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History
Race & Ethnicity

‘Barracoon’ spurs a long-overdue conversation about last known slave-ship survivor

"Barracoon: The Story of the Last 'Black Cargo,'" one of the only surviving first-person accounts of the transatlantic slave trade, was published in May.

7 years ago

Family members of Michael White, 20, charged in the stabbing death of Sean Shellenger, 37, pray during a vigil at True Gospel Tabernacle in South Philadelphia.
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Supporters of suspect in Center City killing pray for reduced charges

Reports have been circulating that city District Attorney Larry Krasner may seek reduced charges against Michael White.

7 years ago

Landlord George Fantini has agreed to pay New Castle County $438,000 to settle his debt for code violations, back taxes and other infractions at properties such as this one in Claymont. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
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New Castle County takes action against landlord who won’t pay up

George Fantini’s dozens of properties, mostly in Claymont, have had nearly 2,000 county code enforcement inspections and 418 code enforcement violations, officials say.

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Addiction
Criminal Justice
Higher Education

NewsWorks Tonight, July 31, 2018

The New Jersey Supreme Court says a controversial theory about child sex abuse can no longer be used as evidence. An iconic Philadelphia ...

Air Date: July 31, 2018

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Marchers carry an LGBTQ pride flag during the Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City in June.
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LGBTQ
National

Senate bill to require sexual orientation, gender identity data by 2030 census

If the Census Equality Act becomes a law, sexual orientation and gender identity questions would have to be added to forms for the census by 2030

7 years ago

Joshua August (left) allegedly beat the Rev. William Graney with a wine bottle, police said. A church official said Graney was counseling the 25-year-old suspect about his substance abuse issues. (Courtesy of New Castle County police and Resurrection Catholic Church.)
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Religion

Man struggling with substance abuse attacks priest with wine bottle, church officials say

The priest was counseling his alleged attacker for substance abuse issues, a church official said.

7 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities
Pennsylvania

Housing boom in State College spurs debate over changing character of the town

The town that’s home to Penn State is growing. State College borough expects a 20 percent increase in housing units — mostly downtown student rentals. Not everyone is happy.

7 years ago

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Heavy machinery on the beach in South Seaside Park in mid-July. (Image: Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Community leader says he’s outraged after bulldozer plows through dune

Heavy machinery was captured on video expanding an existing access at the entrance to Midway Beach.

7 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
Business
Energy
New Jersey

Holtec says it will decommission Oyster Creek decades ahead of schedule

The country's oldest nuclear power plant is being sold to a company that will decommission it in the next eight years.

7 years ago

Jeremy Nowak
PlanPhilly
Media
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

An appreciation: Jeremy Nowak challenged assumptions about what was impossible

Jeremy Nowak lived to challenge dusty assumptions and the soft thinking that emerges from the comforts of ideology.

7 years ago

Guy Wheeler (left) and Darryl Turpin are founders of H.E.A.T., a holistic and Afrocentric approach to help young black men stay out of the criminal justice system. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Tailored to young black men, program to cut recidivism rates may come to Pa.

The program, currently in 20 states, is looking to expand to Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Performing Arts
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NewsWorks Tonight, July 30, 2018

Pennsylvania and New Jersey’s Attorneys General try to block 3-D guns from being downloaded in their states. Shanita Hubbard discus ...

Air Date: July 30, 2018

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Townsends Inlet Bridge, connecting Avalon and Sea Isle City, New Jersey. (Google Maps)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Transportation

Cape May County bridge to close again for repairs

The Townsends Inlet Bridge, connecting Avalon and Sea Isle City, will close on Sept. 18 for eight months.

7 years ago

Black Lives Matter protestors march south on Broad Street during a protest in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, during the second day of the Democratic National Convention. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Criminal Justice
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

To make black lives matter, protect those lives from the womb to the tomb

We are all responsible for standing up for the sanctity of black lives. Because while so many of us are doing great work to sustain black lives, all of us have to do more.

7 years ago

Archaeology students from West Virginia University at a dig near a shale gas site in Marianna, Pa. (Reid R. Frazier/SateImpact Pennsylvania)
Environment
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Family’s fight with driller illustrates legal loophole that exposes Native American, historical sites

Companies don't have to check for archaeological importance. One study showed dozens of sites were damaged or destroyed.

7 years ago

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