the Academy Awards approaching, the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released its most recent report on diversity in Hollywood.

6 years ago

Sira Naturals marijuana growing facility in Milford, Mass. (Aaron Schachter/WGBH)
NPR
Business
National

Growing marijuana industry struggles to attract employees of color

Massachusetts wants to give people of color a leg-up in the legal marijuana industry but is off to a very slow start. Next to no black or Latino candidates have applied.

6 years ago

This Feb. 21, 2019 photo released by the Chicago Police Department shows Jussie Smollett. Police say the
National

Smollett reactions epitomize polarized state of U.S. politics

The case seemed to inflame political tensions even more while creating potentially damaging consequences for genuine hate crime victims in the future.

6 years ago

(From left) Italian radical party lawmaker Riccardo Maggi, Mark Rozzi, Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Italian survivor of sex abuse Francesco Zanardi, Anne Barrett Doyle, of Bishop Accountability, and Tim Lennon, of SNAP, attend a press conference at the Italian Lower Chamber press hall in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Pope Francis opened a landmark sex abuse prevention summit Thursday by warning senior Catholic figures that the faithful are demanding concrete action against predator priests and not just words of condemnation. (Gregorio Borgia/AP Photo)
International
Public Safety
Religion

Italian law helps bishops dodge investigation, abuse victims say

Only one pedophile priest is now in prison, out of 144 convictions in the last 10 years.

6 years ago

Oyster Creek was New Jersey's first nuclear generation station, opened in 1967. It shut down in September 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Energy
New Jersey
Technology

Offshore wind company considers using Shore power plants for energy distribution

A Danish offshore wind company is considering adaptively reusing two New Jersey power plants set to be decommissioned.

6 years ago

Pope Francis delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer In St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019.
Religion

Pa. survivors demand action, but fear inertia at Vatican summit on sex abuse

Representatives from Pennsylvania attending the February meeting with bishops hope to get support for extending the statute of limitations and more transparency.

6 years ago

First Assistant District Attorney Robert Listenbee Jr. sits in his office on February 7, 2019. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Criminal Justice

Philly first assistant district attorney devoted to keeping kids out of criminal justice system

Robert Listenbee Jr., a former official in the Obama administration, works to keep kids out of the criminal justice system through rehabilitation.

6 years ago

Marsha Ambrosius performs during a tribute to lifetime achievement award winner Anita Baker at the BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, June 24, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Things To Do
Community Events
February 21 - 27, 2019

Music, food, festivals and a return to boxing on Broad Street

Musicians with ties to the region take the stage, East Passyunk welcomes restaurant week, and craft beers are on the menu in Kennett Square this week.

6 years ago

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This Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 image shows a white supremacist carrying a Nazi flag into the entrance to Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Va. (Steve Helber/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Public Safety

Hate groups in N.J. and nationally on the rise

‘Intellectual white supremacists’ are trying to go after young, college-educated white men, one security analyst says of the rising profile of hate groups in New Jersey.

6 years ago

John Potts is using a total station to map the site. Graves can be seen  as grey-ish stains in the soil. (Jill Showell/Edward Otter, Inc.)
Delaware
History
Race & Ethnicity

Delaware archaeologists find African-American graves that may date to Civil War

The tombstone of an African-American Civil War soldier — and possible graves of family members — have been discovered in Frankford, Delaware.

6 years ago

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New Jersey State Police
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Transportation

Wintry weather forecast spurs commercial travel restriction on numerous N.J. highways

A commercial travel restriction will go into effect at 9 a.m. Wednesday on numerous highways throughout New Jersey due to impending snowfall, authorities said.

6 years ago

A group of Philadelphia police cadets, touring drug torn Kensington, gather at a vacant lot on East Lippincott Street where their instructors show them signs that heroin is being used there.
Addiction
Policing

Philadelphia police recruits get up-close tour of Kensington neighborhood

The Philadelphia Police Academy’s new class visited the epicenter of the city’s opioid crisis. Officers told them to be open to unconventional solutions.

6 years ago

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