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Social Justice

Alma Aparicio spoke at a pro-DACA rally at Rutgers Camden, where she is a student. She immigrated to the United States when she was 3 and is able to work and attend school under the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program, now threatened by the Trump administration.
Courts & Law

In New Jersey, immigrant activists try to reclaim DACA deadline day

While two court decisions largely invalidated Trump’s deadline, activists held six rallies across New Jersey Monday to mark the occasion and to add a defiant twist.

7 years ago

Activists call for more support for Puerto Ricans displaced by Hurricane Maria during a rally at Thomas Paine Plaza. They are joined by Carlos Torres (left), Muriel Rivera and her son, Yeriel, 6, (center left), and Melanie Garcia and her three children (center right), who all face eviction.
PlanPhilly
Community

A new group promises long-term support for Puerto Rican hurricane evacuees

This is a first step towards creating the long-term recovery strategy that city officials and community advocates have struggled to create in the five months since the storm.

7 years ago

Father teaching the son how to tie a necktie
Speak Easy
Community

Re-educating sexual harassers: What could restorative justice look like?

Can a human being change? Can a culture? It's not too late to begin.

7 years ago

Thousands of immigrants and supporters join the Defend DACA March in Los Angeles in September to oppose the President Trump's ordered end to DACA protections.
NPR
Politics & Policy

NPR poll: 2-in-3 support legal status for DREAMers; majority oppose building a wall

Partisan dividing lines were sharp, the survey found, and clearly run throughout the immigration debate.

8 years ago

Local DACA beneficiaries and members of Juntos call on the Philadelphia Eagles to boycott a customary White House visit for Super Bowl winners
Politics & Policy

With U.S. funding deadline near, Dreamers ask Eagles to take a stand

Super Bowl champs are asked to 'take a metaphorical knee' to support DACA immigrants by boycotting traditional White House ceremony.

8 years ago

Yolanda McNair, (center), is pictured with Kimberly Griffin, (left), and Madge Penny Morgan. McNair will join others at the Take a Knee Conference taking place this Super Bowl weekend. (Yolanda McNair)
Minnesota Public Radio
Community

Mothers hope to shine NFL spotlight on police violence

The purpose of the conference is to deepen the public's understanding of police shootings, racism and the right to protest.

8 years ago

Herman Douglas wears a Colin Kaepernick T-shirt to show his support for the former NFL quarterback turned activist. (Darryl Murphy/for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

With Eagles in Super Bowl, some Philly fans stick with NFL boycott and some punt

After season of protesting the NFL's treatment of Colin Kaepernick, some Philadelphia fans are steeling themselves to ignore the big game featuring the hometown team.

8 years ago

Listen 5:32
The four undocumented children of Camela Apolonio Hernandez step out of their sanctuary at Church of the Advocate in North Philadelphia, heading back to school for the first time since the family received a deportation order.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Children joyfully head to school while mom stays in sanctuary of North Philly church

After taking sanctuary Dec. 13 in Church of the Advocate, Carmela Hernandez's undocumented children went back to school. All are in danger of deportation.

8 years ago

Listen 2:30
Members of the Cleveland Indians wear uniforms featuring mascot Chief Wahoo as they stand on the field for the national anthem before a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore, Monday, June 19, 2017.
Lifestyle

Cleveland Indians removing Chief Wahoo logo from game uniforms in 2019

The polarizing mascot is coming off the team's jersey sleeves and caps starting in the 2019 season, a move that will end Chief Wahoo's presence on the field.

8 years ago

Lotte Snyder, 3, shows off her cape at the 2018 Women's March on Philadelphia
Speak Easy
Community

The world won’t change until women of privilege make room for all women

It’s one thing to stand for inclusivity and racial justice; it’s something else to walk those values every day.

8 years ago

People stage a protest against U.S President Donald Trump in San Francisco. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
NPR
Lifestyle

We asked, you answered: When should we call something ‘racist’?

As journalists, we're constantly trying to balance the different uses of the term in a way that will make sense to all of our listeners and readers.

8 years ago

Twendele and Lukoji pose for a wedding photo in May 2015. (Photo courtesy of  Lisette Lukoji)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Changes in U.S. immigration policy are keeping this married Congolese couple apart

Twendele was fortunate to get to the U.S. before new refugee restrictions went into place. But a woman he married in the refugee camp is still stuck in southeastern Africa.

8 years ago

Listen 6:02
Larry Nassar appears in court last Wednesday in Lansing, Mich., to listen to victim impact statements during his sentencing hearing. He is accused of molesting more than 100 girls while he was a physician for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University.
NPR
Courts & Law

3 USA Gymnastics board members resign, as fallout from abuse scandal continues

The tumult continues at the sport's governing body as the sentencing hearing continues for former team doctor Larry Nassar, who has admitted to the sexual assault of minors.

8 years ago

Rutgers University archivist Stephanie Crawford
Community

Rutgers archivist collecting Women’s March signs and memorabilia

Rutgers University is collecting Women's March signs and memorabilia to document the feminism and grassroots activism of the historic movement.

8 years ago

Protesters are shown gathered on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for the Women's March in Philadelphia on Saturday, Jan 21, 2017. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
NPR
Community

Women’s marches across the country will focus on the vote

8 years ago

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