NewsWorks Tonight January 23, 2017 – Full Show

Bobby Allyn reports on Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s signing of a bill making Philadelphia the nation’s first city to forbid employers from asking about an applicant’s wage history. Tom Macdonald brings the story of the city’s efforts to crackdown on racial discrimination in Philadelphia’s Gayborhood. Laura Benshoff brings the stories of women who marched in the weekend’s Women’s March. Dave Davies looks into an event meant to help people run for local office. Solomon Jones offers a commentary on how protesting national politics will not bring about change for Philadelphia’s poverty issue. Peter Crimmins reports on how a loss of the National Endowment of the Arts could affect Philadelphia’s arts community.  In this week’s edition of SkyTalk, Dave Heller speaks with Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute, about the size of the Milky Way galaxy.