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FILE - Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 27, 2022. The Biden administration proposed a dramatic rewrite of campus sexual assault rules on Thursday, June 23, moving to expand protections for LGBTQ students, bolster the rights of victims and widen colleges' responsibilities in addressing sexual misconduct. The proposal was announced on the 50th anniversary of the Title IX women’s rights law. Cardona said Title IX has been “instrumental” in fighting sexual assault and violence in education. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Politics & Policy

Biden administration moves to expand Title IX protections

The Biden administration proposed a dramatic overhaul of campus sexual assault rules on Thursday.

3 years ago

File photo: Bill Cosby arrives for a sentencing hearing following his sexual assault conviction at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown Pa., on Sept. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Courts & Law

Civil jury finds Bill Cosby sexually abused teenager in 1975

Jurors found that Cosby intentionally caused harmful sexual contact with Huth.

3 years ago

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The Atonement Agenda: Black America’s business

Addressing Black America’s business and considering how atonements could support and grow the rank of entrepreneurs and create pipelines to capital and resources.

3 years ago

Community Conversations
Community

The Atonement Agenda: Home and school

A panel of experts explores how reparations can close the wealth and opportunity gap in homeownership rates and academic access and attainment.

3 years ago

Stakeholders talk about the findings in ''Reflecting Forward'' at the P4 Hub in Wayne Junction
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Billy Penn

Black-led nonprofits, still facing barriers, issue challenge to regional funders: ‘Get to know us’

“Too often,” the study says, “sensitivity to the issues of Black folks has a shelf life.”

3 years ago

Community Conversations
Community

The Atonement Agenda: Defining reparations

A panel of experts define and contextualize reparations and explore how it could close the racial wealth gap.

3 years ago

The process that lets minors seek an abortion without telling their parents may disappear. (Alvonso Lee / EyeEm/Getty Images/EyeEm)
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Courts & Law

A process that allows minors to get an abortion could disappear if Roe falls

In many states, minors must inform a parent of their pregnancy and get consent to terminate it. But there is one way around this — it's called "judicial bypass."

3 years ago

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Community

Philly releases independent report on city’s mishandling of MOVE bombing victims’ remains

The report focused on the city’s possession of human remains from the 1985 MOVE bombing and the policies and procedures of the city’s Medical Examiner’s Office.

3 years ago

Members of the Black Male Community Council hold up the official flag of Juneteenth while Ben Haith (left) the creator of that flag describes what inspired him. Haith was the guest of honor at the flag raising ceremony at Philadelphia City Hall. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Juneteenth flag raised at Philadelphia City Hall

The Juneteenth flag was designed by Ben Haith, of Boston, who was honored by the city of Philadelphia 25 years later.

3 years ago

Abortion rights activists protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on May 3, a day after the leak of a draft opinion suggesting a possible reversal of Roe v. Wade. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
NPR
Community

In a new U.S. poll, a majority identify as ‘pro-choice’ for the first time in decades

The percentage of Americans who consider themselves "pro-choice" has risen in the past year to 55%, its highest level in decades, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday.

3 years ago

Incinerators are one of the uses that would come under enhanced DEP permitting scrutiny. (Massachusetts DEP via Creative Commons CC BY 2.0)
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NJ Spotlight

N.J. DEP spells out new permitting standards for ‘overburdened communities’

Two years after the governor signed it, specifics are coming into view on how environmental-justice law will be applied.

3 years ago

Attendees raise fists in remembrance of George Floyd on the two-year anniversary of Floyd’s murder
Community

Philly vigil held to commemorate 2 years since George Floyd’s murder

More than police accountability — Black workers demand economic and social justice.

3 years ago

People gathered for a vigil for Walter Wallace Jr. at the Germantown Unitarian Society in Philadelphia
Community

Black Lives Matter vigils return to the Unitarian Society of Germantown

The Unitarian Society of Germantown will be holding weekly vigils every Tuesday evening, all with the same message: Black Lives Matter.

3 years ago

Penny Washington shows actor Reggie White and the rest of the cast and crew of the new play 'Bayard Rustin Inside Ashland' the historic A.M.E. church in West Chester where Rustin grew up. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

People’s Light Theater gets a crash course in West Chester’s Black history

The cast and crew at People’s Light Theater were given a crash course in West Chester’s Black history for their premiere of “Bayard Rustin Inside Ashland.”

3 years ago

File photo: Demonstrators gather on the steps to the State Capitol to speak against transgender-related legislation bills being considered in the Texas Senate and Texas House in May 2021 in Austin, Texas. (Eric Gay/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Texas Supreme Court OKs state child abuse inquiries into the families of trans kids

It's a blow to Texas families with transgender children, some of whom are departing the state or considering moves because of the threat of these investigations.

3 years ago

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