Social Justice
City board charged with oversight of Philly police shootings hasn’t met for a year
Philadelphia’s Use of Force Review Board is the only venue for civilian oversight of shootings involving police. The board last met in October 2019.
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33 affordable rental homes named for Point Breeze hero Mamie Nichols break ground
Built on formerly vacant city lots, the housing will be earmarked for families earning less than $50,000 and veterans.
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Senate axes second term for Pa.’s victim advocate, who angered GOP leader
The Republican-controlled Pa. Senate on Monday blocked state Victim Advocate Jennifer Storm from serving another six years in the job
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Colin Kaepernick comes out in support of freeing Mumia Abu-Jamal
The quarterback stated his support of Abu-Jamal, who has been incarcerated for 38 years, and published one of Mumia’s essays on his new website.
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Appeals court rules Harvard doesn’t discriminate against Asian American applicants
The panel of judges upheld the federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Stressors, stigma and self-care were the focus of a virtual community conversation sponsored Wednesday night by WHYY.
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Haverford College students end two-week strike after administrators’ ‘insensitive’ email
Many students boycotted classes after college leaders sent out an email discouraging involvement in Philly protests of Walter Wallace Jr.’s death.
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Biden plans to reopen America to refugees after Trump slashed admissions
Biden promises to take a starkly different approach from his predecessor: to "set the annual global refugee admissions cap to 125,000, and seek to raise it over time."
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Judge: Activist Anthony Smith to be freed pending trial
A federal judge has ordered the pretrial release to Anthony Smith, a Philadelphia social studies teacher and organizer with Philly for REAL Justice.
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To heal the country’s gaping racial wounds, Biden and Harris will need help from us all
Those who engage in that daunting mission must look like those now dancing in the streets: Black and white, young and old, gay and straight.
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‘He fought hard’: Walter Wallace Jr. eulogized at emotional funeral service
Friends and family described a version of Wallace that went beyond his mental illness. And politicians vowed reform.
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Wind down Philly’s epic election week with a bittersweet Día de los Muertos livestream
Fleisher Art Memorial’s Día de los Muertos celebration goes virtual, but “still carries the spirit.”
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Philly voters approve ballot questions on police oversight panel, stop-and-frisk
The questions were among four on the ballot in Philadelphia. Also approved: a city victim advocate office and a $134M bond issue.
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Opinion: Funding police is not the answer to the crisis that killed Walter Wallace Jr.
More Tasers will not help solve ongoing divestment in Black Philadelphia, the cofounder of the Amistad Law Project argues.
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‘Shoot him’: Body camera footage shows officers who shot and killed Walter Wallace Jr.
Neither officer has more than three years experience on the PPD. At request of the Wallace family, the video was lightly redacted, but it is still extremely disturbing.
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