
Social Justice
Sharks aren’t just for boys: Gills Club inspires aspiring female biologists
It’s no secret that there are fewer women than men in a lot of STEM fields. One group is trying to target that problem by inspiring ...
8 years ago
Listen 4:37Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee refuses to stand up for ordinary working Americans
From the cops policing our streets to the judges in our courts, our justice system is one of the most important demonstrations ...
8 years ago
Game developer wants to take her cultural critique to Congress
Brianna Wu has been outspoken about sexism in male-dominated video game culture. Brianna Wu has loved video games ever since she w ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:06Novelist Zora Neale Hurston was a cultural anthropologist first
The celebrated novel ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ grew from fieldwork in the Black South. Before novelist Zora Neale ...
8 years ago
Listen 9:55Every year, thousands of people come to the U.S. from other countries. Some come as immigrants. Others come to this country under terribl ...
Air Date: March 17, 2017
Listen 49:03At historic Trenton church, Rev. Barber calls out for moral movement in New Jersey
From a packed sanctuary at the historic Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton on Thursday, a deep voice boomed out into the street. In ...
8 years ago
After fleeing violence in Jamaica, gay man seeks refuge in America
Anti-gay prejudice is written into Jamaican law. A colonial-era rule criminalizes male intercourse and LGBT activists say talk of jail ti ...
8 years ago
Listen 11:06Philadelphia’s protestors must embrace a diversity of causes, including environmental justice
As a public health advocate, it can be difficult to situate environmental issues in the larger progressive struggle. Today’s activists ...
8 years ago
A common cause; from Standing Rock to Sweet Water, New Jersey’s Pilgrim Pipeline
Teepees dot the plain beside the river, totem poles mark a circular prayer site, and men in moccasins and fur caps tend the ceremonial campfire.
8 years ago
Listen 4:13Earlier this morning, Sarah Assali’s mother was already planning a big dinner. Makes sense, since Assali had been anticipating the ...
8 years ago
The best way to walk through political adversity is hand in hand
A child’s mitten was propped on the metal post of some outdoor shelving on Germantown Avenue. Bubblegum flag against all that winter gr ...
8 years ago
Don’t dismiss Saturday’s march as ‘thoughtless excitement’ of ‘angry women’
When you step onto a subway train, there are a lot of things you could smell that are worse than Sharpies, so on Saturday morning, I didn ...
8 years ago
Vera Rubin’s son reflects on how she paved the way for women
His mother wasn’t sure what to do, and the Rubin family was weighing her options around the dinner table. It was 1975, and astrophysici ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:47American leadership and international human rights
How do we respond powerfully, with courage, and moral imagination in the wake of our new administration?
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