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Social Justice

Adam Friedman, 19, a youth organizer with the Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence, holds a sign saying
Community

New Jersey sees a rise in bias incidents perpetrated by young people

New Jersey is noticing that many of the so-called bias incidents are being committed by minors.

6 years ago

In this Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, photo, pedestrians in Newburgh, an upstate New York city already struggling with poverty and violent crime were told to have their blood tested for a toxic chemical because its water supply was found to have high levels of the cancer-linked chemical PFOS that was used for firefighting at the nearby military base. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Environmental racism / Mueller testimony

We talk about why environmental health hazards disproportionately affect communities of color and we get analysis of Robert Mueller's testimony before Congress.

Air Date: July 25, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:04
Attorney Richard Serbin (left) and Don Asbee (right) announce the lawsuit at the state Capitol in Harrisburg. David Clohessy, with the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is at center.
Courts & Law

Harrisburg diocese sued for conspiracy, fraud related to child abuse

A lawsuit has been filed against Harrisburg's Roman Catholic diocese for covering up alleged brutal sexual abuse of a boy more than 40 years ago.

6 years ago

Protesters gathered outside of Police Headquarters in Manhattan in May to protest during the police disciplinary hearing for Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was accused of using a chokehold that led to Eric Garner's death in 2014.
NPR
Courts & Law

5 years after Eric Garner’s death, activists continue fight for ‘another day to live’

Federal prosecutors will not charge a NYC police officer in the death of Eric Garner, closing another door for Garner's family and police reform activists.

6 years ago

Protesters found a way around the police barricade and blocked Philadelphia’s Fourth of July Parade. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Dozens arrested for protesting Trump immigration policies during Philadelphia July Fourth parade

The protest action was organized as part of a national “Never Again Week of Action,” which saw Jewish-American organizations orchestrate similar marches across the U.S.

6 years ago

The Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security observed overcrowding of families on June 10 at a detention center in McAllen, Texas. The OIG issued a blistering report raising concerns that overcrowding and prolonged detention represent an immediate risk to DHS agents and detainees.
(Office of Inspector General)
NPR
Courts & Law

DHS Inspector General finds ‘dangerous overcrowding’ in border patrol facilities

The report comes amid growing outrage over detention conditions for migrants

6 years ago

A memorial to Heather Heyer — who was killed at a Charlottesville rally by a driver facing murder and hate crime charges — stands at the site of her death. Heyer's mother, Susan Bro, is in the background. (Steve Helber/AP)
Courts & Law

White supremacist sentenced to life in prison for deadly Charlottesville car attack

An avowed white supremacist who drove his car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters during a white nationalist rally has been sentenced to life in prison on hate crime charge

6 years ago

 (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Politics & Policy

N.J. black and Latino leaders renew push for marijuana decriminalization

Black and Latino leaders in New Jersey say Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders are not doing enough to advance social justice in the state.

6 years ago

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 1970 file photo, an NYPD officer grabs a youth by the hair as another officer clubs a young man during a confrontation in Greenwich Village after a Gay Power march in New York. A year earlier, the June 1969 uprising by young gays, lesbians and transgender people in New York City, clashing with police near a bar called the Stonewall Inn, was a vital catalyst in expanding LGBT activism nationwide and abroad. (AP Photo/File)
Community

50 years after Stonewall, LGBT rights are a work in progress

From the perspective of veteran activists, the progress has been astounding.

6 years ago

2014 Princeton University alumna Kellen Heniford participated in a Me Too panel at Princeton University on June 1, 2019 in Princeton, New Jersey. Heniford walked out of the panel in protest of the presence of Washington, D.C. attorney Beth Wilkinson who represented Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
Community

Princeton alumni, students protest over panelist representing Brett Kavanaugh

Supported by a student group demanding Title IX reforms, a panel member walked out over the inclusion of a lawyer representing Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

6 years ago

Jessica Hilburn-Holmes, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, stands near the site at 8th and Race streets in Chinatown that will be the Equal Justice Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

New $65M legal center hopes to be game changer for Philly’s poor

The Equal Justice Center will be a one-stop-shop for low-income residents to get help from Philly’s civil legal aid community.

6 years ago

Civil rights
NPR
Community

Theresa Burroughs, voting rights activist, dies at 89 in Alabama

Theresa Burroughs, who proudly called herself a foot soldier for the right to vote, has died in Greensboro, Ala. She was 89.

6 years ago

California Highway Patrol officers block an interstate entrance as protesters march. Police use of deadly force became a focus for advocates in California after the district attorney declined to prosecute the officers who fatally shot Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man whose death sparked demonstrations in the state and across the country (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

In California, agreement on new rules for when police can use deadly force

Civil rights advocates and law enforcement groups have reached an agreement in the California legislature on new rules for when police can use deadly force.

6 years ago

(photo credit, Paula Allen)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Eve Ensler’s ‘The Apology’

Playwright and activist Eve Ensler discusses her new book "The Apology," written as a letter from her father apologizing for years of sexual abuse.

Air Date: May 23, 2019 10:00 am

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Michael Jackson in 1988. (Dave Hogan/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Before and after: What it’s like listening to Michael Jackson now

The allegations against Michael Jackson in the documentary Leaving Neverland make listening to his songs a struggle, one that resists the comfort those songs once provided.

6 years ago

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