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Social Justice

Talib Kweli, the keynote speaker at this year’s hip hop summit at Stockton University. (Bill Barlow for WHYY)
Community

Talib Kweli: BLM is a peaceful movement fighting ‘a violent police state’

The rapper made his comments on Thursday as the keynote speaker at this year’s Hip Hop Summit at Stockton University.

9 years ago

Social activists have received 1,300 petitions against a plan to reroute Wilmington buses. (WHYY/Paul Parmalee)
Community

NAACP officials will ask Gov. Carney to stop plans to decrease Rodney Square bus service

Social activists and residents in Delaware are making a plea to the state to reverse plans to reconfigure bus routes in Wilmington starti ...

9 years ago

Artist Charlyn Griffith describes the creation of a mural exhibited at the Perelman Building of the Philadelphia Museum of Art as part of the citywide civic engagement project, ''Philadelphia Assembled.''
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

‘Philadelphia Assembled’ marks finale at art museum’s Perelman Building

The massive, citywide civic engagement experiment will conclude with the production of a new play written for the project.

9 years ago

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Attorney David Rudovsky says Philadelphia has made progress  in reining in officers who ignore the city's stop-and-frisk guidelines, but more vigilance is needed.  (AP file  photo)
Courts & Law

Stop-and-frisk abuses ebb, but report says some Philly police still ignore guidelines

Thousands of residents — predominately black — are still being questioned and patted down without any legal basis.

9 years ago

Bangladeshi descent American Hoshneara Begum, center, leads chant of slogans against what they call a
Courts & Law

Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban

The justices say in an order Monday that the policy can take full effect even as legal challenges against it make their way through the courts.

9 years ago

Rapper Meek Mill arrives at the criminal justice center in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. A Philadelphia judge has sentenced rapper Mill to two to four years in state prison for violating probation in a nearly decade-old gun and drug case.
Courts & Law

Meek Mill’s lawyers: FBI investigation into judge means she should leave case

Lawyers for Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill say the FBI has been looking into Common Pleas Judge Genece Brinkley’s “conduct in connection” with Mill since last year.

9 years ago

Colton Weatherston plays his guitar in front of colorful building facades on Germantown Avenue
Arts & Entertainment

Kimmel Center jazz residents focusing on social justice themes

The musicians – guitarist Colton Weatherson, pianist Luke Carlos O’Reilly, and drummer Doug Hirlinger – have outlined composition projects with strong social justice themes.

9 years ago

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Philadelphia Eagles' Malcolm Jenkins reacts after an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, in Philadelphia. (Michael Perez/AP Photo)
Community

Eagles’ Jenkins ending anthem protests as NFL pledges to address social justice

The NFL and the Players Coalition have joined in a partnership that calls for the league to donate $89 million over seven years.

9 years ago

Sen. Al Franken
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

These sexual harassment scandals are giving me déjà vu

Why should a man’s political affiliation determine how swiftly he is judged in the court of public opinion and terminated from his job?

9 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. (WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers propose more transparency for state government’s rules on sexual misconduct

In light of high-profile sexual harassment allegations, state lawmakers seek to reform how state government handles allegations concerning legislators.

9 years ago

Bowser presents Trial by Jury, A Case of Deportation at the Broad Performing Arts Center in Santa Monica, CA.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

‘Trial by Jury’ puts us in the courtroom to deliberate hot-button issues

Imagine being on a jury and deliberating cases on controversial topics that dominate our daily conversations. Would your views change in the jury room?

9 years ago

Listen 5:24
Victims of sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual abuse and their supporters protest during a
NPR
Courts & Law

Sexual harassment cases often rejected by courts

The standard for harassment under the law is high, and only an estimated 3 percent to 6 percent of the cases ever make it to trial.

9 years ago

Keir Bradford-Grey is the chief public defender in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Does the Meek Mill case reflect problems with probation in Philly?

Philadelphia's top public defender, Keir Bradford-Grey argues the Philadelphia rapper's case "amplifies the problem."

9 years ago

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Pretty sure this isn't how things really went down.
(Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
NPR
Lifestyle

How to enjoy Thanksgiving without swallowing the stereotypes

This week on Ask Code Switch, we're discussing how a new generation of parents and educators should talk to their kids about Thanksgiving.

9 years ago

Philadelphia City Council honors civil rights activists at City Hall. (photo courtesy of council member Helen Gym's office)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Honoring the 50th anniversary of a pivotal student protest in Philadelphia

It's been 50 years since a seminal student protest shaped Philly and the legacy of Frank Rizzo. Participants gathered over the weekend to remember.

9 years ago

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