Social Justice
Hundreds march in West Philadelphia to remember lives lost in 1985 MOVE bombing
Just hours before Pam Africa and Mike Africa Jr. began describing lost comrades, the city’s top health official resigned over mishandling of victims’ remains.
3 years ago
Murals honoring Black activists now wrap the Municipal Services Building
Mural Arts Philadelphia has extended the work of artist Russell Craig across three sides of the Municipal Services Building.
3 years ago
Heather McGhee on the costs of racism
Heather McGhee on how racism hurts all Americans, the zero-sum myth, and how we can make progressive if we all come together.
Air Date: May 11, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:45‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to Penn’s storage of MOVE childrens’ remains
Tamara Russell, aka P.O.C., hit the streets to hear what Philadelphians are saying about the news that Penn Museum had stored and studied the remains of MOVE children.
3 years ago
Listen 4:34Facebook board readies for its biggest decision yet: Whether to reinstate Trump
The decision to ban Trump from both Facebook and Instagram, which the company owns, came after the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
3 years ago
Journalist and former S. Philly High student recall 2009 attacks against Asian teens
WHYY’s `Morning Edition’ host Jennifer Lynn discusses a Chalkbeat retrospective on the bias and violence that spurred a student boycott.
3 years ago
Listen 6:35‘We are not subjects of study!’: Protesters march on Penn Museum to decry handling of MOVE remains
The marchers called for an investigation into how bones thought to be from children killed in the 1985 bombing ended up floating around Ivy League universities for decades.
3 years ago
U.S. indicts 3 on hate crime charges in death of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia
The Justice Department announced federal hate crime charges Wednesday in the death of a Georgia man who was killed while out for a run last year.
3 years ago
Federal lawsuit filed against New Castle County over police killing of Lymond Moses in Wilmington
Police say Lymond Moses drove at a high rate of speed ‘directly’ at officers, but a lawsuit says bodycam footage undermines that account and shows officers were in no danger.
3 years ago
Residents along 52nd Street expected the worst. Post-Chauvin verdict, there’s relief.
Saj Blackwell, a partner in WHYY’s News and Information Community Exchange, spoke to her neighbors along 52nd Street about the relief they’re feeling after the Chauvin verdict
3 years ago
What the Chauvin verdict does and doesn’t change about American policing
For many, justice is about more than one trial.
Air Date: April 28, 2021
Listen 23:29‘I don’t really know what justice is’: Inside one Philly classroom after the Chauvin verdict
On Thursday, a group of about 20 Philadelphia high school students were asked to react to the Chauvin verdict. This is what they said.
3 years ago
Listen 4:36Military panel urges taking sexual assault cases out of commanders’ control
Such a shift would run counter to years of military practice. The Pentagon has long resisted the idea of taking sexual assault cases outside of the normal chain of command.
3 years ago
Students at Penn and Princeton are horrified over mistreatment of MOVE children’s remains
University researchers were cavalier about studying the bones of Delisha and Tree Africa, and there’s still no clarity on where they currently are.
3 years ago
How N.J. is trying to reduce police violence in the wake of George Floyd’s murder
N.J. was already in the midst of an effort to reduce police use of force against civilians when Floyd was murdered. Here’s where these efforts stand now.
3 years ago