NewsWorks Tonight, August 28, 2014 – Full Show
ListenTom MacDonald reports on the effect the guilty plea of Chaka Fattah’s ex-aide is having on the Congressman’s opponent in the November election. Dave Heller talks with history professor Darryl Mace about his new book on the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, which is considered a catalyst for the Civil Rights Act. Elisabeth Perez-Luna visits the Yorktown neighborhood, which was spared in the 1964 North Philadelphia riots. Dave Heller and Temple University geography and urban studies professor David Bartelt discuss the relationship between the school and its North Philadelphia neighbors. On today’s Recap, sword swallower David Peyre-Ferry talks about his work.
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NewsWorks Tonight was a daily radio show and podcast that ran from 2011-2018. It is no longer in production, but the show's archive is available online.
