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Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden greets supporters before walking in the Independence Fourth of July parade, Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Biden says having a female vice president would be ‘great’

Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden says it would be "great" to have a female vice president, but he won't say whether he'd pick Sen. Kamala Harris.

7 years ago

E. Jean Carroll is photographed, Sunday, June 23, 2019, in New York. Carroll, a New York-based advice columnist, claims Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s. Trump denies knowing Carroll. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Community

Friends: Trump accuser told us of attack in the ’90s

Two women have confirmed that the writer E. Jean Carroll told them in the 1990s that she'd been sexually assaulted by Trump in the dressing room of a NYC department store

7 years ago

FILE - In this July 4, 1967 file photo Kay Tobin Lahusen, right, and other demonstrators carry signs calling for protection of homosexuals from discrimination as they march in a picket line in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. In 2019, same-sex marriage is the law of the land in the U.S. and at least 25 other countries. LGBT Americans serve as governors, big-city mayors and members of Congress, and one _ Pete Buttigieg _ is waging a spirited campaign for president. (AP Photo/John F. Urwiller)
Radio Times

Remembering Stonewall

Years before the police raids that led to the Stonewall riots, Philadelphia was home to activists and protesters demanding rights for the LGBTQ community.

Air Date: June 25, 2019

Listen 48:59
In December 2018, Katie Brennan, the chief of staff at the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, raises her hand as she is sworn in to testify before the Select Oversight Committee at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
The Why
Politics & Policy

N.J. official’s rape allegation could change state law

Should the Murphy administration have done more in response to Katie Brennan's allegation that a campaign staffer assaulted her? N.J. legislative committee says yes.

Air Date: June 25, 2019

Listen 12:40
Kristina Amell and Grace Berry attend to clients at Starshine Salon, located on Manayunk's Main Street. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

Hair stylists often hear stories of abuse from clients. Why not offer help at the salon?

A St. Joseph’s University study found stylists learned about abuse from their clients, especially in immigrant communities. It suggests salons could help offer resources.

7 years ago

Listen 2:49
Sephora closiedng its U.S. stores for an hour Wednesday, June 5, 2019. to host inclusion workshops for its employees. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Radio Times
Community

How effective is diversity training?

Many companies require diversity training, but changing people's attitudes and behaviors is challenging. We'll talk about implicit bias, and making inclusive workplaces.

Air Date: June 18, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:16
The state Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Politics & Policy

Amid calls for Leach to resign, Pa. lawmakers push anti-harassment bills

Pa. House and Senate members are pushing a slate of anti-harassment bills amid calls for Montco Democratic Sen. Daylin Leach to resign.

7 years ago

Claire DeMatteis
Community

Political veteran nominated as first woman to run Delaware prisons

Claire DeMatteis was senior counsel to Joe Biden when he was a U.S. Senator. Now she is Gov. Carney’s nominee to to lead Delaware’s prison system.

7 years ago

Listen 2:02
3rd May 1913:  Grand Marshal Inez Milholland Boissevain (1886 - 1916) leads a parade of 30,000 representives of the various Women's Suffrage associations through New York City. (Photo by Paul Thompson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Politics & Policy
Marketplace

The campaign finance of women’s suffrage

On June 4th, 1919, Congress passed the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing all women the right to vote. It would be another year, in August of 1920, before enough states ratified it.

7 years ago

Mae Krier 93, was a riveter during WWII. She’s an advocate for the recognition of the “Rosies” role for winning the war.
The Why
Community

Why this Rosie the Riveter from Bucks County is still fighting

Mae Kreier of Levittown, Pa. is one of millions of women who built airplanes, ships, and bombs during World War II. She's still fighting for their efforts to be recognized.

Air Date: June 4, 2019

Listen 11:09
(Max Marin/Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

How long will it take Philly to go from ‘councilman’ to ‘councilmember’?

Philadelphia voters have OKed a ballot measure to move toward gender-neutral language for our lawmakers in City Hall.

7 years ago

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf delivers his budget address for the 2019-20 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Gov. Wolf pushes for LGBTQ protections in face of ACA changes

A bill to extend the commonwealth's civil rights protections to LGBTQ people has repeatedly stalled in the Pennsylvania Legislature.

7 years ago

Teresa Pettis (right), an abortion opponent, protests outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis, on May 17. Unless a judge intervenes, health officials will force a Missouri facility to stop offering the procedure this week. (Jim Salter/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Missouri could soon become first state without a clinic that performs abortions

Missouri is within days of losing its last remaining health center that provides abortions. Unless a court intervenes, it will become the first state without such a clinic.

7 years ago

Students testify in support of the Boyertown Area School District's policy of allowing transgender students to use locker rooms and restrooms that correspond to their gender identity. Four students sued the district, saying their privacy was violated when a transgender boy was allowed to use the same locker room. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Supreme Court rejects appeal over Pa. school’s transgender bathroom policy

The justices on Tuesday rejected an appeal from students who argued that allowing transgender students to use the same facilities violated their right to privacy.

7 years ago

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2019, file photo, Malakye Johnson (1) gathers with his teammates during a Snider Hockey practice at the Scanlon Ice Rink in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia-based Snider Hockey organization named after the late Flyers owner now has over 3,000 kids in its program and almost a third are girls. Snider Hockey officials want to get to a point that boys and girls are split 50-50, and a new endeavor with the Howe Foundation is another step toward that goal. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Community

Girls hockey in Philly may get boost from Howe Foundation

Snider Hockey officials want to get to a point that boys and girls are split 50-50 and a is teaming up with the Howe Foundation to take another stride toward that goal.

7 years ago

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