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Saudi activist and campaigner Aziza al-Yousef, pictured in 2016, is on trial this week in the capital Riyadh. She has been detained since last May. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Gender
International
Law

Saudi women’s rights activists awarded for their work — while on trial

Three women were honored with a prestigious award this week and it's likely they have no idea.

7 years ago

A message card is placed at a collection of flowers left at the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Saturday. A 28-year-old white supremacist stood silently before a judge, accused in mass shootings at two mosques that left dozens of people dead. (Vincent Thian/AP Photo)
NPR
International
Public Safety

A ‘mainstreaming of bigotry’ as white extremism reveals its global reach

In the aftermath of the New Zealand mosque shootings, experts who monitor hate groups say violent white extremism is on the rise and is the most prominent threat.

7 years ago

A priest cries at a mass funeral at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday, March 17, 2019. Thousands of Ethiopians have turned out to a mass funeral ceremony in the capital one week after the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash. (Mulugeta Ayene/AP Photo)
International

Ethiopians hold mass funeral ceremony for crash victims

Thousands mourned the Ethiopian plane crash victims on Sunday, accompanying 17 empty caskets draped in the national flag through the streets of the capital.

7 years ago

New Zealand's Police Commissioner Mike Bush says the number of people killed in the shootings at the two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand has now reached 50. He said the number of injured has also risen to 50. (Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)
NPR
International

Number of dead rises to 50 in New Zealand mass shooting

Another 50 people were injured in the shootings. Of those injured, 36 people are hospitalized, with two in critical condition.

7 years ago

Students M’niyah DeVaughn and with Tatiana Amaya share their stories of empowerment during a discussion panel (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Gender
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Girls, women share stories of empowerment during Philly summit

Approximately 300 to 350 women and girls attended the summit hosted by the Philadelphia Commission for Women.

7 years ago

Residents pay their respects by placing flowers for the victims of the mosques attacks in Christchurch. (Michael Bradley/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International
Public Safety

As families learn fates of loved ones, New Zealand mourns Christchurch victims

The New Zealand Red Cross has published a list of missing persons on its website.

7 years ago

AACC board member Malcolm Ingram, of Jackson Lewis P.C., has been named interim president. (Provided/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Business
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

African American Chamber of Commerce names interim president

African American Chamber of Commerce board member Malcolm Ingram has been named interim president.

7 years ago


Indian women hold protests against sexual violence. (Ajit Solanki/AP Photo, File)
Gender
History
The Conversation

Women’s fight against sexual harassment didn’t start with #MeToo

While the success of #MeToo testifies to the power of social media, as a scholar who studies feminism, I know it’s not the first movement of its kind.

7 years ago

This photo provided by by the French air accident investigation authority BEA on Thursday, March 14, 2019, shows one of the black box flight recorder from the crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet, in le Bourget, north of Paris. (BEA via AP)
International
Public Safety

Paris investigators start studying Ethiopian jet’s recorder

Investigators have started studying the cockpit voice recorder of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet.

7 years ago

Spectators dressed as leprechauns attend St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin on March 17, 2014. (Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images)
Business
National
Marketplace

Let’s do the numbers on St. Patrick’s Day

American consumers are expected to spend $5.6 billion on the holiday — approximately $40.1 per person — but lower than last year’s record-breaking spending.

7 years ago

Harris Zafar, national spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, preaches a message of tolerance in response to anti-Muslim hate. (Courtesy of Harris Zafar/Philly Trib)
National
Public Safety
Religion
The Philadelphia Tribune

American Muslims deal with being targets of hate

Harris Zafar, the national spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim communities, delivered a message of tolerance in response to the slaughter of fellow Muslims in two mosques.

7 years ago

Temperatures in South Jersey at 3 p.m. on Friday, March 15. (Image: New Jersey Weather & Climate Network)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Why is it typically cooler along the coast during unseasonably warm days?

It’s courtesy of the sea breeze effect.

7 years ago

Bob Smith stands in the backyard of his home in Schuylkill County on March 11, 2019. ( Ed Mahon / PA Post)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Taxes
PA Post

Five reasons Pa.’s school property taxes are so hard to kill

A 66-year-old homeowner in Schuylkill County wanted to know what keeps these taxes in force. We looked into it.

7 years ago

Indian Muslims hold placards during a condolence meeting and protest against Fridays mass shootings in New Zealand in Mumbai, India, Friday, March. 15, 2019. Dozens of people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called
International
Public Safety
Religion

New Zealand mosque attacks spark outrage, fuel concern over Islamophobia

Muslim leaders said the mass shooting was evidence of a rising tide of violent Islamophobia.

7 years ago

An osprey prepares to land on a natural nest in the Barnegat Bay. (Image courtesy of the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Spring’s almost here: Ospreys begin returning to the Jersey Shore

In recent days, ospreys, also known as fish hawks, were spotted in Ocean County and as far north as the Meadowlands.

7 years ago

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