Laura Benshoff
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Philadelphia struggles to make coronavirus info quickly available in Spanish
In Philadelphia, where 23% of residents speak a language besides English at home, the city has not been translating information for these communities as updates happen.
5 years ago
One of three sanctuary families in Pa. walks free with approval from feds
Suyapa Reyes and her four children spent 18 months living on the second floor of a church before being given notice that they would be free from arrest or deportation.
5 years ago
‘Excuses to try to silence me’: Lawsuit alleges racial bias at Pa.’s anti-discrimination agency
The PHRC has long been haunted by allegations that it is ineffectual and that its leadership perpetuates the same kinds of discrimination it aims to combat.
5 years ago
At this barbershop in Chambersburg, Pa., red, blue and other come together for conversations of political ‘grace and mercy.’
5 years ago
Listen 5:20Speaking Mam in MAGA country: Immigration, education and the teenage boy in the middle
Where low-wage immigrant labor undergirds the local economy, stress is put on other institutions — especially public schools, which face a mandate to educate all.
5 years ago
Listen 7:21Could Pennsylvania’s 43K new citizens make the difference in 2020 election?
Naturalized citizens have been adding to the voter rolls in swing states since the last election cycle. Could they make a difference in Pennsylvania for 2020?
5 years ago
Listen 1:19Pa. AG Shapiro sues Juul Labs for ‘epidemic levels’ of teen vaping
Pennsylvania has sued the e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs, joining Pennsylvania school districts, district attorneys and other states intent on reining in teen vaping.
5 years ago
Pa. Italian food purveyors say more tariffs could be ‘devastating’
A potential round of new tariffs on European products is sparking fears of “fake parmesan” among Italian food purveyors in Pennsylvania.
5 years ago
Listen 1:40Pa. moves to close another prison as incarceration rates drop
Crime in Pa. has been on the decline for two decades, and changing attitudes towards incarceration have dramatically lowered the state prison population.
5 years ago
Delco DA ends bid to keep man in prison who won clemency after 25 years
Prosecutors said they would drop a 1992 case over stolen jeans that had threatened to send David Sheppard back to prison after he served 25 years.
5 years ago
Delco Dems promise ‘sweeping change’ as GOP loses power in Philly suburbs
As part of a ‘blue wave’ in the Philadelphia suburbs, Democrats also won control in Bucks and Chester Counties during the last election cycle.
5 years ago
Three years after famous hunger strike, las Madres Berks reunite to grieve one of their own
After spending nearly two years in the Berks Family Residential Center, Maria Martinez Nolasco was released. Then she was killed.
5 years ago
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