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Samantha Rise from Girls Rock Philly
PlanPhilly
Education
Eyes on the Street

Claiming solidarity isn’t enough. Drexel needs to act like Black Lives Matter

Campus activists challenge President John Fry’s commitment to racial justice based on his approach to community policing and development.

6 years ago

Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick will appear in the latest update of the Madden NFL 21 franchise. Kaepernick is seen above ahead of a workout for NFL football scouts and media in Riverdale, Ga. in 2019. (Todd Kirkland/AP)
NPR
Community

The return of Colin Kaepernick — to the Madden franchise

Kaepernick has not appeared on the video game since he last played in the NFL during the 2016 season when he was a member of the San Francisco 49ers.

6 years ago

FILE- In this Aug. 6, 2020 file photo, New York State Attorney General Letitia James takes a question at a news conference in New York. James said on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020 that she will impanel a grand jury to look into the death of Daniel Prude. Prude, 41, apparently stopped breathing as police in Rochester, N.Y. were restraining him in March 2020 and died when he was taken off life support a week later. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Courts & Law

Rochester police leaders retire after suffocation death

Top police leaders in Rochester are retiring en masse amid criticism of the city's handling of the suffocation death of Daniel Prude, Mayor Lovely Warren said Tuesday.

6 years ago

Cobbs Creek neighbors (from left) Leonard Bonarek, Lisa Love, Marthenia Perrin and Larissa Mogano stand at Cobbs Creek Parkway and Catharine Street, where Avante Reynolds was killed in a hit and run. They’ve been pushing for traffic-calming devices on Cobbs Creek Parkway for a decade. (Michaela Winberg/WHYY)
The Why
Urban Planning

Racism and deadly traffic on Cobbs Creek Parkway

Cobbs Creek residents have been complaining that the road is dangerous for decades. Neighbors there have called for greater safety measures, but little has changed.

Air Date: September 8, 2020

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Demonstrators raise their fist in the air, in front of law enforcement, on August 25, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. As the city declared a state of emergency curfew, a third night of civil unrest occurred after the shooting of Jacob Blake, 29, on August 23. Video shot of the incident appears to show Blake shot multiple times in the back by Wisconsin police officers while attempting to enter the drivers side of a vehicle. The 29-year-old Blake was undergoing surgery for a severed spinal cord, shattered vertebrae and severe damage to organs, according to the family attorneys in published accounts. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Many Black people say police killings aren’t ‘going to be fixed overnight’

Nearly 65% of Americans agreed that the country "needs to continue making changes to give Black Americans equal rights with white Americans."

6 years ago

$10 bills in US currency (AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Money

Advocates say a Philly public bank could be key to addressing systemic racism

A new coalition to create a public bank in Philly could help reverse decades of discrimination against Black neighborhoods, business owners.

6 years ago

LaQuicia Charnell at Masked Melanin Market
Community

Camden’s Masked Melanin Market provides a breath of fresh air for Black businesses

Tawanda Jones created an open-air market for Black entrepreneurs in Camden to showcase their wares and support each other while social distancing.

6 years ago

Protesters lay in the intersection of 15th and JFK
Politics & Policy

Summer of protest: Chance for change, but obstacles exposed

The summer stretch has both galvanized broad public support for the racial justice movement and exposed the obstacles to turning that support into concrete political change.

6 years ago

Demonstrators lock arms as they march for Daniel Prude on Friday in Rochester, N.Y. Prude died after being arrested on March 23 by Rochester police officers, who had placed a
NPR
Courts & Law

New York attorney general to empanel grand jury in Daniel Prude death investigation

NY AG Letitia James announced that she is putting together a grand jury as part of an investigation into the death of Daniel Prude, who died in police custody in March.

6 years ago

In this June 5 photo, demonstrators in downtown Kansas City, Mo., hold signs during a rally to protest the death of George Floyd. President Trump has ordered the federal government to stop critical race theory trainings. (Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump tells agencies to end trainings on ‘white privilege’ and ‘critical race theory’

The director of the Office of Management and Budget told agency heads on Friday that such trainings were "divisive" and "anti-American."

6 years ago

Stormy weather moves toward the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

Racial tensions roiling US pose target for election meddling

The tensions coursing through the United States over racism and policing are likely targets for adversaries seeking to influence the election, lawmakers and experts warn.

6 years ago

More than 200 gather at City Hall to protest police violence during a Justice for Jacob Blake rally. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Protest in Philly over police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin

A City Hall rally continues a summer that has seen the country’s largest protests and demands for racial justice and police reforms in decades.

6 years ago

People sit at tables at San Diego State University Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in San Diego. San Diego State University on Wednesday halted in-person classes for a month after dozens of students were infected with the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Radio Times
Health

How are teens and young adults coping?

In these tumultuous times, we check in on the mental health of teens and young adults who are reporting the highest rates of anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts.

Air Date: September 4, 2020 10:00 am

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The Philadelphia Inquirer headquarters on Market Street in Center City. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Community
Billy Penn

Inquirer journalists of color press for action on diversity and culture in public report card

A new website details institutional inequities and lists demands for change.

6 years ago

In this 1921 image provided by the Library of Congress, smoke billows over Tulsa, Okla., the scene of one of the nation's most brutal race massacres. (Alvin C. Krupnick Co./AP)
NPR
Community

Oklahoma lawsuit seeks reparations in connection to 1921 Tulsa Massacre

The plaintiffs include relatives of those impacted by the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre as well as a 105-year-old survivor, Lessie Benningfield Randle.

6 years ago

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