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Think is a national call-in radio program, hosted by acclaimed journalist Krys Boyd and produced by KERA — North Texas’ PBS and NPR member station. Each week, listeners across the country tune in to the program to hear thought-provoking, in-depth conversations with newsmakers from across the globe.

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A Boy Scouts of America seal. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Social Justice

Boy Scout councils under pressure to share sex abuse costs

Nine sex abuse lawsuits were filed Tuesday in New York against three Boy Scout local councils

5 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philly will now test everyone in its jails for the coronavirus

Up to now, only people showing symptoms have been tested — with 75% returning positive results.

5 years ago

Sharon Patrick and Melissa Fratanduono-Meo
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Lawsuit seeking to hold Cosmo DiNardo’s parents liable for Bucks County slayings can continue

Cosmo DiNardo confessed to luring four young men ages 19 to 22 to his family's Solebury Township farm in July 2017.

5 years ago

Photo illustration by WITF's Tom Downing

Excerpts from grievances filed by incarcerated Muslims held at the Franklin County Prison. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Criminal Justice
Public Health
Religion
PA Post

‘They put me in solitary for having oranges’ — incarcerated Muslims struggle during Ramadan

A lawsuit in Franklin County highlights challenges faced by incarcerated Muslims during Islam's holy month.

5 years ago

FILE: Katie Brennan, (left), then-chief of staff at the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, listens to a question as she testifies before the Select Oversight Committee at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, in Trenton, N.J.  (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

Rape claim against governor campaign worker settles for $1M

Brennan said she would use $400,000 of the settlement to pay legal fees and would donate the rest to The Waterfront Project.

5 years ago

Secretary of Corrections John Wetzel discusses results of an internal review of parole cases that involved recent homicides or attempted homicides, during a press conference in Mechanicsburg on Wednesday, August 28, 2019.  (Commonwealth Media Services)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Public Health
PA Post

As counties reopen, what about the correctional facilities inside their borders?

Inmates in prisons and jails remain on lockdown. And without proper testing, public health experts say that can’t end anytime soon.

5 years ago

Berks County Residential Center, July 19, 2019. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Immigration

‘Sophie’s choice’ for immigrant families in Pa: separate or remain in custody indefinitely

Families in U.S. immigration custody were presented with an either/or this week: agree to be detained indefinitely, or let your child leave without you.

5 years ago

In this May 12, 2015, file photo, emergency personnel work the scene of a deadly train wreck in Philadelphia. An Amtrak train headed to New York City derailed and crashed in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek, File)
Criminal Justice
Transportation

Judge reinstates charges in deadly Philadelphia Amtrak crash

A judge has reinstated all charges brought against an Amtrak engineer for his role in a high-speed derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people.

5 years ago

(Samantha Melamed/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

With thousands of Pa. prisoners in near-solitary confinement, how long can coronavirus lockdown last?

Advocates have widely praised the department’s efforts, but are concerned about potential harms to inmate mental health.

5 years ago

Prisoners make clothing for the New Jersey Department of Corrections. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

Despite some releases, N.J. has highest COVID-19 prison death rate in the nation

More than 40 people in state custody have died of COVID-19, which is the highest in the nation as a share of prison population.

5 years ago

Supreme Court
Radio Times
Law
Politics

Supreme Court session begins; AG Barr absolves Flynn

We discuss the cases before the Supreme Court this session, and AG Bill Barr's attempts to absolve former National Security Advisor Flynn.

Air Date: May 13, 2020 10:00 am

Elmer Daniels
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Law

He was exonerated after serving 40 years in prison. What does the state of Del. owe him?

Fifteen states, including Delaware, don’t offer compensation for exonerees. One legislator wants to change that.

5 years ago

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President Donald Trump
National
Politics

Supreme Court divided over Trump tax, bank records

Rulings against the president could lead to the campaign season release of personal financial information that Trump has kept shielded from investigators and the public.

5 years ago

The entrance of a correctional facility.
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Public Health

Delaware prison population down 10% during pandemic

With fewer people being held for pre-trial detention, there’s been a 10% drop in Delaware’s overall prison population.

5 years ago

Listen 1:14
NPR
Immigration
Public Health

Will filing for unemployment hurt my green card? Legal immigrants are afraid

"What I'm seeing is a lot of clients who are eligible to apply for unemployment are simply too afraid to do so," said New York-based immigration lawyer Tsui Yee.

5 years ago

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