Social Justice
Looking to grant clemency to more prisoners, White House asks advocates for names
The outreach came in the wake of the president's recent spate of pardons and commutations, most of which were granted to public figures or those who received media attention.
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Theater manager calls cops on black couple retrieving kids
A black family says a Philadelphia movie theater manager called police when they tried to retrieve their children from a theater after getting a refund.
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Waiting for sight beyond color
The rash of videotaped incidents in which white people have called police on black people for trivial reasons has reached fever pitch.
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36,000 feet in the air, flight attendants and passengers say ‘me, too’
About 1 in 5 flight attendants say they have witnessed a passenger being sexually assaulted or had an assault reported to them.
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Muslim sex educators forge their own #MeToo movement
"Growing up, I kind of believed that sexual violence was, just in general, a Western concept, like it doesn't happen to people who are Muslim."
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Philly-region activists heading to D.C. for mass rally against poverty
The event on the National Mall kicks off the next phase of the new Poor People’s Campaign to continue – and build upon – the original campaign started by MLK
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Delving into the story behind the story of sexual harassment at Philly City Hall
Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn, talks with journalists Max Marin and Ryan Briggs about how sexual harassment in city government has gone unreported and unrecorded.
7 years ago
Listen 6:36How virtual advisers help low-income students apply to college
Research shows that 1 in 4 students juggle the writing, the studying, the researching and applying to college completely on their own.
7 years ago
Poor People’s Campaign holds sixth and final rally in Harrisburg
After staging demonstrations for weeks, the Pennsylvania chapter of the national Poor People's Campaign has ended its extended residency in the state Capitol rotunda.
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Border policy fuels backlash against Trump
Amid the criticism, the president dug in Monday , again falsely blaming Democrats for the crisis. His administration put the practice in place and could easily end it.
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Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas
Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of immigrant children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing.
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Parkland survivors launch tour to register young voters and get them out in November
A nationwide tour will make 50-plus stops in more than 20 states, including Iowa, Texas, South Carolina and Connecticut.
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In 1968, poor Americans came to D.C. to protest, some by mule
The Mule Train left the Mississippi Delta, for Washington, D.C. It was part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s last major effort to mobilize impoverished Americans.
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Moving on — and making it matter
As the years pass, I sense more acutely the importance of working to make a difference.
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A look at N. Korea’s human rights abuses Trump played down
"It's rough," Trump allowed after being asked about North Korea's human rights record. He then said: "It's rough in a lot of places, by the way. Not just there."
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