Social Justice
Suburban Philadelphia district’s equity initiative provokes anger over critical race theory
Tredyffrin-Easttown was the site of historic segregation fight.
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Does the U.S. need a truth and reconciliation commission?
After the social unrest prompted by the murder of George Floyd, some are asking: Is it finally time for the U.S. to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
Air Date: June 18, 2021
Listen 49:29Juneteenth is now a federal holiday
Juneteenth is celebrated annually on the 19th of June to mark the date some of the last enslaved people in the Confederacy became free.
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N.J. to celebrate first Juneteenth as an official state holiday
New Jersey will celebrate Juneteenth as a state holiday for the first time this year, joining dozens of states in observing the day in some fashion.
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West Philly vies to host the nation’s official Juneteenth celebration
As a bill to make Juneteenth a national holiday moves through Congress, organizers say Philadelphia should host the country’s official celebration.
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The Justice Department overturns rules that limited asylum for survivors of violence
Survivors of domestic and gang violence have better odds of getting asylum in the U.S. as the Justice Department reverses several controversial rulings from Trump.
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Kenney offers sober progress report on Philly’s fight against systemic racism
Philadelphia’s Pathways to Reform, Transformation, and Reconciliation initiative took flight last summer in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.
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People of color share stories of love through justice in ‘11 Days of Love Stories’
“Morning Edition” host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Jos Duncan, producer and chief storyteller with Love Now Media.
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Listen 5:19Tackling ‘energy justice’ requires better data. These researchers are on it
Biden's climate plans call for spending big on energy efficiency. New research could help make sure it actually targets the poor and minority households that most need it.
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‘A place that can inspire the world’: A deal is struck to save Camden’s MLK house
A nonprofit is purchasing the decaying Walnut Street house where Martin Luther King Jr. lived when he was denied service at a Maple Shade bar in 1950.
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Today is Loving Day — when interracial marriage finally became legal in the U.S.
The Lovings had committed what Virginia called unlawful cohabitation. Their marriage was deemed illegal because Mildred was Black and Native American; and Richard was white.
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‘We mean it’: FBI takes on sexual misconduct in its ranks
Faced with a #MeToo reckoning, the FBI says it is getting serious about sexual harassment in its ranks.
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Darnella Frazier, who filmed George Floyd’s murder, wins an honorary Pulitzer
The video played a major role in igniting a global protest movement against police violence, and was used as evidence in the trial of Floyd's killer.
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Kia Ghee, a lifelong Philadelphian, to lead city’s Commission on Human Relations
Ghee will also lead the Fair Housing Commission, the city agency tasked with addressing unfair rental practices in housing.
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The Crossing performs an elegy to Breonna Taylor and the pandemic
`We Got Time’ by Matana Roberts is an elegy to both Taylor and the year of the pandemic.
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