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Social Justice

Hiram Adams and Deanna Bell from the Reentry Think Tank share their story at The Reentry Blueprint event.
Community

The Reentry Project: Stories and solutions from the formerly incarcerated

The forum focused on those who have served their time and now struggle to find their place in the community.

8 years ago

Larry Krasner speaks with members of the media outside of his polling place
Speak Easy
Courts & Law

I was Krasner’s biggest supporter, and I can’t wait to protest his office

Each one of the 148,522 people who voted for Krasner can and should take a part in helping him fulfill his campaign promises. One way to do that is public pressure.

8 years ago

state police officers
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. State Police seeks to shut down grand jury review of its in-house investigation policy

When a Pennsylvania State Police officer is involved in a shooting, the agency investigates the matter internally, but that approach is currently being challenged.

8 years ago

Portraits of the victims of gun violence hang on the walls at the chestnut hill presbyterian church
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Church in Chestnut Hill debuts art and music about gun violence

A weekend arts festival at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill will feature choral music, a new play reading, and painted portraits of shooting victims.

8 years ago

Listen 2:15
Erin Dunphy, 16, has raised almost $2,500 to distribute signs to her neighbors. (Annette John-Hall/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. teen takes action against hate mail

A Montgomery County teen was admittedly curious when she came home from school this month and sorted through the mail. But that curiosity soon turned to outrage.

8 years ago

Listen 4:24
Black Lives Matter activist Asa Khalif (right) takes Philadelphia Councilman Curtis Jones from simulation to real life at City Hall Tuesday.
Community

Black Lives Matter activists crash another City Hall event, slamming ‘poverty simulation’

Councilman Curtis Jones and several of his colleagues were taking part in the exercise demonstrating the many hurdles confronting the city's most needy.

8 years ago

The author is shown posing with several of the people who met him for conversations about Islam over coffee.
Speak Easy
Community

7 common questions from my coffee conversations about Islam

In a series of conversations about Islam that I have been having with people from all across Pennsylvania, seven questions come up most often.

8 years ago

A crowd of people fill the Parkway
Community

20th reunion for Million Woman March begins year of actions

Twenty years later, Phile Chionesu, still looks back on the Million Woman March with a bit of disbelief.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania lawmakers formed a task force dedicated to studying capital punishment in 2011. The report came out June 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. capital murder study ties case trajectory to defendant income

A new report on death penalty cases in Pennsylvania shows a strong tie between how a case proceeds through the justice system and who a defendant relies on for legal counsel.

8 years ago

Bar graphs
You, me, and them: Experiencing discrimination In America
Community

How black Americans see discrimination

We asked black Americans whether they believe discrimination against black Americans exists in the U.S. today.

8 years ago

A move  in the Pennsylvania House to expand protections under the state's law against hate crimes is again meeting opposition. (AP file photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers try again to expand protections from hate crimes

Pennsylvania’s law against hate crimes protects people on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin. But it doesn’t include several other categories.

8 years ago

Community meeting
Education

Coatesville parents, students confront school officials over response to racist incidents

School district officials in Coatesville held a special meeting where they got an earful from students and parents about recent racist events that rocked the high school.

8 years ago

A man in flannel and a woman holding a pink bouquet of paper flowers
Arts & Entertainment

Paper flowers bring messages of freedom from Berks Detention Center

A Monument Lab project brings to City Hall 1600 paper flowers made by detained immigrants and their supporters.

8 years ago

Teams presented their ideas to use technology to help formerly incarcerated people return to their communities at a 'hackathon' in Philadelphia organized by The Reentry Project. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Courts & Law

At Philly reentry ‘hackathon,’ using tech to drive down recidivism

About 35 volunteers spent their Saturday working together to harness the power of technology to help people coming out of prison rebuild their lives.

8 years ago

A man in a suit speaks in front of a blue, National Press Club background
Politics & Policy

NAACP names new leader for more active future

The NAACP has decided to hire its interim leader, Derrick Johnson, as its 19th president and CEO.

8 years ago

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