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Protests

Over 100 people gathered for the rally in the City of Chester in response to the county's new contract with Covanta. (Emily Rizzo/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

‘We are still on the battlefield’: Chester residents rally over Delco contract with controversial trash incinerator company

Over 100 people rallied in the City of Chester in response to Delaware County and the City of Chester extending their contracts with the Covanta Holding Corp.

4 years ago

Marina Ovsyannikova, the editor at the state broadcaster Channel One who protested against Russian military action in Ukraine during the evening news broadcast at the station late Monday, leaves the Ostankinsky District Court after being fined for 30,000 rubles ($280, 247 euros) for breaching protest laws in Moscow on March 15, 2022. (AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Russian TV editor will reportedly face a fine for her on-air protest

Marina Ovsyannikova, who burst onto the set of a live broadcast holding a sign reading "No War," could be fined between 30,000 and 50,000 rubles when her case is heard.

4 years ago

Disney cast member Nicholas Maldonado protests his company's stance on LGBTQ issues, while participating in an employee walkout at Walt Disney World, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Politics & Policy

Disney in balancing act as some workers walk out in protest

Throughout Tuesday, pockets of employees staged demonstrations at various sites across the country.

4 years ago

A dissenting Channel One employee holding a poster reading as 'No War'
NPR
Community

A Russian who protested the war on live TV refused to retract her statement in court

The woman burst onto the set of the evening news and told viewers they were being lied to about the war in Ukraine.

4 years ago

Immigration reform activists wait for President Biden across the street from the Hilton Philadelphia, where he addressed the House Democratic Caucus. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

‘There should not be forgiveness’: immigrant advocates protest ‘false promises’ during Biden visit

Biden’s visit to Philly on Friday drew dozens of protesters, who say the President has broken his promises on immigration reform.

4 years ago

Police officers detain a man during a protest in Moscow Thursday against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Thousands have been detained in anti-war protests across Russia

Russians in dozens of cities across the country have staged anti-war demonstrations, following a call by advisers close to jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

4 years ago

State leaders join Ukrainian ministers and U.S. Sec. of Transportation Pete Buttigieg raising the flag of Ukraine in Freedom Plaza in downtown Wilmington. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

‘We are all Ukrainian.’ Delaware leaders express solidarity with Ukrainian community

Wilmington-area Ukrainian religious leaders offer prayers for peace during Delaware rally in solidarity with Ukrainians combating Russian invasion.

4 years ago

Hundreds of people rallied on Sunday, February 27 at Independence Mall to show solidarity with Ukraine. (Tennyson Donyéa / WHYY)
Community

Ukrainians in Philadelphia rally to show support and condemn the Russian invasion

Ukrainians in Philadelphia rally, worried about their loved ones under Russian attack but also staying strong to show support.

4 years ago

Police officers detain a woman in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Shocked Russians turned out by the thousands Thursday to decry their country's invasion of Ukraine as emotional calls for protests grew on social media. Some 1,745 people in 54 Russian cities were detained, at least 957 of them in Moscow.
Politics & Policy

Anti-war sentiment grows in Russia despite government crackdown

At least 460 people in 34 Russian cities were detained Saturday over anti-war protests. Thousands of Russians also signed open letters condemning the invasion of Ukraine.

4 years ago

Brandon Brown moves his helmet after a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race practice Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Politics & Policy

NASCAR driver Brandon Brown caught in unwinnable culture war

The 28-year-old Brown unwittingly became entangled in this debacle when he won his first career NASCAR race in October in Alabama.

4 years ago

Former Philadelphia Police Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna (center) is seen striking a protester with a baton during a protest.
Courts & Law

Former PPD inspector hit with civil rights lawsuit following 2020 protest beating

A former Philadelphia police inspector who was filmed striking protestors in June 2020 is facing a new civil rights lawsuit.

4 years ago

Police arrive to clear protestors and their vehicles from a blockade at the entrance to the  Ambassador Bridge, that was sealing off the flow of commercial traffic over the bridge into Canada from Detroit, on February 12, 2022 in Windsor, Canada. (Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Police clear out truckers, but protesters on foot keep U.S.-Canada bridge closed

Demonstrators at the Ambassador Bridge had defied warnings to end a blockade that disrupted the flow of goods and forced the auto industry on both sides to stall production.

4 years ago

Protester holding a picture of Fanta Bility
Courts & Law

‘Say Her Name’: Delco community members demand justice for 8-year-old Fanta Bility

Sharon Hill police officers who shot into a crowd, killing Fanta Bility, 8, are on paid leave, while two teenagers are charged with first-degree murder.

4 years ago

Fox News Channel and radio talk show host Sean Hannity (left) interviews U.S. President Donald Trump before a campaign rally at the Las Vegas Convention Center on September 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.   (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

House Jan. 6 committee seeks to question Fox News’ Sean Hannity

In its request to speak with Hannity, the panel disclosed newly revealed texts he allegedly sent.

4 years ago

Lina holds her baby boy, Osman, as he undergoes treatment at the malnutrition ward of the Ataturk National Children's Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec, 2, 2021. According to U.N. figures from early November, almost 24 million people in Afghanistan, around 60% percent of the population, suffer from acute hunger, including 8.7 million living in near famine. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Politics & Policy

Philly activists help organize White House rally to combat starvation in Afghanistan

A rally outside the White House demanded the Biden administration ease sanctions in Afghanistan, to avoid millions of deaths by starvation.

4 years ago

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