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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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Protests

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Community

UC Townhomes property owners pursuing ‘legal remedies’ to break up protest encampment

An IBID Associates spokesperson says, “the trespassers have no legal right to remain on the property.”

3 years ago

Smoke from burning police cars rises over protesters at Broad Street and JFK Boulevard. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Woman gets 2 1/2 years in police car fires amid 2020 protest

A woman who pleaded guilty to setting fire to police cars amid the 2020 racial justice protests in Philadelphia has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison.

3 years ago

Jamal Johnson, from Germantown, protests outside Sesame Place on Saturday. Johnson and others aimed to raise awareness about what they say is discriminatory behavior from employees at the Bucks County theme park. (Emily Rizzo/WHYY)
Community

Protestors make noise outside Sesame Place following racial bias claims

It was the second weekend of protests after a viral video sparked accusations of racism and the park faces a racial discrimination lawsuit.

3 years ago

Iraqi protesters fill the Parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 30, 2022 as thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric breached the building for the second time in a week to protest the government formation efforts lead by Iran-backed groups. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
Politics & Policy

Iraqi protesters storm parliament in Baghdad, set up sit-in

It's the second such breach this week but this time, they didn't disperse peacefully.

3 years ago

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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

People hold signs and march, with officers standing in the background between protesters and a house.
NPR
Courts & Law

The Supreme Court marshal asks state officials to act on protests at justices’ homes

The protests have carried on for weeks since the leak of a draft of the court's eventual decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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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