
Black Lives Matter
Petition calls for end to diversity, equity & inclusion in Downingtown schools
When someone forwarded Brandyn Campbell a petition calling for the end of diversity programs in her child's school district, she felt hurt and disappointed.
4 years ago
Why Krasner is asking Pa.’s high court to change how jurors hear use-of-force law
The unusual request is the beginning of a potentially long legal process that has delayed the trial of the first on-duty Philly officer charged with murder in nearly 20 years.
4 years ago
Derek Chauvin is sentenced to 22.5 years for George Floyd’s murder
The punishment exceeds the state's minimum guidelines but falls short of prosecutors' request of a 30-year sentence.
4 years ago
Judge rejects Chauvin’s request for new trial in Floyd death
Judge Peter Cahill denied the request Friday, saying defense attorney Eric Nelson has not shown that abused its discretion and denied Chauvin the right to a fair trial.
4 years ago
Big companies are finding out they need help with diversity messaging
The murder of George Floyd forced American companies to reckon with racial inequality in ways few had before.
4 years ago
Lehigh Valley launches a Juneteenth festival just as it becomes a national holiday
A year in planning, the new large-scale event at ArtsQuest teaches people what Juneteenth is about.
4 years ago
Suburban Philadelphia district’s equity initiative provokes anger over critical race theory
Tredyffrin-Easttown was the site of historic segregation fight.
4 years ago
Does the U.S. need a truth and reconciliation commission?
After the social unrest prompted by the murder of George Floyd, some are asking: Is it finally time for the U.S. to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
Air Date: June 18, 2021
Listen 49:29Kenney offers sober progress report on Philly’s fight against systemic racism
Philadelphia’s Pathways to Reform, Transformation, and Reconciliation initiative took flight last summer in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.
4 years ago
‘A place that can inspire the world’: A deal is struck to save Camden’s MLK house
A nonprofit is purchasing the decaying Walnut Street house where Martin Luther King Jr. lived when he was denied service at a Maple Shade bar in 1950.
4 years ago
Darnella Frazier, who filmed George Floyd’s murder, wins an honorary Pulitzer
The video played a major role in igniting a global protest movement against police violence, and was used as evidence in the trial of Floyd's killer.
4 years ago
The Crossing performs an elegy to Breonna Taylor and the pandemic
`We Got Time’ by Matana Roberts is an elegy to both Taylor and the year of the pandemic.
4 years ago
Listen 1:52A year later, racial reckoning yields uncertainty in giving
Though discussion about increasing diversity in all aspects of American life goes on and some changes have been adopted, advocates so far see little systemic progress.
4 years ago
Victims mark first anniversary of Philadelphia tear gas incidents on 52nd Street, I-676
Attorneys released new video footage of the I-676 incident showing protesters cornered by police at a fenced embankment.
4 years ago
A week that changed Philadelphia: How the George Floyd protests unfolded
The timeline of eight days that will go down in Philly history.
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