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Keystone Crossroads
Community

Un-sanctuary: Some Pa. police departments pull closer to ICE

It’s normal for police departments to cooperate with U.S. law enforcement, but ICE has repeatedly attempted to enlist local police in carrying out immigration arrests.

8 years ago

Listen 5:25
Nasihah Thompson-King talks with reporters after a press conference at Mastery Shoemaker Charter School. Her supporters called for an end to the requirement that hijab-wearing students obtain a waiver after Nasihah was prevented from playing because she refused to take off her head covering.
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Benched over head scarf, Mastery basketball player says ‘change is coming’

A referee would not Nasihah Thompson-King play during a playoff game last week because she did not have a signed waiver to wear a hijab.

8 years ago

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Journalist and storyteller 
Sofiya Ballin (Courtesy of George Alexander)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

How ‘Black History Untold’ empowered its creator

Journalist and storyteller Sofiya Ballin says her identity series “Black History Untold” is more than a black history project.

8 years ago

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Penn Charter student Etthan Willis raises a prop gun on stage at the David L. Kurtz Center for the Performing Arts before a performance of
Arts & Entertainment

Wielding weapons on stage in ‘Les Miz’ makes students confront gun violence

William Penn Charter Schools annual musical, "Les Miserables," has extra meaning in the wake of Florida school shooting.

8 years ago

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In this photo taken March 15, 2017, Karl Sorken, production manager for Battle Rifle Co., based in Webster, Texas, works on the rails of an AR-15style rifle. Battle Rifle is one of now more than 10,000 gunmakers in the United States. (Lisa Marie Pane/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Lawmakers move to ban N.J. pension fund investment in gun manufacturing

"I think if we're really committed to gun control, we need to have a starting point and move and continue forward," says bill sponsor.

8 years ago

Sue Gray of the Wheelman Antique Bike Club shows off her bike at the Reading Terminal Market 125th anniversary celebration. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

To celebrate Reading Terminal Market’s 125th, shopping like it’s 1893

As a part of Reading Terminal Market's 125th anniversary celebration, some vendors were selling some items for what they would have cost when the market first opened in 1983.

8 years ago

Super Bowl Champion and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce joins the jazz band of his alma mater, Cleveland Heights High School, on stage during a music exchange program visit at Central High School in Philadelphia, Pa. on Feb. 22, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Before he was a Super Bowl champ in Philly, Jason Kelce was a Cleveland Heights Tiger

Eagles center Jason Kelce visited Central High School Thursday morning for a special performance from his high school jazz band.

8 years ago

Listen 2:28
Sherry Ott says Antarctica is as close as you'll come to leaving the planet.
The Pulse
Science

Should tourists go to Antarctica?

Maybe you just want to see penguins or icebergs, but visiting the South Pole also means transforming the landscape — and adding to your carbon debt.

8 years ago

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Visitors watch a bear feasting on salmon. The Homalco Nation has invested in a wildlife viewing operation on its territory.
The Pulse
Science

Canada’s First Nations use tourism to protect natural resources

Communities along Canada’s western coast combine conservation and tourism to create jobs that line up with their cultural values.

8 years ago

Listen 7:45
Workers pass bags of concrete in a human chain from a park road to a zip line platform further down the hill in El Yunque National Forest. T
The Pulse
Science

Fixing a forest for Puerto Rico’s recovery

Tourists once flocked to El Yunque National Forest. After landslides of hurricane damage in 2017, work crews are sweating to reopen it.

8 years ago

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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announces that the city’s prosecutors will no longer seek cash bail for nonviolent defendants while they await trial.(Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

New DA telling Philly prosecutors not to seek bail for defendants in low-level crimes

The policy shift is expected to affect defendants in thousands of cases, easing systemic bias against the poor and people of color.

8 years ago

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Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski walks from the federal courthouse in Philadelphia after a pretrial hearing, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Indicted Allentown Mayor Pawlowski takes stand to ‘bare his soul’

Now serving his fourth term, Pawlowski is charged with 54 counts of corruption, including bribery, conspiracy, fraud, extortion, and lying to the FBI. He's pleaded not guilty.

8 years ago

Listen 4:28
Chris Taylor, president of the Clay Studio, and Vice President Jennifer Martin, are moving their studio out of Old City to a larger site on North American Street.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

‘Bursting at the seams,’ Clay Studio plans move from Old City to Kensington

A longtime arts anchor in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood, the Clay Studio prepares to relocate.

8 years ago

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A person wearing an ankle monitor. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo, file)
Courts & Law

Federal appeals court hears challenge to New Jersey bail overhaul

Attorney claims his client has a constitutional right to be offered money bail instead of home detention.

8 years ago

An aerial view of the site of an early morning train crash Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018 between an Amtrak train, bottom right, and a CSX freight train, top left, in Cayce, SC. The Amtrak passenger train slammed into a freight train in the early morning darkness Sunday, killing at least two Amtrak crew members and injuring more than 110 people, authorities said.  (Jeff Blake/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Philly area lawmakers oppose Trump plan to cut Amtrak funding

The budget plan proposes cutting in half the federal subsidy for Amtrak, including slicing grants to the Northeast Corridor by $128 million.

8 years ago

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