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Keystone Crossroads

Keystone Crossroads Archive

The city of Harrisburg (istock via WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

‘Excuses to try to silence me’: Lawsuit alleges racial bias at Pa.’s anti-discrimination agency

The PHRC has long been haunted by allegations that it is ineffectual and that its leadership perpetuates the same kinds of discrimination it aims to combat.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump reacts to questions during a town hall in Scranton, Pa. on Thursday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

‘I was all set for Bernie’: Trump hones attacks on Biden in Scranton town hall

At an event hosted Thursday night by Fox News, Trump bounced between defending his administration’s record and trolling the Democratic candidates for president.

5 years ago

Bridesburg is a proud working-class safe haven in Philadelphia that rarely makes the police blotter. Can it overcome its reputation of being exclusionary, and sometimes racist? (Bastiaan Slabbers for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Philly border fight: How a ‘secret’ working-class neighborhood built its own wall

Bridesburg is a working-class safe haven in Philly that rarely makes the police blotter. But it has a reputation of being exclusionary, and sometimes racist.

5 years ago

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The set up on Stone Mountain consists of a radio tower, solar panels and an equipment room and is key to how the Rural Broadband Cooperative is delivering broadband internet to its users. (Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Lifestyle

This rag-tag group of DIYers has an answer for rural Pa.’s internet problem

Companies have long complained that providing service to rural areas is a money-losing business. This is a cheaper alternative.

5 years ago

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Lance Walker with a customer at his barbershop in Chambersburg, Pa. (Jeffrey Stockbridge for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

A barber breaking the bubble: Trump voter with ‘buyer’s remorse’ seeks conversations of ‘grace and mercy’

At this barbershop in Chambersburg, Pa., red, blue and other come together for conversations of political ‘grace and mercy.’

5 years ago

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Fredy Garcia Morales and his mom Margarita talk to his sisters on the phone while sitting in the King Street Ministry Center in Chambersburg, Pa. (Jeffrey Stockbridge for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Speaking Mam in MAGA country: Immigration, education and the teenage boy in the middle

Where low-wage immigrant labor undergirds the local economy, stress is put on other institutions — especially public schools, which face a mandate to educate all.

5 years ago

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The Bridesburg school has a large deficit, a CEO on leave, and some sort of problem related to the identification of special education students. (Screenshot Google Maps)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Budget turmoil at Philly’s second-largest charter school — but officials keep quiet about why

The Bridesburg school has a large deficit, a CEO on leave, and some sort of problem related to the identification of special education students.

5 years ago

Students attend a nursing class at a school in Delaware County that's garnered an esteemed distinction. (Bas Slabbers for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Forget Penn and Pitt: Is this little-known school the best deal in Pa. higher-ed?

Ten years after enrolling, graduates of one practical nursing program in Delco earn more than graduates of any other college in Pa., when you account for the cost of school.

5 years ago

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At left, the Rev. Matthew Larlick of St. Joseph’s in Berwick, Columbia County, speaks with another priest outside the Harrisburg diocese office after a meeting Wed., Feb. 19, 2020. (Brett Sholtis/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Harrisburg diocese bankruptcy could tap into parish assets

Individual churches are not part of the bankruptcy filing but could end up contributing to a fund to settle sex abuse claims.

5 years ago

(Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Harrisburg Catholic diocese declares bankruptcy, the first to do so in Pa. under weight of clergy sex abuse claims

The move comes six months after the diocese announced it had paid out $12 million to more than 100 victims of decades-old sexual abuse.

5 years ago

By request, the Islamic Community Center in Lancaster provides inmates Qurans and prayer rugs for free. Last year, the organization gave out 100 Qurans to inmates who asked for one. (Joseph Darius Jaafari / PA Post)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law
PA Post

PA Post investigation prompts legal action at Pa. jails

PA Post's investigation on commissary items is the basis for a nonprofit’s legal claim advocating for prisoners’ rights.

5 years ago

Thirteen children from seven nations took the Oath of Allegience to become U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia on July 4, 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Could Pennsylvania’s 43K new citizens make the difference in 2020 election?

Naturalized citizens have been adding to the voter rolls in swing states since the last election cycle. Could they make a difference in Pennsylvania for 2020?

5 years ago

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Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz shares a laugh with her customers at Mi Casa Su Casa cafe in Reading, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Mofongo and scrambled eggs: This is not your typical election-year diner story

As Latinx power rises in Reading, this cafe is the center of the political universe.

5 years ago

Listen 4:53
Reading, Pa.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Evictionland, Pa: No time for politics when you’re ‘trying to put yourself in a home’

Reading, a heavily Democratic city, will likely be a tempting target for the candidate running to defeat President Donald Trump.

5 years ago

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State Rep. Seth Grove, R-York County, takes the oath of office during swearing-in ceremonies. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives swearing-in ceremony is held in the state Capitol House Chambers, Tuesday, January 3, 2017. The ceremony marks the convening of the 201st legislative session of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania. (Dan Gleiter/PennLive)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. House lawmaker wants to end ‘honor system’ that allows agencies to hide contracts

Under state law, all agencies and departments are required to publish contracts worth at least $5,000 to an online search tool for government spending.

5 years ago

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