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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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NewsWorks Tonight, May 28, 2018

Starbucks conducts anti-bias training for its staff tomorrow. A Drexel University study has devised a method to better monitor pilots’ ...

Air Date: May 28, 2018

Listen 20:47
About 50 protesters gathered inside the Starbucks near Rittenhouse Square on Monday morning to protest the recent arrest of two black men. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

New Starbucks policy: No purchase needed to sit in cafes

Starbucks announced a new policy Saturday that allows anyone to sit in its cafes or use its restrooms, even if they don't buy anything.

8 years ago

Democrat Stacey Abrams greets voters at an early vote event in DeKalb County, Ga. Abrams is in a competitive Democratic primary with an opponent who shares the same first name, Stacey Evans. (Asma Khalid/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

50 states and no black governors, but that could change in 2018

Historically, activists and analysts say black candidates have faced two major roadblocks to the governorship: Money and race, which can appear intertwined.

8 years ago

Trenton's first and only Starbucks is located at the intersection of Warren and East Front streets. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
NPR
Community

Starbucks training focuses on the evolving study of unconscious bias

No company has tried such training on this scale, says an expert advising the coffee chain, and the effort puts the science of behavioral change to the test.

8 years ago

(Photo: Sam Kass)
Radio Times
Community

Alex Wagner on identity, ancestry and belonging

Guest: Alex Wagner Until the age of 12, ...

Air Date: May 15, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:46
“Moundverse Infants,” an installation at Temple’s Tyler School of Art, combines the collections of artist Trenton Doyle Hancock and Philadelphia Doll Museum founder Barbara Whiteman.
Arts & Entertainment

Temple exhibit shares the secret life of dolls

The Temple Contemporary gallery now has a solo exhibition by artist Trenton Doyle Hancock, who invited the Philadelphia Doll Museum into his invented universe.

8 years ago

Sign-carrying participants march on the southern leg of the Poor People's Campaign May 10, 1968, in Atlanta. (AP file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Poor People’s Campaign seeks to revive MLK’s vision

Activists are reigniting Martin Luther King Jr.’s unfinished fight against poverty.

8 years ago

Listen 10:53
Audience members listen to speakers at event about Malcolm X. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Community

As U.S. remembers MLK, West Philly museum considers the legacy of Malcolm X

As the country remembers MLK on the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination, the legacies of the two men are almost inseparable.

8 years ago

A lacrosse team practices on the artificial turf at Penn Park in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Lacrosse season canceled in Haddonfield after player accused of racial slur

The school district canceled the remainder of the boys' lacrosse season Friday after allegations that a white team member used a racial slur against a black female athlete.

8 years ago

In this Wednesday, April 18, 2018 photo, Rashon Nelson, (left), and Donte Robinson, (right), listen to a reporter's question during an interview with The Associated Press in Philadelphia. Their arrests at a local Starbucks quickly became a viral video and galvanized people around the country who saw the incident as modern-day racism. In the week since, Nelson and Robinson have met with Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson and are pushing for lasting changes to ensure that what happened to them doesn't happen to future patrons. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
The Philadelphia Tribune
Community

Uptick in 911 calls for Starbucks’ manager

In the first four and a half months of 2018, 17 911 calls were placed from the Starbucks location.

8 years ago

Gas companies have gotten better at responding to a legally-mandated state diversity survey, but most still aren't using the required state database to find women-, minority-, and veteran-owned businesses to contract with. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Pa. wants to audit gas companies’ hiring of women, minorities

The oil and gas industry is among the worst performing for women and African Americans, in terms of both pay gaps and employment representation.

8 years ago

An eager crowd surrounds the statue of Octavius Catto after its unveilling on the Southwest apron of City Hall. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Honor legacies of Catto, King by protecting voting rights — and exercising that right

Pennsylvania's May 15 primary election is an excellent opportunity to cast your ballot.

8 years ago

Activists with the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund (from left) Milo Giovanniello, Veronica Rex, David Harrington, Eli Hadley and Cara Tratner, stand outside the Criminal Justice Center, while inside, members of the group posted bail for 15 women as part of Mama's Bailout Day. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Mother’s Day surprise for black women who can’t afford bail

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn spoke with Mark Houldin, policy director at the Defender Association of Philadelphia, about the 'Mama's Day Bailout.'

8 years ago

Listen 5:48
A worker on a Chrysler car lot passes lines of Jeeps in 2014. The House on Tuesday passed a measure to roll back guidance on auto lending issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Gregory Bull/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Congress rolls back anti-discrimination auto loan rule

The House on Tuesday passed a measure to roll back guidance on auto lending — a first test for a new GOP strategy in Congress to repeal of hundreds of regulations.

8 years ago

Rapper Kanye West and President-elect Donald Trump met in 2016 at Trump Tower in New York.
(Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

What the Kanye controversy can teach us about black voters

A common explanation has been the notion of "linked fate" — the belief among black folks that their individual prospects are tied to a collective well-being.

8 years ago

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