NewsWorks Tonight August 26, 2013 – Full Show
ListenKevin McCorry reports on the sudden resignation of Pennsylvania’s Acting Education Secretary–just three months after the last one left. Tom MacDonald visits the new and long awaited facility that houses all of the services for child sex abuse victims. Taunya English reports on Philadelphia Health Department efforts to pressure some storeowners to take down ads for cigarettes and soda. Chris Satullo considers the president’s plan to rank colleges according to their efforts to curb tuition increases. Franklin Institute Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts joins us for Skytalk. And we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the famous March on Washington, hearing from African-Americans who took on pivotal roles during the Civil Rights Movement.
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