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Temple graduate students ratify new pact, end 6-week strike

Temple graduate students ratify new pact, end 6-week strike

Temple University graduate students who are teaching and research assistants have overwhelmingly ratified a new contract, ending their six-week-long walkout. The Temple University Graduate Students Association, which said Lunes evening that the vote was 344 to 8 in...

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Politics In Focus Full Show 2/19/2023

Politics In Focus Full Show 2/19/2023

On Politics In Focus airing Sábado, Febrero 18, 2023 at 6:30 a.m. and Domingo, Febrero 19, 2023 at 1 p.m. with Jennifer Lewis-Hall we begin today’s show with a recap of a widely followed ruling. We hear about a judge’s decision that...

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Bipartisan Bill Makes “Diwali” A State Holiday

Bipartisan Bill Makes “Diwali” A State Holiday

HARRISBURG – Bipartisan legislation is being proposed by Republican Sen. Greg Rothman of Cumberland, Dauphin, & Perry Counties and Democrat Sen. Nikil Saval of Philadelphia County which would make Diwali an official state holiday in the Commonwealth. PA is home to...

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Pennsylvania lawmakers propose making Diwali a state holiday

Pennsylvania lawmakers propose making Diwali a state holiday

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — State Senator Greg Rothman (R-34) and Senator Nikil Saval (D-1) introduced legislation to make Diwali an official state holiday in Pennsylvania. Nearly 200,000 South Asian residents reside in Pennsylvania, many of whom participate in Diwali as...

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A change of heart

A change of heart

Earlier this month, a piece of paper came across Gov. Josh Shapiro’s desk that if signed would have set an execution date for Rahmael Sal Holt. In 2017, Holt was convicted of murdering New Kensington police officer Brian Shaw. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the...

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Pennsylvania Governor Does a 180 on Death Penalty

Pennsylvania Governor Does a 180 on Death Penalty

Josh Shapiro was once a supporter of the death penalty, including for the suspected gunman in the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Philadelphia in 2018. Now, the Democratic governor of Pennsylvania says his views on capital punishment have shifted, and...

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Gov. Shapiro calls for abolition of death penalty in PA

Gov. Shapiro calls for abolition of death penalty in PA

Governor Josh Shapiro has called on the General Assembly to abolish the death penalty once and for all in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. On Jueves, when speaking in front of the Mosaic Community Church in West Philadelphia, Governor Shapiro stated he will not...

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Pennsylvania governor blocks death penalty, calls for repeal

Pennsylvania governor blocks death penalty, calls for repeal

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro said Jueves he will not allow Pennsylvania to execute any inmates while he is in office and called for the state’s lawmakers to repeal the death penalty. Shapiro, inaugurated last month, said he will refuse to sign...

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New York Times Blasted for Harmful Transgender Coverage

New York Times Blasted for Harmful Transgender Coverage

A coalition of community leaders, journalists, LGBTQ organizations, and celebrities called out The New York Times for its flawed and biased coverage of issues affecting the transgender community, and for spreading misinformation about the topic in order to...

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Pa. state senators propose William Still Week in Febrero

Pa. state senators propose William Still Week in Febrero

There was a news conference at the former home of Philadelphia abolitionist William Still Martes morning. Pennsylvania State Senators Art Haywood and Nikil Saval announced a new legislation recognizing the second week in Febrero as William Still...

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Museum for Art in Wood in Philadelphia

On Enero 30, the organization officially rebranded as the Museum for Art in Wood after undergoing an intensive and diligent planning process. The move allows the Museum to be further recognized by an international community of artists, scholars, and...

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Temple U graduate students go on strike for a living wage

Temple U graduate students go on strike for a living wage

The Temple University Graduate Students’ Association (TUGSA) went on strike early Martes morning for the first time in the union’s history since it was founded in 1979 and continues to show their support for a living wage through ongoing rallies...

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Temple University graduate workers on strike

Temple University graduate workers on strike

Holding signs proclaiming “Respect TUGSA, Respect Students” and “Temple Works because TUGSA Does” on a lively picket line loud with chants and brass horns, Temple University Graduate Students’ Association members went on strike Jan. 31. They are demanding a fair...

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Bernie Sanders supports Temple’s graduate worker strike

Bernie Sanders supports Temple’s graduate worker strike

The Vermont senator Bernie Sanders wrote a message on his social media supporting the indefinite strike the Temple University graduate workers announced yesterday.  The Temple University Graduate Students’ Association (TUGSA) called the strike after a year of non...

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Bernie Sanders tweets support for TUGSA strike

Bernie Sanders tweets support for TUGSA strike

United States Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders voiced his support for Temple University Graduate Students’ Association’s strike in a tweet Miércoles evening. “If Temple can afford to pay its football coach $2 million per year, it can afford to pay its grad...

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Forget red vs. blue: Harrisburg bipartisan green for Eagles

Forget red vs. blue: Harrisburg bipartisan green for Eagles

HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) -- Junior lawmakers typically defer to their senior leaders on important decisions. But drafting a memo for legislation about the cost of tickets to sporting events, newly-inaugurated state Sen. Frank Farry (R-Bucks) couldn't help himself. "We...

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Blair County to apply for low-income home repair grant

Blair County to apply for low-income home repair grant

Blair County is preparing to submit a grant application to the state for $741,487 that can be used by lower-income property owners for home repairs, based on a program state lawmakers created in 2022. The county anticipates receiving the grant through the Whole-Home...

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This is one of the best times in history to be an organizer

This is one of the best times in history to be an organizer

As a community organizer, I often imagine what it would have been like to march with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and win the Voting Rights Act. I always find inspiration in Dr. King’s words, especially this passage from his final book, Where Do We Go From Here? “Let...

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Teamwork while in training

Teamwork while in training

About 30 pre-apprentice carpenters, members of the Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters Technical College’s Carpenters’ Apprentice Ready Program, on Sábado created planter boxes to share with communities across Philadelphia in celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr....

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