Social Justice
Germantown Quakers plan to give $500,000 as reparations to Black neighbors over the next decade
Green Street Friends is starting with a series of legal clinics to help preserve the wealth of Black homeowners.
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There’s a campus rally in support of Mackenzie Fierceton set for Wednesday morning.
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Refugees of color wish they could get the Ukrainian treatment
Columnist Solomon Jones examines the differences in American policies for immigrants and refugees from Black and brown countries and Ukraine.
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Philly Bar Association will offer Philly area residents free legal advice
The Philadelphia Bar Association is offering free confidential legal advice to the public for its annual Law Week from Monday, April 25 to Friday, April 29.
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Efforts to ban books jumped an ‘unprecedented’ four-fold in 2021, ALA report says
Book banning is not new — in the U.S. alone the practice goes back to Puritan times.
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’Our children deserve better’: Supporters rally for desegregation of N.J. schools
A rally to support school desegregation in New Jersey is held as a judge is weighing whether the state is responsible for not doing enough to break up segregation.
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Parents of teen shot by Pennsylvania State Police sue troopers, local DA
The parents of a Chinese American teenager fatally shot by Pennsylvania State Police filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday against the troopers involved and the local DA.
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Hawley’s attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson fuel a surge in online conspiracy chatter
Hawley used much of his question time during Jackson's confirmation hearings this week to distort her sentencing record in cases related to child pornography.
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Delco Public Defender’s Office to join forces with national Partners for Justice
Come July, non-attorney advocates will work alongside the lawyers and social workers to increase access to poverty and mental health services.
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Loretta Ross’ Antidote to Cancel Culture
Professor Loretta Ross talks about "calling people out" in social media for bad behavior or offensive speech, and offers an alternate viewpoint on so-called "cancel culture".
Air Date: March 23, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 48:59U.S. plan aims to end racial, ethnic bias in home appraisals
The plan contains 21 steps to improve oversight and accountability, including a legislative proposal to modernize the governance structure of the appraisal industry.
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Ex-athletic trainer claims bias behind her firing from Main Line girls school
A Muslim athletic trainer claims she was fired by a private girls school in Bryn Mawr over years-old social media posts criticizing Israel.
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On Equal Pay Day, women are trying to make a dollar out of 83 cents
Equal Pay Day in the U.S. lands on a different day every year, and this year it turns out on average, women "only" had to work 74 extra days into 2022 to catch up to men.
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Philly-area brewers join global Brew for Ukraine campaign
A craft brewer in Ukraine switched from making beer to making Molotov cocktails. Brewers around the world pick up the slack.
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Listen 1:44‘There should not be forgiveness’: immigrant advocates protest ‘false promises’ during Biden visit
Biden’s visit to Philly on Friday drew dozens of protesters, who say the President has broken his promises on immigration reform.
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