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Community

After racist taunts, Quakertown students hold first MLK Day of service

Last year, Quakertown students taunted and threw rocks at students from the majority-black Cheltenham district. As a response, the district held its first MLK Day of Service.

6 years ago

from left to right: Tracy K. Smith (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow), Mona Hanna-Attisha (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio), Nadine Burke Harris (courtesy of the author)
Radio Times
Community

Three stories of eloquence and activism

Marty speaks with poet laureate Tracy K. Smith. Then we hear from a pediatrician about the Flint water crisis. Finally, we'll hear about the effects of childhood adversity.

Air Date: January 21, 2019

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A line of police stands in front of platform from which Dr. Martin Luther King speaks during mass meeting in front of all-white Girard College in Philadelphia August 4, 1965. Dr. King said the wall surrounding the school was a symbol of evil and called for continued efforts to integrate the school.
The Why
Politics & Policy

Protest’s living legacy: Why activists are still protesting five decades after MLK

How has protesting in America — and Philadelphia — changed since Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for civil rights and how effective is it?

Air Date: January 21, 2019

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Venus Caceras dons a Handmaid's Tale costume as she participates in the 2019 Women's March along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pa. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

Thousands brace cold for 2019 Women’s March in Philadelphia

For the third year in a row Philadelphia’s streets were flooded with thousands of rally goers supporting a renewed women’s movement.

6 years ago

Thousands fill the Benjamin Franklin Parkway near the Philadelphia Museum of Art during the second Women's March on Jan. 20, 2018. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Courts & Law

In Philly and through region, thousands of women will march toward better tomorrow

Thousands of women will join marches Saturday to support an array of social justice issues. In Atlantic City, they'll be honoring civil rights trailblazer Fannie Lou Hamer.

6 years ago

Feminista Jones and Brittney Cooper (courtesy of the authors)
Radio Times
Community

Black feminism

Guests: Brittney Cooper, Feminista Jones We talk about black feminism and what makes it distinct from white femin ...

Air Date: January 16, 2019 10:00 am

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Photos printed on muslin create overlapping visual narratives in Carrie Mae Weems's work,
Arts & Entertainment

Carrie Mae Weems exhibition opens in Allentown amid more contemporary push

In its ongoing push to be more contemporary, the Allentown Art Museum presents work by one of America’s most important art photographers.

6 years ago

#MuteRKelly supporters protest outside R. Kelly's studio, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019 in Chicago. Lifetime's
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community

An open letter to R. Kelly: We hear your accusers

Meet our outrage. Much of the black community is sickened by what we saw in the Lifetime documentary, “Surviving R. Kelly."

6 years ago

Displaced Syrians gather inside a tent in the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria on Dec. 8. People fled towns where the U.S.-led coalition is fighting the last remnants of ISIS. (Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

‘We were eating grass’: Syrians flee as fight pushes on against last ISIS remnants

The al-Hol refugee camp, in northeastern Syria near the border with Iraq, is overwhelmed with new arrivals.

6 years ago

Millions of women joined hands along a highway in Kerala to form a
NPR
Community

Millions of women in India join hands to form a 385-mile wall of protest

Even as women of all ages lined up on one side of the highway, many of their menfolk — husbands, friends and relatives — lined up on the other side to show their support.

6 years ago

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., offered an apology after allegations were made public of sexual harassment and discrimination on his 2016 campaign. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Bernie Sanders responds to allegations of sexism, harassment by aides during 2016 race

Over the past week, alumni of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign have stepped forward to allege inappropriate behavior and unfair treatment of women.

6 years ago

The debate over the boycott, diversity, and sanctions movement against Israel recently reached the floor of Congress. As a partial government shutdown over spending bills loomed, lawmakers added a proposed measure that would prevent American companies from participating in anti-Israel boycotts. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
Politics & Policy

In praise of double negatives

Congress has no business telling American businesses — or Americans, period — whom they should or shouldn’t boycott, which violates their First Amendment rights.

6 years ago

The U.S. Capitol Rotunda stands empty on Monday, a result of the partial government shutdown. The shutdown has affected the administration of the Violence Against Women Act, which expired Friday at midnight.
(Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Violence Against Women Act expires because of government shutdown

VAWA funds and administers numerous programs assisting survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.

6 years ago

Rev. Adan Mairena left a church in Bryn Mawr to minister to people in poverty in Kensington (Erin Blewett/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Community
Broke In Philly

Tireless minister who once worked in Bryn Mawr now battles poverty in Kensington

Ten years ago, the Rev. Adan Mairena decided to leave the Main Line majesty of Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church to minister to people living in poverty in Kensington.

7 years ago

A woman smokes a cigarette at JFK Plaza (David Swanson/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Community
Broke In Philly

Black and Hispanic Americans have a harder time quitting cigarettes. Will this Penn study find a way to help?

Black and Hispanic Americans are less likely to smoke cigarettes than white Americans. Yet once they’ve started, they’re more likely to stay hooked.

7 years ago

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