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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
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Sports in America

Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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Protesters gather outside a Starbucks in Philadelphia, Sunday, April 15, 2018, where two black men were arrested Thursday after Starbucks employees called police to say the men were trespassing. The arrest prompted accusations of racism on social media. Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson posted a lengthy statement Saturday night, calling the situation
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Community

Arrests at the Rittenhouse Square Starbucks

Guests: David Harris, Marc Lamont Hill, Gene Demby The arrest of two black men at the Rittenhouse Square Starbuck ...

Air Date: April 17, 2018 10:00 am

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People gather outside a Starbucks on 18th and Spruce streets in Philadelphia to protest Thursday's controversial arrests of two black men at the store. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

NAACP says Starbucks incident part of a national trend of discrimination

The NAACP is calling the arrest of two black men in a Starbucks "disgraceful."

8 years ago

Listen 3:55
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

Starbucks: Manager of Philly store where two black men were arrested no longer works there

The spokesperson also said that the two men have agreed to meet with CEO Kevin Johnson, who arrived in Philadelphia over the weekend.

8 years ago

People gather outside a Starbucks on 18th and Spruce streets in Philadelphia to protest Thursday's controversial arrests of two black men at the store. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for WHYY)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community

Waiting while black

Waiting while black. That’s what I’ll be doing until there’s justice for two black men who were arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks while waiting for a friend.

8 years ago

Starbucks regional manager Camille Hymes speaks with activist Asa Khalif during a protest over the recent arrest of two black men inside the store at 18th and Spruce streets. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for WHYY)
Courts & Law

Protesters demand firing of Philly Starbucks manager following arrests of two black men

Protesters called on Starbucks to fire the manager, demanded the Philadelphia Police terminate the officers.

8 years ago

Listen 1:57
Mike Pompeo, who has received an award from an anti-Islamic group, has been tapped by President Donald Trump to be the next Secretary of State. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Pompeo, Bolton, and the question of hate groups

We shouldn’t have to wait for another Dylann Roof before our leaders denounce anti-Muslim hate groups, which are every bit as reprehensible as anti-black ones.

8 years ago

Apu is a supporting character on The Simpsons drawn in broad caricature, and Sunday's episode addressed -- sort of -- criticisms about the portrayal
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

‘The Simpsons’ to ‘The Problem With Apu’: Drop dead

Comedian Hari Kondabolu made a documentary in 2017 called The Problem With Apu.

8 years ago

Fire shoots out from a Baltimore store on Gay Street as looting erupted in a five-block business section in Baltimore on April 6, 1968. Police sealed off the area. (AP)
NPR
Community

50 years ago Baltimore burned. The same issues set it aflame in 2015

Lots of comparisons have made between the 1968 riots and those in 2015.

8 years ago

Kiera Smalls
Speak Easy
Community

Serving all of Philly’s startup community means including more voices at the table

New executive director for Philly Startup Leaders, the networking organization and community resource for Philadelphia’s tech-startup community, dives into work.

8 years ago

Community

Wilmington: 50 years after MLK discussion focuses on racial, income inequality

On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., economists, psychologists and sociologists discussed racial and economic disparity in the United St

8 years ago

After rioting in Wilmington following King's death, the governor ordered in the National Guard to restore order. The Guard stayed for nine months. (Photo Courtesy/Delaware  Historical Society)
First
Community

1968: MLK assassination, riots, and the National Guard occupation of Wilmington

April 4 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The disciple of nonviolence was gunned down in Memphis, Tennessee.

8 years ago

Listen 5:22
Sheraton Hotel floor supervisor Alton Sawyer is fasting Wednesday to bring awareness to the issues facing workers of the Philadelphia hospitality industry. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

In spirit of King, Philly hospitality workers continue to press for economic justice

The gathering marked the 50th anniversary of MLK’s death in Memphis as he supported the rights of black sanitation workers — including their right to unionize.

8 years ago

In this April 3, 1968 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes his last public appearance at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tenn. The following day King was assassinated on his motel balcony. (Charles Kelly/AP Photo, File)
Community

King’s final speech ‘transformational’ for Philadelphia pastor

Bishop J. Louis Felton thinks about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. every day. That’s been especially true this week.

8 years ago

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Martin Luther King’s final speech, ‘standing up for the best in the American dream’

Fifty years dead, Martin Luther King reminds us that we can still see the stars.

8 years ago

(National Civil Rights Museum)
Community

Watch live: 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis

Watch live: 50th Anniversary Commemoration Martin Luther King, Jr. at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis

8 years ago

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