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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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Criminal Justice

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (left) and challenger Chuck Peruto
Politics & Policy

As critics slam him on gun violence, Philly DA Larry Krasner looks past election to next term

Krasner sees his decisive primary victory as a mandate for his progressive policies. Those on the front line of gun violence offer nuance to the claims of his critics.

4 years ago

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Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon
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Courts & Law

Prosecutors say Bobby Henon helped PPA in exchange for windows given to his girlfriend

Federal prosecutors began Tuesday to present evidence that Councilmember Bobby Henon was bribed to oppose an audit of the PPA.

4 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (left) and challenger Chuck Peruto
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The Philadelphia district attorney race: DA Larry Krasner and Charles Peruto

DA Larry Krasner and challenger criminal defense attorney Charles Peruto join us to discuss the Philadelphia DA race, criminal justice, and the city's soaring homicide rates.

Air Date: October 26, 2021 10:00 am

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A closeup of Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

John Dougherty told Bobby Henon to delay Comcast deal in recorded call

As the corruption case moved into its fourth week, prospectors dug into wiretapped calls about the city’s franchise deal with Comcast.

4 years ago

NPR
Community

Ahmaud Arbery muralist turns to Brunswick history

4 years ago

James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Courts & Law

New blueprint hopes to reverse revolving door at Delaware prisons

More than 65% of people released from Delaware prisons in 2016 were re-convicted within three years. A new blueprint from the state aims to change that.

4 years ago

A police officer patrols the block near a house as they investigate an active shooting situation, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in the Nicetown neighborhood of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

Trial pushed back for Maurice Hill, man accused of shooting 6 officers in Tioga standoff

Maurice Hill trial: Accused shooter at center of Nicetown-Tioga standoff trial delayed.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

FBI wiretaps capture union pres Jim Gardler telling Philly council member to make Verizon ‘sweat’

Prosecutors in the Philly council member’s federal corruption trial drilled into allegations that he acted against the telecom giant for campaign donations.

4 years ago

FILE - Philadelphia 76ers' Tony Wroten in action during an NBA basketball game against the Denver Nuggets, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, in Philadelphia
Community

Former Sixer among 18 ex-NBA players charged in $4M health care fraud scheme

Authorities say 18 former NBA players have been arrested on charges alleging they pocketed $2.5 million illegally by defrauding the league's health and welfare benefit plan.

4 years ago

NPR
Community

More than 17,000 deaths caused by police have been misclassified since 1980

Public health data experts have a new way to calculate the under-reporting of people killed by police. Criminologists call the results "interesting," but are reserving judgmen

5 years ago

The exterior of George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County
Courts & Law

Delco Jail Oversight Board recommends terminating $259M contract with prison operator GEO Group

The action sets the stage for a vote by the Delaware County Council next week that could return the only privately run prison in Pa. to county control.

5 years ago

Marijuana buds are seen in a prescription bottle
Politics & Policy

Was your N.J. weed conviction expunged? The state’s court system wants you to find out

The New Jersey Courts are trying to alert people who benefitted from automatic expungement when the state’s new decriminalization law took effect in July.

5 years ago

Gargoyle Gardens at Eastern State Penitentiary
Arts & Entertainment

From Terror Behind the Walls to Halloween Nights: ESP reimagines annual event

The annual Terror Behind the Walls is rebooted as Halloween Nights, a seasonal festival with equal parts horror and criminal justice reform.

5 years ago

Supporters of those charged in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol attend the ‘Justice for J6’ rally near the U.S. Capitol September 18, 2021 in Washington, DC
NPR
Courts & Law

Hundreds rally in support of Capitol riot suspects amid heightened police presence

The crowds were demonstrating in support of people who are accused of participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection, which left several people dead.

5 years ago

Democratic County Council member Kevin Madden (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Delco’s Jail Oversight Board to vote on the fate of Pennsylvania’s only for-profit county prison

The Delaware County panel is looking at late September or early October for a special meeting to determine the fate of GEO Group’s contract.

5 years ago

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