Social Justice
Mayor Kenney agrees with ICE protesters, but doesn’t want a repeat of Occupy Philly
Protest moves from ICE office to City Hall, pressuring Philadelphia mayor to end agreement allowing immigration officials to view a real-time arrest database
7 years ago
Listen 3:07New Delaware law guarantees expungement for one pot conviction
Nearly 1,300 people with a single conviction of marijuana possession or use could get an automatic expungement.
7 years ago
Protesters demand end of Philly’s contract with ICE
The city's contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement grants the agency access to the Preliminary Arraignment Reporting System, a real-time arrest database.
7 years ago
Listen 1:58NewsWorks Tonight, July 5, 2018
Protestors continue to challenge PARS, the Philadelphia program that allows ICE access to city data. Businesses affected by this week ...
Air Date: July 5, 2018
Listen 21:14As USA Swimming grapples with sexual abuse, athletes cite lack of female coaches
There are more than 150 coaches on USA Swimming's permanently banned list. Almost all are men, most of whom the organization has deemed to have violated its code of conduct.
7 years ago
NewsWorks Tonight, July 4, 2018
Independence Day in a deeply divided United States is causing many Americans to ponder patriotism. Activist Giana Graves joins the show t ...
Air Date: July 4, 2018
Listen 22:04Book delivery from Philly kids to federal detention center hits snag
The goal was to provide a token of comfort, escape, to the roughly 20 migrant kids staying at the center in Berks County.
7 years ago
A renewed push to give Taney Street a different name
Taney Street is named after Roger B. Taney, fifth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and author of what is arguably its most infamous decision, Dred Scott v. Sanford.
7 years ago
Instead of looking for attention, demonstrate for change – in voting booth
I cannot help wondering why more of us did not spend 2016 engaging in the most peaceful protest of all – the vote.
7 years ago
Allentown’s famed Cadets rise again after months of scandal and tumult
Some had worried a #MeToo scandal would be fatal for one of the nation’s oldest and most decorated drum corps.
7 years ago
Listen 8:36Over two months after Philly arrests, Starbucks gets a list of next steps
Starbucks gets list of suggestions for cutting bias from the company in the long-term.
7 years ago
A lifetime investment: Big money pours into Supreme Court battle
President Trump hasn't yet nominated a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, but the fight over confirming that nominee began the day Kennedy gave notice.
7 years ago
NewsWorks Tonight, June 29, 2018
A week after having the police called on them at a Cinemark theater in West Philadelphia, a black couple are calling for a boycott of the ...
Air Date: June 29, 2018
Listen 18:02Wolf signs law to seal certain Pa. criminal records
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a bill to wipe clean criminal records for certain low-level offenders if they go a decade without any other convictions.
7 years ago
States aim to halt sexual abuse of people with intellectual disabilities
In Pa., legislation passed the state House of Representatives earlier this month that would make it easier for people with intellectual disabilities to testify in court.
7 years ago