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Community

Law enforcement expected to break up UC Townhomes encampment in coming days, as protesters hold their ground

The Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas ordered the encampment’s end last Friday. Law enforcement is expected to break it up in the coming days.

3 years ago

Women in white smocks wipe the ground in the center of Philadelphia's City Hall.
Arts & Entertainment

Performers scrub the ground at City Hall to protest the overturning of Roe v. Wade

A handful of women dressed in rags scrubbed the ground of the City Hall courtyard to amplify the work to access abortion rights in the U.S.

3 years ago

Four people pose for the camera.
Community

‘We’re all on the clock here’: UC Townhomes residents have no plans to end encampment soon

Residents plan to hold more events to spread the word about the situation as they enter week two of the encampment.

3 years ago

Police drive their car over a barricade set up by taxi drivers to protest fuel shortages in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Politics & Policy

UN decries rising death toll, rights violations in Haiti

Agencies are again warning of rising violence around Haiti’s capital, saying 99 people have been reported killed in recent gang fighting in the Cite Soleil district alone.

3 years ago

Sri Lankan protesters, some holding national flags, after storming the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Politics & Policy

Sri Lanka in crisis: President flees and ire turns to Prime Minister

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife left aboard an air force plane bound for the Maldives. He made his prime minister the acting president in his absence.

3 years ago

Tim Miller is The Bulwark’s writer-at-large. His new book, Why We Did It, is published by Harper Collins. (Sophie Berard Photography)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Tim Miller on ‘Why We Did It’ and the future of the Republican party

In "Why We Did It", Tim Miller gives an honest reflection his own past work for the Republican Party and the actions of his former peers in the GOP establishment.

Air Date: July 12, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Tents are visible on a lawn in front of a red-brick building.
PlanPhilly
Community

West Philly protest encampment takes shape to support tenants of closing affordable housing complex

Housing activists have formed a camp on the grounds of an affordable housing complex that’s slated to close. The owners are weighing their options.

3 years ago

Protesters stand on a vandalised police water canon truck and shout slogans at the entrance to president's official residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Politics & Policy

Sri Lanka president, Prime Minister to resign after tumultuous protests

Wickremesinghe said that he will leave office once a new government is in place, and hours later the speaker of Parliament said President Rajapaksa would step down Wednesday.

3 years ago

A large crowd of people demonstrates, holding signs, with City Hall visible in the background.
Community
Billy Penn

Protests for women’s liberty and reproductive freedom will fill Philadelphia on the Fourth of July

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe. v. Wade, many plan to demonstrate on the nation’s birthday.

3 years ago

Protesters who support more abortion restrictions and protestors who upset at the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling removing protections for abortions demonstrate in the lobby of the South Carolina Statehouse on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Columbia South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

The End of Roe: Protests, Celebration, and the Impact of Being Denied an Abortion

In the immediate aftermath of overturning Roe v. Wade, a look at the abortion debate, access to reproductive healthcare and the challenges for pregnant people turned away.

Air Date: June 30, 2022 10:00 am

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Emotional onlookers thank protesters marching down Market Street in support of abortion rights on June 24, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

‘Good to scream in the wind’: Hundreds of Philadelphians take to streets to blast Roe v. Wade overturn

Hundreds of abortion access supporters gathered at Philadelphia City Hall to stand up for reproductive freedom, and human rights more broadly.

3 years ago

Residents of the Wood Norton apartment complex in Germantown, protested outside their local post office on Saturday morning. Until June 10, they had not received their mail in a month. (Emily Rizzo/WHYY)
Community

‘Since when is getting your mail a privilege?’: Germantown residents rally for better mail service

Residents complained about weeks of missing mail deliveries, stolen checks, and long wait times.

3 years ago

People participate in the second March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control in front of the Washington Monument, Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Politics & Policy

‘Enough is enough’: Thousands demand new gun safety laws

Speaker after speaker in Washington called on senators, who are seen as a major impediment to legislation, to act or face being voted out of office.

3 years ago

Activists, politicians, and faith leaders gather for a rally at Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia, calling for legislators to act to stop gun violence. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Gun violence activists call for stronger legislation to stop mass shootings, street violence

Lawmakers and activists gathered in Philadelphia Friday to demand stronger statewide action on firearm legislation.

3 years ago

A woman attends an abortion-rights rally at the Utah State Capitol Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Courts & Law

Abortion rights backers rally in anger over post-Roe future

In the nation’s capital, thousands gathered at the Washington Monument before marching to the Supreme Court.

3 years ago

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