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A recent Department of Justice report criticized the FBI for its handling of abuse claims against former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, pictured. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Gymnasts Simone Biles, Aly Raisman to testify at senate hearing on Larry Nassar case

Four decorated gymnasts will testify at a U.S. Senate hearing this week regarding the FBI's shortcomings in investigating the Larry Nassar case.

4 years ago

Students protest at school
Keystone Crossroads
Education

PA students protest school board’s ban on anti-racist teaching materials

The list of books, articles and movies was conceived to create awareness about racism and Black history

4 years ago

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Rules set to make N.J. ban on criminal past in housing discrimination official

The N.J. law would take effect on Jan. 1 and official rules are now up for public discussion.

4 years ago

Dr. Ashley Jordan
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia’s African American Museum has a new leader

Dr. Ashley Jordan, of Cincinnati, has been announced as the new leader of the AAMP.

4 years ago

Demonstrators chant slogans during a rally
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Many of Pa.’s GOP gubernatorial hopefuls see a blueprint in Texas abortion law

GOP lawmakers have been pushing bills that would further restrict abortion and the debate is poised to become key in Pennsylvania’s 2022 gubernatorial race.

4 years ago

Activists supporting the decriminalization of abortion in Mexico march in Guadalajara, Mexico, on September 28, 2019. Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion. (Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images)
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Courts & Law

Mexico’s Supreme Court has voted to decriminalize abortion

Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion as a crime, a landmark ruling that clears the way for the legalization of abortion.

4 years ago

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NPR
Courts & Law

Remington subpoenas the school records of children slain at Sandy Hook

The families' lead attorney said there was "no explanation" for the decision by Remington to seek the records.

4 years ago

A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, stripping women of the right to an abortion in most cases in the nation's second-largest state. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

The Supreme Court heads toward reversing abortion rights

The Supreme Court's conservative majority tossed a legal bomb into the abortion debate late Wednesday night.

4 years ago

Animal rescue drive a boat down a flooded street
Weather

Mutual aid groups give personalized help after Hurricane Ida

The networks, in which community members pool resources and distribute donations to care for one another, seek to avoid the traditional charity model of giver and receiver.

4 years ago

The death of Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed while jogging in February, 2020, prompted renewed calls for Georgia to pass a hate crimes law. Gov. Brian Kemp signed House Bill 426 on Friday, giving the state its first hate crime law in 16 years. (Stephen B. Morton/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Ex-prosecutor indicted for misconduct in Ahmaud Arbery death

Former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson was indicted on charges of violating her oath of office and hindering a law enforcement officer.

4 years ago

Protesters march from the scene of Walter Wallace Jr.’s killing to Malcolm X Park. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community
Eyes on the Street

Penn’s first Black newspaper EIC on racism in media

The Daily Pennsylvanian’s first Black editor-in-chief offers a look at how journalists of color are fighting racism in media and reshaping the industry.

4 years ago

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Kevin Mincey (right) comforts Rachel Briggs (left) as she speaks at a press conference
Courts & Law

Federal lawsuit accuses Chester Twp., police of civil rights violations in arrests of Black residents for loitering

Filed in federal court, the lawsuit says the 2019 arrests of seven people for loitering outside their homes violates 1st, 4th, and 14th Amendment rights.

4 years ago

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, a man walks past a display showing an image of Elijah McClain outside Laugh Factory during a candlelight vigil for McClain in Los Angeles.   Colorado’s attorney general said Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 that a grand jury indicted three officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was put in a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative two years ago in suburban Denver. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Courts & Law

Officers, paramedics charged in Elijah McClain’s 2019 death

The 23-year-old’s death gained widespread attention during last year’s protests against racial injustice and police brutality following the killing of George Floyd.

4 years ago

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Community

N.I.C.E behind the scenes: How Saj Blackwell launched a radio station and got the name ‘purple’

WHYY’s Christopher “Flood the Drummer” Norris and Eric Marsh talk with West Philly’s Saj “Purple” Blackwell about her start in radio.

4 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pennridge schools pause diversity initiatives; NAACP calls it ‘slap in the face’

The board’s vice president, who does not believe in systemic racism, was tasked with reinventing the district’s diversity, equity, and inclusion program.

4 years ago

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