Social Justice
Not just Starbucks: Buying a used car while black
Growing up, Wright-El said, he had experienced numerous instances of being profiled and harassed by police officers.
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‘Challenge to us, as black businesses, is how do we do business differently’
Owners of small coffeeshops gather to talk about building up businesses in black community rather than boycotting Starbucks and other chains.
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Listen 4:16The Starbucks arrests: race, bias and policing
Guests: Kevin Woodson, Mark Kelly Tyler, Stacey Sinclair Tuesday afternoon 8,000 Starbucks will close for unconsc ...
Air Date: May 29, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Some of the world’s greatest moments of social change began with a simple conversation.
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Anti-bias training day for Starbucks
The identical, 4-hour sessions will happen inside 8,000 company-owned stores. It’ll be part history lesson, part personal exploration, part refresher course on company policy.
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Listen 4:59In one Indiana prison, a program allows incarcerated moms to raise their newborns
The U.S. incarcerates women at a higher rate than any other country and a majority of these women are mothers.
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#MuteRKelly co-founder on the moment, her movement and its momentum
Founded last year by Kenyette Barnes and Oronike Odeleye, #MuteRKelly seeks to draw attention to the artist's controversial past and is pressuring companies to cut ties.
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In Spring Garden, trio plan to serve up social justice along with craft beer
Triple Bottom Brewing Company intends to hire workers whose criminal pasts have made it hard to land a job.
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Federal judge upholds DACA, calling White House decision to rescind it ‘capricious’
He said that the decision to rescind DACA must therefore be set aside, but he gave Homeland Security 90 days to "better explain its view" that DACA is illegal.
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Amid licensing limbo, immigration advocates push to shut down Pa. detention center
Immigrants' rights advocates have launched two initiatives, trying to pressure the state government to close down the detention center.
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Not everyone feels welcome camping out in ‘third spaces’ like Starbucks
The way the rules are enforced isn't always consistent which is how unconscious bias and discrimination can creep in.
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Men arrested at Starbucks say they feared for their lives
Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson speak about their controversial arrest at a Center City Starbucks last Thursday.
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Fifty years after King speech, John Lewis honors his mentor at St. Joe’s
Lewis, the longtime civil rights activist, spoke as part of a year-long series commemorating Martin Luther King's 1967 address at St. Joe's.
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Protesters demand firing of Philly Starbucks manager following arrests of two black men
Protesters called on Starbucks to fire the manager, demanded the Philadelphia Police terminate the officers.
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