
Immigration
U.S. judge: Sessions can’t deny grant to Philadelphia for being ’sanctuary city’ [updated]
The judge's decision represents a significant blow to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has sought to punish so-called sanctuary cities.
8 years ago
Listen 2:23After ICE arrests, volunteers canvass for immigrant rights in South Philly
Immigration advocates want to inform undocumented immigrants about their rights when facing detention or deportation — and trying to get neighbors to help.
8 years ago
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago gets approval to hire 70 foreign workers
Managers attest there aren't enough Americans qualified, willing and available to do the work.
8 years ago
Philadelphia plan to issue municipal IDs advances
The ID cards would help residents without other government-issued identification access city services, file a police report, visit the hospital or even open a bank account.
8 years ago
Will Trumpism triumph in Virginia tonight?
If Democrats lose tonight’s Virginia gubernatorial contest, then they deserve to join the Whigs in history’s dustbin. But Democrats being Democrats, they may well blow it.
8 years ago
Federal judge tips hand in dispute between Philly, DOJ over ‘sanctuary city’ sanctions
Ruling expected soon on whether Trump administration can withhold grant money in retaliation for city shielding immigrants from ICE agents.
8 years ago
Local leaders in State College urge congressman to support DREAM Act
State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham asked Congressman Thompson to support the passage of a DREAM act.
8 years ago
For some immigrant kids, claiming asylum leads to indefinite detention in Pennsylvania
If immigrants claim they’re afraid to return to their home countries, federal detention facilities can hold them, at times indefinitely, while authorities decide their cases.
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Listen 17:59Mrs. D showed us how to conjugate the verb to be: "I am the teacher. You are the students. He is from Cambodia. She is from Vietnam."
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NewsWorks Tonight, October 26, 2017
Local officials and residents react to President Trump’s naming of the opioid crisis as a national public health emergency. Repor ...
Air Date: October 26, 2017
Listen 23:27Top Philadelphia officials told a federal judge Thursday that if U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions gets his way and withholds public sa ...
8 years ago
Thank you, Henry Kissinger, for my existence
Some days I entertain the insane thought that, if it weren’t for Henry Kissinger helping to prolong the Vietnam War, I wouldn’t have been born.
8 years ago
A wall would be effective against only the least-threatening ‘risks’ from Mexico
The simplicity of the concept of building a wall to keep out undesirable things is unmistakable.
8 years ago
A federal jury in Philadelphia has convicted former rebel commander Mohammad Jabbateh of lying about his involvement in mass atrocities during Liberia’s first civil war.
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Listen 2:29Reluctant historians, my family finally told me about their journey from Vietnam
As a third-generation Vietnamese-American of mixed heritage, I didn’t come to grips with how the Vietnam War shaped my mother’s life and her journey to the United States.
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