Hour 1 The Presidential election is six months away and the race is heating up. Political ads by the campaigns and Super PACs are popping up around the country.  Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has released two ads that lay out what he'd do on his first day in office if elected — cuts taxes, [...]

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Hour 2 An annual survey of Pennsylvania school districts (pdf) found that schools are in financial crisis and are planning deep cuts to education programs. Things like summer school, Advanced Placement classes, tutoring, music, gym, arts education and full-day kindergarten are all on the chopping block in districts throughout the commonwealth.  The survey, conducted by [...]

Filed under: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, criminal justice, education, politics |

Hour 1 Last month, leaders of the School District of Philadelphia unveiled a radical reorganization plan that would transform – or “blow up” – the district’s structure, closing 40 schools over the next two years and more each year after that, slashing hundreds of administrative jobs, and creating entrepreneurial “achievement networks” to compete to lead [...]

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Hour 1 Former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi was sentenced yesterday to 30 days in prison for committing a bias crime in connection with the suicide death of his roommate Tyler Clementi.  Bias intimidation laws, also known as hate-crime laws, enhance penalties for crimes committed against protected classes of people and are on the books [...]

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Hour 1 We present a recorded and lightly edited broadcast of Marty’s Tuesday interview with Pennsylvania Gov. TOM CORBETT at The Prince Music Theater. Marty asked the governor about cuts he's made to education and public welfare programs, the impact fee for Marcellus Shale natural gas extraction, taxes, gay marriage and gay adoption, among other [...]

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Hour 1 Until a decade ago, the U.S. led the world in college graduation rates. Now we rank 12th globally in the number of young adults who hold a minimum of an associate's degree, and while almost 70 percent of high school students enroll in a higher education institution, only 57 percent graduate.  The numbers [...]

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Hour 1 According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, full-time working women earned 81 percent of what full-time working men earned in 2010, but over the past three decades women's wages have been steadily increasing. And now, more women than men are graduating from college, the number of single women under 30 who earn more [...]

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Hour 1 In a decisive, dramatic and controversial break with the past, the School District of Philadelphia’s leaders have charted a course that could “blow up” the district’s structure, close 40 schools over the next two years and more each year after that, slash hundreds of administrative jobs, and create entrepreneurial “achievement networks” to compete [...]

Filed under: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, education, politics, social issues |

Hour 2 There is a lot of talk about the Maya civilization this year. That's because the according to their calendar, the 2012 winter solstice this December is a big deal.  It marks the end of their 5,125-year long creation cycle.  While some have popularly warned that this signas the apocalypse, scholars say the Maya [...]

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Hour 1 [REBROADCAST] Procrastination is something a lot of us struggle with everyday – we delay work, get anxious about impending deadlines and pull all-nighters to finish things up at the very last minute.  So why do people procrastinate and is there a way to change the behavior? Today we're going to talk about the [...]

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