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Fabiana Pierre-Louis (Montgomery McCracken)
Courts & Law

Gov. Murphy nominates first Black woman justice to N.J. Supreme Court

Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver emphasized the significance of Pierre-Louis’ accomplishments, saying, “Today there is more glass on the floor.”

6 years ago

Breonna Taylor poses with her car on Dec. 25, 2019. Her friends and family remember Taylor as a caring person who loved her job in health care and playing cards with her aunts. (Taylor Family)
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As the nation chants her name, Breonna Taylor’s family grieves a life ‘robbed’

Breonna Taylor's family and friends mourn her death — and process what it means for her to become a national symbol.

6 years ago

Solomon Jones took his son to the George Floyd protests in Philadelphia. (Photo by Solomon Jones)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community
The Philadelphia Experiment

The statue is gone but there will always be another Rizzo

In truth, broad systemic change is needed to save Black lives from the twin scourges of racism and police brutality. 

6 years ago

Police and protesters clash Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Philadelphia, during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd. Protests were held throughout the country over the death of Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The Pulse
Health

The Impact of Police Violence on Health

The killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis has sparked another wave of national outrage over police brutality and viol ...

Air Date: June 5, 2020

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A testing kit sits on the windshield of a car as it passes through a drive-through COVID-19 testing site set up in St. Charles, Mo. (Jeff Roberson/AP Photo)
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Health

Race, ethnicity data to be required with coronavirus tests in U.S.

The federal government says that as of Aug. 1, laboratories must include detailed demographic data when reporting test results in order to help fight the pandemic nationally.

6 years ago

A person wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks past stuttered businesses in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Radio Times
Money

The future of small businesses as the country reopens

How are businesses going to navigate reopening during a health pandemic and national civic unrest?

Air Date: June 5, 2020 10:00 am

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Joe Gale protest
Community

Hundreds rally in Montco to demand Commissioner Joe Gale’s resignation

In social media posts earlier this week, the Republican official referred to Black Lives Matter as a radical left-wing hate group.

6 years ago

White bat-wielding men in Fishtown
The Why
Politics & Policy

Police allowed Fishtown mob to threaten neighbors who want answers

A group of white men carrying baseball bats assaulted at least three people in Fishtown. Why did police allow them to assemble past curfew while telling protesters go home?

Air Date: June 4, 2020

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Demonstrators lie face down depicting George Floyd during his detention by police
Community

8:46: A number becomes a potent symbol of police brutality

The time span is how long prosecutors say George Floyd was pinned to the ground under a white Minneapolis police officer's knee before he died.

6 years ago

Officer Quishanna Lee, who has served on the force for three years, knelt with protesters Tuesday, and cried. (Layla A. Jones/Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

New Philly committee will examine systemic racism and root causes of poverty, mayor vows

Members include youth, clergy and other community leaders.

6 years ago

The campus at University of Delaware.
Education

‘We can do better’ on diversity, says University of Delaware president

UDel President Dennis Assanis says all students will have to take mandatory training as part of an effort to improve diversity and inclusion at the state’s largest university.

6 years ago

The Philadelphia Inquirer newsroom at 801 Market St. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Community

Inquirer journalists of color refuse to work Thursday, demand newsroom changes

A headline suggested equivalence between property destruction and violence against Black Americans. But staffers’ protest is about more than the headline.

6 years ago

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Community
Billy Penn

Philly’s Black drag queens pay it forward with show supporting Black Lives Matter

Performers say it’s still important to celebrate Pride.

6 years ago

Artist Theo Ponchaveli paints a mural of the likeness of Ahmaud Arbery in Dallas, Friday, May 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Courts & Law

Prosecutors describe racist slur as Ahmaud Arbery lay dying

Agent Richard Dial said the driver of the second pickup truck, William “Roddie” Bryan, said he heard the gunman say a racist epithet as he stood over Arbery's body.

6 years ago

Hundreds of protesters gather a Philadelphia police headquarters. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

Focus on scalable growth, access to capital and pardon reform — and listen to Black Philadelphians

We need a vaccine for the racial pandemic.

6 years ago

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