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Social Justice

A woman makes a phone call in front of police officers blocking access to Red Square in central Moscow on March 2, 2022 (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia is restricting social media. Here’s what we know

The Kremlin is increasingly squeezing the free flow of information online for Russians as its war with Ukraine continues.

4 years ago

The Delaware County chapter of the Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration held a rally outside the Delaware County Courthouse to demand District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer be more accountable to his Black constituency or step down, on March 3, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

‘Hit the road, Jack’: Protesters call for accountability from Delco DA Stollsteimer

The Delaware County Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration rallied to demand that the district attorney address his failures, or step down.

4 years ago

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Critical race theory: A Bridging Blocks community conversation

Leading experts on law, race, government, and education debunk the myths and hysteria surrounding critical race theory and provide clarity on its role in society.

4 years ago

Abortion rights supporters protest in Austin, Texas, in October. Doctors say their worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true. (Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

Doctors’ worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true

Doctors in Texas have been warning that S.B. 8 would make it harder for them to treat medical crises and would endanger their patients.

4 years ago

Inside the New Jersey State House building in Trenton. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

N.J. lawmakers approve bias training for police, assemblyman’s comments decried as ‘rooted in racist ideology’

Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-26) suggested that instead of implicit bias training, lawmakers should read the Declaration of Independence.

4 years ago

FILE - In this image from police body camera video shown as evidence in court, Minneapolis police Officers Thomas Lane, left, and J. Alexander Kueng, second from right, gather information as they take George Floyd into custody outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis, on May 25, 2020. Former police Officers Tou Thao, Kueng and Lane are on trial in federal court accused of violating Floyd's civil rights as fellow Officer Derek Chauvin killed him. (Minneapolis Police Department via AP, File)
Courts & Law

3 ex-cops convicted of rights violations in Floyd killing

Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care when Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck.

4 years ago

Colin Kaepernick, co-creator of the Netflix dramatic limited series, Colin in Black and White, attends the series premiere on Oct. 28, 2021. The former NFL quarterback has launched an initiative to offer free second autopsies in police-related deaths. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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Community

Colin Kaepernick launches new initiative to offer autopsies for police-related deaths

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick announced the start of a new initiative to offer free second autopsies to family members of anyone whose death is "police-related."

4 years ago

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks with reporters on Feb. 15 about visiting several communities and sites in Mississippi to honor individuals and events that advanced the civil rights movement. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

The U.S. looks to replace a derogatory name used hundreds of times on federal lands

The Department of the Interior is seeking public comment on name replacements for the more than 660 geographic features that contain the word.

4 years ago

Hundreds arrive at Pennsauken Community Rec Center
Politics & Policy

New Jersey has struggled for centuries to talk about reparations. Can that change in 2022?

For decades, Black state lawmakers have tried unsuccessfully to move legislation that would require New Jersey to talk about reparations.

4 years ago

Jennifer Bennetch speaks on behalf of residents of a protest encampment in July 2020 SUSAN PHILLIPS / WHYY
Community
Billy Penn

The 18-year-old son of late housing activist Jennifer Bennetch started a GoFundMe to help him and his siblings

Bennetch died last week of COVID at age 36.

4 years ago

A picture of George Floyd hangs on a fence outside Hennepin County Government Center
Courts & Law

Defense rests in federal trial in George Floyd’s killing

The officer testified that he didn’t realize how dire Floyd’s condition was until paramedics turned him over.

4 years ago

Marchers walk for peace and unity on the West Side of Wilmington. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Community

‘Here for the people, and the love, and what MLK stood for’ at Wilmington peace march

The event is usually on MLK Day but was postponed until Presidents Day this year because of the record-setting COVID spike in January.

4 years ago

Hold For Use With Michael Melia Story Slugged Schools Teaching Race—In this Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, photograph, Alexis Knox-Miller, equity director for the Colorado Springs, Colo., school system, is shown in the board room in the district’s main office on the north side of Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Education

Some school systems pause diversity programs amid pushback

Conservative takeovers of local school boards have already altered lessons on race and social injustice in many classrooms.

4 years ago

The Schuylkill River exceeds its bank in the Manayunk sectio
Politics & Policy

Race excluded as White House rolls out climate justice screening tool

“It’s a major disappointment and it’s a major flaw in trying to identify those communities that have been hit hardest by pollution,” said Robert Bullard.

4 years ago

Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, competes in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Radio Times

The Beijing Olympics, doping and human rights in China

We reflect on the Olympics, the athletics and the controversies, including the Russian skater doping scandal, and discuss China's human rights abuses against the Uyghurs.

Air Date: February 18, 2022 10:00 am

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