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Social Justice

Lillian Peck looking a shark in the mouth during a Gills Club meeting. (Courtesy of Hillary Peck)
The Pulse
Science

Sharks aren’t just for boys: Gills Club inspires aspiring female biologists

It’s no secret that there are fewer women than men in a lot of STEM fields. One group is trying to target that problem by inspiring ...

9 years ago

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 (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Courts & Law

Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee refuses to stand up for ordinary working Americans

From the cops policing our streets to the judges in our courts, our justice system is one of the most important demonstrations ...

9 years ago

Brianna Wu has been outspoken about sexism in male-dominated video game culture. (Photo by Shannon Grant, courtesy of Brianna Wu)
The Pulse
Science

Game developer wants to take her cultural critique to Congress

Brianna Wu has been outspoken about sexism in male-dominated video game culture. Brianna Wu has loved video games ever since she w ...

9 years ago

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Before she was a novelist, Zora Neale Hurston was a cultural anthropologist. (Photo via Library of Congress)
The Pulse
Science

Novelist Zora Neale Hurston was a cultural anthropologist first

The celebrated novel ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ grew from fieldwork in the Black South. Before novelist Zora Neale ...

9 years ago

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Iraqi refugee Mohammed Sadoun, 39, and his wife Suhad, 35, who came from Mosul, Iraq, pose for a picture with their children shortly after arriving on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos. “We had to run from Islamic State, IS, death will reach us all if we don’t. I wish to reach Germany where humanity exists, and my children will grow up with a bright future,” Mohammed Sadoun said. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
The Pulse
Politics & Policy

Seeking Refuge

Every year, thousands of people come to the U.S. from other countries. Some come as immigrants. Others come to this country under terribl ...

Air Date: March 17, 2017

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 Rev. William J. Barber II speaks at Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton, Thurs., March 9, 2017 (Antoinette MilesDigital Media AssociateCommunications Workers of America (AFL-CIO), District 1)
Community

At historic Trenton church, Rev. Barber calls out for moral movement in New Jersey

From a packed sanctuary at the historic Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton on Thursday, a deep voice boomed out into the street. In ...

9 years ago

Street graffiti with an anti-gay message covers part of a privacy wall in a neighborhood in Jamaica. Advocates say much of the homophobia is fueled by a nearly 150-year-old anti-sodomy law that bans anal sex as well as by dancehall reggae performers who flaunt anti-gay themes. (AP Photo/David McFadden)
The Pulse
Health

After fleeing violence in Jamaica, gay man seeks refuge in America

Anti-gay prejudice is written into Jamaican law. A colonial-era rule criminalizes male intercourse and LGBT activists say talk of jail ti ...

9 years ago

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Demonstrators from the Climate Justice Alliance are shown rallying outside the Environmental Protection Agency in Center City in January 2016. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Speak Easy
Community

Philadelphia’s protestors must embrace a diversity of causes, including environmental justice

As a public health advocate, it can be difficult to situate environmental issues in the larger progressive struggle. Today’s activists ...

9 years ago

Ramapough prayer camp in N.J. raises awareness about water poisoning
Politics & Policy

A common cause; from Standing Rock to Sweet Water, New Jersey’s Pilgrim Pipeline

Teepees dot the plain beside the river, totem poles mark a circular prayer site, and men in moccasins and fur caps tend the ceremonial campfire.

9 years ago

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Protestors angered by President Donald Trump’s executive order that prevented refugees, visa and green card holders from entering the US chant pro immigration slogans at Philadelphia International Airport. (Branden Eastwood for NewsWorks)
Politics & Policy

Family of six Syrians who were detained at Philly airport and sent back: ‘How much can one family take?’

Earlier this morning, Sarah Assali’s mother was already planning a big dinner. Makes sense, since Assali had been anticipating the ...

9 years ago

The author (left) is shown holding a sign with her partner Elissa Goldberg. (Image courtesy of Anndee Hochman)
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

The best way to walk through political adversity is hand in hand

A child’s mitten was propped on the metal post of some outdoor shelving on Germantown Avenue. Bubblegum flag against all that winter gr ...

9 years ago

A woman creates a sign on the Broad Street Line for the Women's March on Philadelphia on the way to City Hall. (Alaina Mabaso for NewsWorks)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Don’t dismiss Saturday’s march as ‘thoughtless excitement’ of ‘angry women’

When you step onto a subway train, there are a lot of things you could smell that are worse than Sharpies, so on Saturday morning, I didn ...

9 years ago

The organizers of Collective Action
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

Turning empathy and solidarity into collective action

Collective Action, ...

9 years ago

Vera Rubin at Rocky Mountain National Park with her children in 1961. From left to right: Karl, Dave, Allan, Vera, and Judy. Vera is 33. (Courtesy of Allan Rubin and the Rubin family)
The Pulse
Science

Vera Rubin’s son reflects on how she paved the way for women

His mother wasn’t sure what to do, and the Rubin family was weighing her options around the dinner table. It was 1975, and astrophysici ...

9 years ago

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Rabbi Annie Lewis is shown at a school in the Palmarejo Batey in Santo Domingo West
Politics & Policy

American leadership and international human rights

How do we respond powerfully, with courage, and moral imagination in the wake of our new administration? 

9 years ago

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