NewsWorks Tonight, August 16, 2018

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Fed up with political inaction on improving bike lanes, cyclists are taking a different route. Dr. Ram Mudambi of Temple’s Fox School of Business explains the effect of tariffs on our region. A neighborhood watches in anger as a cherished memorial is destroyed. Blair Bowie of the Campaign Legal Center describes how an online tool guides former felons on how to restore their right to vote. The Queen of Soul has died; we look at Aretha Franklin’s connections to Philadelphia.

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