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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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Elijah McClain and the invisibility of ‘different’ Black and brown boys

I challenge all of us to see, understand, and appreciate the uniqueness and individual qualities of different Black and brown boys, writes Whiquitta Tobar.

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Allentown officers seen on video in controversial detention won’t face charges

Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin said the restraint was "reasonable."

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Zaire Cuspud helped lead a worker protest at a pair of Chick-fil-A franchises in Delaware County. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Fast food fight: The story of a protest you never saw, and the Black employees who made it happen

The George Floyd protests are changing workplace culture — even workplaces that get little attention. The story of a suburban Chick-fil-A shows how.

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Theater artists speak out against PlayPenn leadership

An organization that helps playwrights develop new work has come under fire with accusations of racism and sexual harassment.

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Burlington County to phase out the title ‘freeholder’ immediately

"Chosen freeholders" in Burlington County will now be referred to as "county commissioners" as the state considers doing the same.

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Malaysia Hammond places flowers at a memorial mural for George Floyd in Minneapolis on Sunday. Police brutality has sparked days of civil unrest. But the sparks have landed in a tinderbox built over decades of economic inequality, now exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Floyd family sues Minneapolis officers charged in his death

They say the officers violated Floyd's rights when they restrained him and that the city allowed a culture of excessive force, racism and impunity to flourish in its police.

5 years ago

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Billy Penn

Filled with stories of discrimination, ‘Black at’ Philly college pages get mixed results

Villanova’s president made immediate changes, while Penn says little.

5 years ago

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Education

Frederick Douglass documents, newly acquired by Yale, reveal ‘hope for the country’

The collection includes Douglass' 1852 "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" speech with his own handwritten annotations.

5 years ago

Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson led a protest chant, “Don’t shoot, I want to live” as residents fed up with gun violence marched through South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to uninterrupted gun violence

Tamara Russell brings her popular ‘Mad or Nah’ segment to WHYY. This first topic is the gun violence plaguing the city.

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Radio Times

James Baldwin’s words and wisdom for our troubled times

Eddie Glaude Jr. discusses his book, "Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own"

Air Date: July 14, 2020 10:00 am

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Hundreds of people filled the street outside Lebanon’s courthouse at a Black Lives Matter protest in early June. (Alanna Elder/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Voices of the movement: Meet the women who organized the anti-racist protest in this divided Pa. town

Lebanon, Pa. is known for being a town divided. These three women are trying to bring the town together in the wake of George Floyd’s killing.

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Activists spar with Krasner over protest-related charges, boo him into his office

A group of protesters are demanding Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner drop all criminal charges related to George Floyd protests in the city.

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PhillyResist protesters marched through the streets on Monday. (Avi Wolfman-Arent / WHYY)
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Philly protest marks deaths of Sandra Bland, Breonna Taylor

It’s been four months since the police killing of Breonna Taylor, five years since the death of Sandra Bland. Protesters honored the pair in Center City.

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Protest in Allentown after cop uses knee to restrain man

Allentown police appeared to violate their own policy against neck restraints when an officer used his knee to bear down on the man's head, the activists said.

5 years ago

Columbus monument at Penn's Landing
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Columbus monument supporters file suit, seek injunction

They accuse Penn's Landing of breaking an agreement to maintain the 28-year-old monument by covering up its base following recent protests.

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