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About 40 people gathered in Philadelphia’s Thomas Paine Plaza at a candlelight vigil remembering the attacks on the U.S. Capital a year later, on January 6, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philadelphians gather in vigil on anniversary of insurrection to push for expanded voting rights

The rally in Philadelphia was one of about 150 around the country, organized by a coalition of national groups.

4 years ago

Family members of 12 people killed in a rowhouse fire asked for privacy to grieve outside the children’s school, Bache-Martin Elementary, on Jan. 6, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

‘A matter of life and death’: Fairmount house that caught fire lacked safety fixes found in newer PHA properties

Philadelphia Housing Authority CEO Kelvin Jeremiah said the deadly fire that engulfed a PHA apartment highlights the need for investment in public housing.

4 years ago

People listen as President Donald Trump speaks during the rally that preceded the insurrection
Politics & Policy

A year after Jan. 6, Pa. Democrats say there is work to do to protect voting rights

Hours after President Biden spoke on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Democratic leaders in Pa. reflected at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

4 years ago

Darius Brown is sworn in as a Delaware State senator at Legislative Hall in Dover in January 2019. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Delaware state senator acquitted of assault charges, still faces ethics inquiry

A Wilmington jury found Delaware State Sen. Darius Brown not guilty of assaulting a woman last year. Senate leaders still plan their own investigation.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the one-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection in Statuary Hall
Politics & Policy

Biden warns of U.S. peril from Trump’s ‘dagger’ at democracy

Biden used the anniversary of the attack Thursday to warn that America’s system of government remains under urgent threat.

4 years ago

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., center, works with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., right, at the House votes on the creation of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, in the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 30, 2021.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

‘We can’t forget,’ says Del. congresswoman who prayed through last year’s attack on Capitol

Delaware’s lone member of the U.S. House says she’s still processing being trapped in the balcony as the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection occurred.

4 years ago

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File photo: Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings (Cris Barrish)
Politics & Policy

Delaware AG Jennings says elections ‘still under threat’ ahead of insurrection anniversary

A group of Democratic attorneys general call on their Republican counterparts to follow the rule of law when it comes to ensuring fair elections.

4 years ago

Attorney General Merrick Garland pauses as he speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington on Wednesday, in advance of the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Merrick Garland vows to keep following leads to hold Jan. 6 rioters accountable

"We will follow the facts wherever they lead," Garland said. "The actions we have taken thus far will not be our last."

4 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists yell on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol
Politics & Policy

Former N.J. Gov. Christie Whitman leading efforts to bolster ‘fragile’ U.S. democracy

Well before Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, former N.J. Gov. Christine Todd Whitman was sounding the alarm.

4 years ago

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Joe Biden speaks from a podium as
Politics & Policy

Biden pushed to act as U.S. democracy concerns grow

Biden has only occasionally emphasized the gravity of the threat to democracy from the Jan. 6 insurrection and the repeated lie that the 2020 election was stolen.

4 years ago

Members of the Draw the Lines initiative stand with cutouts of congressional districts at a Capitol protest
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

How to weigh in on Pennsylvania’s next legislative maps

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission will hold four meetings the week of Jan. 3 to accept feedback on the maps, both in person and virtually.

4 years ago

A closeup of a parking meter
Urban Planning

Receiver: Chester ‘not seeing a dime’ of parking revenue because of ‘one-sided’ contract

Chester’s receivership team is sounding the alarm on the city’s parking contract with PFS VII, which it found to be “very one-sided in favor” of the vendor.

4 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to the media
Politics & Policy

Schumer: Senate to vote on filibuster change on voting bill

In a letter Monday to colleagues, Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Senate “must evolve” and will “debate and consider” the rule changes by Jan. 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

4 years ago

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) joins fellow anti-abortion activists in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices hear hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks,  on December 01, 2021 in Washington, DC. With the addition of conservative justices to the court by former President Donald Trump, experts believe this could be the most important abortion case in decades and could undermine or overturn Roe v. Wade. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Twitter bans Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account over COVID misinformation

4 years ago

FILE - Members of the House of Representatives gather in the chamber to vote on creation of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, at the Capitol in Washington, on June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Politics & Policy

Jan. 6 committee prepares to go public as findings mount

The committee hopes not only to show the severity of the riot but to push back on the former president's false claims of election fraud.

4 years ago

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