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Artist Brendan Lowry stands beside his contribution to the Trashcan Takeover project at 17th and Locust streets.
Arts & Entertainment

Trashcan Takeover replaces ads with art on Philly cans

The Trashcan Takeover campaign to put art on public trash cans hits back at tasteless advertising.

7 years ago

Listen 1:59
The logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. (Richard Drew/AP)
NPR
Community

Facebook shuts 652 Iran-backed accounts linked in global disinformation campaign

The accounts were used for political disinformation and targeted at users in the Middle East, Latin America, the UK and the U.S., according to Facebook.

7 years ago

The latest appointee to President Donald Trump's legal team and former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani attends the Conference on Iran on Saturday in Washington, D
PBS NewsHour
Politics & Policy

Rudy Giuliani on hazards of Trump-Mueller interview: ‘Truth isn’t truth’

7 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions about the summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un during a press conference at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island Tuesday, June 12, 2018 in Singapore.
Politics & Policy
The Conversation

Trump craves good press from the ‘fake news’ media – just look at his White House newsletter

For all the president’s complaints, he also craves validation from the media.

7 years ago

Workplace civil rights law prohibits discrimination against workers 40 and older. Yet worker advocates say recruiters sometimes exclude older workers by narrowing how and where they look for candidates. (Gary Waters/Ikon Images/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Are job ads targeting young workers breaking the law?

When an employer sets out to recruit young people for a certain job, is it discriminating against older job seekers in a way that breaks the law?

7 years ago

The Boston Globe's logo as seen through the windows across from the new location of the Globe in Boston. The paper's editors coordinated a campaign defending a free press in editorials.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Hundreds of newspapers denounce Trump’s attacks on media in coordinated editorials

The project was spearheaded by editorial staff at the Globe, who write, "This relentless assault on the free press has dangerous consequences. "

7 years ago

E-sports is now a serious business for professional gamers. Credit: Robert Paul for Blizzard Entertainment/Overwatch League
The Pulse
Health

E-sports injuries send gamers to physical therapy

When video gamers get tendinopathy or wrist pain, Caitlin McGee has a recovery and plan — and suggestions for better ergonomic play.

7 years ago

Listen 5:32
Alex Jones, shown here at a July 2016 rally in support of then-candidate Donald Trump, says he is being subjected to a
NPR
Community

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey explains why Alex Jones isn’t banned, in big tech exception

Jones is facing five defamation suits, most of them centering on comments about school shootings.

7 years ago

Alex Jones and his Infowars channels have been removed from YouTube; Facebook and Apple's iTunes have also deleted most or all of his outlets on their services. He's seen here being escorted from a rally near the 2016 Republican National Convention.
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc.
NPR
Politics & Policy

YouTube, Apple and Facebook ban Infowars, which decries ‘mega purge’

"Apple does not tolerate hate speech," the company said in a statement. "We believe in representing a wide range of views, so long as people are respectful to others

7 years ago

In this May 16, 2012, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia (Matt Rourke/AP Photo).
Politics & Policy

Campaigns on their own as cyber threats roil midterms

Kamala Harris has been the target of social media misinformation campaigns since she became a U.S. senator.

7 years ago

Journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto was released from his second detention in El Paso, Texas last week, just hours before a federal judge's deadline for the government to produce documents justifying the detention. (Monica Ortiz Uribe for NPR)
NPR
Courts & Law

Mexican Journalist released, awaits asylum appeal

ICE didn't respond to NPR's inquiry about why Gutiérrez's name appeared on the fugitive target list months before his asylum request was denied.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Reporting on Trump

Guests: Indira Lakshmanan, McKay Coppins President Trump’s attacks on the media have steadily grown since last ...

Air Date: August 1, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:55
Jeremy Nowak
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

An appreciation: Jeremy Nowak challenged assumptions about what was impossible

Jeremy Nowak lived to challenge dusty assumptions and the soft thinking that emerges from the comforts of ideology.

7 years ago

Community
Philadelphia Inquirer

A legendary Philadelphia leader is gone

Jeremy Nowak, a well-known investor in Philadelphia civic projects, died Saturday after complications from a heart attack.

7 years ago

Les Moonves, chairman and CEO of CBS Corp., denied misusing his position to harm anyone's career. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
NPR
Community

Les Moonves accuser: ‘It’s about stopping this behavior’

"People think that we're trying to take these guys down, and that is, at least in my case, that is so not true."

7 years ago

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