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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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Social Justice

Bishops sing during an opening hymn at the start of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Fall General Assembly at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Monday, Nov. 11, 2019.  (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
Community

Catholic bishops’ agenda: immigrants, gun deaths, sex abuse

US Catholic bishops received a challenging to-do list Monday as they opened their national assembly

6 years ago

William Way opens new trans resource center. (Google Maps)
Community
Broke in Philly

William Way opens new trans resource center

The Arcila-Adams Trans Resource Center, a new hub providing services including health care and therapy referrals, job services and help enrolling in food programs.

6 years ago

Amanda Thomashow was the first person to file a Title IX complaint against Larry Nassar in 2014 after he assaulted her during a medical exam. The claim was investigated by the university but dismissed as a routine medical procedure. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
Community

New Philly-based commission wants to learn from mishandling of Larry Nassar cases

A new commission of experts lead by Philly-based CHILD USA seeks to prevent future child sexual abuse in sports by holding institutions accountable.

6 years ago

Protesters fighting to save  DACA are marching from New York to Washington D.C. ahead of a Supreme Court hearing. They stopped in Philadelphia on their way to D.C. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Activists fighting to save DACA make stop in Philly en route to SCOTUS in D.C.

They’ll arrive in D.C. on Nov. 12 — just in time for SCOTUS to start proceedings for oral arguments on the future of DACA.

6 years ago

Native American protesters stand outside the Phoenix office of a retailer of
NPR
Community

Cultural appropriation, a perennial issue on Halloween

Halloween is around the corner and guess what that means? Someone will metaphorically step in it with an insensitive or straight up racist costume.

6 years ago

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump speaking with AP reporter Errin Haines about his new book 'Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People' at WHYY studios on October 21, 2019.(Eugene Sonn/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Ben Crump declares a ‘legalized genocide’ in America’s justice system

The lawyer who represented the families of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown says there is “legalized genocide” in U.S. He talked about his new book at WHYY.

6 years ago

(photo credit, Mamadi Doumbouya)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Poetry, prison, and criminal justice reform

Poet and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts talks about how his years in prison lead him to poetry and criminal justice reform.

Air Date: October 22, 2019 10:00 am

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Writers Daniel Simpson, Ona Gritz, and Anne Kaier (Anne Kaier photo credit Andrea Cipriani Mecchi)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Writers on living with disability

Three writers discuss living with disability, the influence its had on love, life and work,, the stigmas that persist, and the pressing issues facing disabled communities.

Air Date: October 10, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
The
NPR
Lifestyle

The ‘OK’ hand gesture is now listed as a symbol of hate

On Thursday, the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights organization, added 36 symbols to its "Hate on Display" database including the index finger-to-thumb sign

6 years ago

Plácido Domingo on stage in July. Domingo was scheduled to perform at New York's Metropolitan Opera on Wednesday but withdrew following accusations of harassment.
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Plácido Domingo out at Metropolitan Opera following sexual misconduct allegations

Plácido Domingo has agreed to withdraw from all future performances at the Met, with immediate effect.

6 years ago

Opera singer Plácido Domingo performs in Szeged, Hungary, on Aug. 28. In a meeting on Saturday, the Metropolitan Opera's general manager discussed why he has not suspended or investigated Domingo, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by 20 women.
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Met Opera chief: 20 women’s accusations against Plácido Domingo lack ‘corroboration’

Gelb told the group that because no other media organizations have published accusers' accounts, he felt that the AP reporting lacked "corroboration."

6 years ago

Puerto Ricans from the region came together two years after Hurricane Maria caused massive devastation on the island at a rally and march on the Parkway. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

‘This year is about moving forward’: Two years after Maria, Puerto Rican community sends a message in Philly

A few hundred members of the Puerto Rican community came together Saturday to reflect on the resiliency of their homeland, two years after Hurricane Maria.

6 years ago

Trenton City Hall (Google Maps)
Politics & Policy

Trenton mayor says council members quietly apologized for anti-Semitic remark

Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora says two members of the city council have apologized over use of the phrase “Jew her down.”

6 years ago

The Bon Air volunteer firefighting company was temporarily closed by Haverford Township on September 4th after it came to light that a member had sought membership with the Proud Boys. On September 9th, the township announced it would reopen the company. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Community

Haverford reinstates Bon Air Fire Company after flap over member with ties to extremist group

During the packed meeting, the Haverford commissioners got an earful from residents, who decried the township’s decision to close Bon Air in the first place.

6 years ago

Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins (left) raises a fist during the national anthem in 2017 as teammate Chris Long (right) places a hand on his shoulder in solidarity MATTHEW EMMONS / USA TODAY SPORTS
Community
Billy Penn

Malcolm Jenkins, the Eagles, and why the NFL still doesn’t have a policy on kneeling

Some fans say they love players’ commitment to social justice. Others want them to stick to sports.

6 years ago

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