
Black Lives Matter
George Floyd remembered in new choral work
In "A Knee on the Neck," composer Adolphus Hailstork and librettist Herbert Martin pay tribute to Floyd's memory and offer hope for the future.
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Ohio officer cleared in shooting of teenager Ma’Khia Bryant
Bryant was killed in April by Columbus police officer Nicholas Reardon as she swung a knife at another young woman. Bryant was Black and Reardon is white.
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Ex-officer cleared in shooting during Breonna Taylor raid
The jury on Thursday found Brett Hankison not guilty of three counts of wanton endangerment for firing shots that ripped into a neighboring apartment.
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Trayvon Martin’s mother: ‘Don’t give up’ fight for justice
Sybrina Fulton attended Saturday's meeting of the National Action Network, the civil rights organization founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton in New York City.
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Trayvon Martin’s killing 10 years ago changed the tenor of democracy
The Black teen's killing on Feb. 26, 2012, helped spark Black Lives Matter.
2 years ago
3 ex-cops convicted of rights violations in Floyd killing
Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care when Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck.
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Ex-officer in Breonna Taylor raid said he saw AR-15 fire
Brett Hankison is charged with wanton endangerment for shooting through Taylor’s apartment into the home of her neighbor.
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Colin Kaepernick launches new initiative to offer autopsies for police-related deaths
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick announced the start of a new initiative to offer free second autopsies to family members of anyone whose death is "police-related."
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New Jersey has struggled for centuries to talk about reparations. Can that change in 2022?
For decades, Black state lawmakers have tried unsuccessfully to move legislation that would require New Jersey to talk about reparations.
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Christine Pride and Jo Piazza on ‘We Are Not Like Them’
The novel is written from alternating perspectives and tells the story of two women of different races whose friendship is altered by a tragic police shooting in Philadelphia.
Air Date: February 22, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:14Defense rests in federal trial in George Floyd’s killing
The officer testified that he didn’t realize how dire Floyd’s condition was until paramedics turned him over.
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Teen in mall fight faults cops for handcuffing Black youth
A New Jersey teen involved in a mall fight says police were wrong to treat him differently than the other youth involved in the altercation, who is Black.
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Some school systems pause diversity programs amid pushback
Conservative takeovers of local school boards have already altered lessons on race and social injustice in many classrooms.
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Defense and prosecutors rest their case in hate crimes trial against Arbery’s killers
Prosecutors relied heavily on racist evidence from cell phones and testimony from acquaintances, but the defense called only one witness.
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Former PPD inspector hit with civil rights lawsuit following 2020 protest beating
A former Philadelphia police inspector who was filmed striking protestors in June 2020 is facing a new civil rights lawsuit.
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