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Keystone Crossroads

Keystone Crossroads Archive

Anel Medina (center), a registered nurse who graduated from Delaware County Community College, joins a rally in support of DACA. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Ahead of DACA hearing, ‘Dreamers’ set to rally in D.C.

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if the Obama-era immigration decision — which affects 4,700 Pennsylvanians — was an executive overreach.

6 years ago

In this Sept. 28, 2019, file photo, officials look at damage to Heller Dam at Hagerman's Reservoir near South Williamsport, Pa. Pennsylvanians who live downstream from its many dams may not often think about what could happen, but inspectors know there are potential threats to life and property along the state's 86,000 miles of streams and rivers. (Mark Nance/Sun-Gazette via AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Urban Planning

High risk dams pose upstream danger for many Pennsylvanians

A group of 145 dams are rated, in data supplied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as both high-hazard and in either poor or unsatisfactory condition.

6 years ago

Tamaqua School Board candidate Tom Bartasavage, a supporter of the gun policy, won election Tuesday. Here pictured standing outside a polling location at the Hometown Armory on Nov. 5, 2019. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Supporters of arming teachers in classrooms claim victory in board election

The school board election in Tamaqua was framed as a referendum on its controversial gun policy, which would be a first in the state.

6 years ago

Democratic mayoral candidate Eddie Moran is looking to become the first Latinx mayor of Reading, which has a majority latinx population. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

‘History in the making’: Reading expected to elect first Latinx mayor

It’s a milestone in the decades-long transformation from industrial, white working-class roots to a majority Latinx city trying to redefine itself.

6 years ago

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(pressmaster/BigStock)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. quietly reverses ‘lunch shaming’ ban as school district debt grows

Language within this year’s school code bill allows districts to withhold hot meals from students who accrue more than $50 in lunch debt.

6 years ago

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Dante Guzman, left, 8, and Emre Tokuc, right, 8, work with a tornado simulation augmented reality program on a smartphone Sept. 26, 2019, at Whitfield Elementary School in Spring Township, Pennsylvania.  (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

‘Silver tsunami’ of manufacturing retirements pushes Pa. to prioritize STEM education

The problem is especially dire in Berks County, where thousands of skilled manufacturing jobs need to be filled in coming years as baby boomers retire.

6 years ago

Listen 4:47
(Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Are cyber charters a way to ‘hide’ from child welfare scrutiny? Some Pa. superintendents say yes

Superintendents say vulnerable children in Pa. lose critical links to the outside world and caring adults when their parents enroll them in cyber charters.

6 years ago

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In this file image, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrive at a home during a targeted enforcement operation.  (Bryan Cox/ICE via AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

British family returned home after ICE detention in Pa.

An ICE spokesman confirmed their deportation to the United Kingdom in a statement Wednesday evening.

6 years ago

Berks County Residential Center. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

British family detained in Pa. by ICE: ‘We will be traumatized for the rest of our lives’

The family says the Berks County-run facility is not equipped to care for a baby. Facilities are cold and normal caretaking items have been confiscated.

6 years ago

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John Quinn, 67, attended St. Francis Vocational School for a couple of months in the 1960s, along with other Catholic orphanages including St. John's, St. Joseph's, St. Michael's and St. Mary's. Quinn says it was during that time that he was molested by priests and counselors. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

As Pa. compensation programs end, church victims wrestle with the price put on abuse

Some victims have used the program to put their fight with the church behind them. Others scoffed at the pricetag put on their trauma.

6 years ago

Listen 4:56
Tamaqua Area School Board President Larry Wittig speaks during a meeting in January 2019. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. school board president banned from Olympic sports for sexual misconduct against minors in the 1980s

A former chairman of Pennsylvania’s Board of Education, Larry Wittig, has been permanently banned from US Olympic sports for sexual misconduct involving a minor.

6 years ago

Grain farmer Jesse Poliskiewicz breaks open a pod of soybeans while on his farm Sept. 20, 2019, in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Amid Trump’s trade war, Pa. farmers fight to survive in an uncertain market

In the midst of the second harvest under the trade war, Pa. farmers discuss how the policy affects them and what it takes to survive in an unstable and uncertain market.

6 years ago

Listen 5:06
During a live broadcast of
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Wolf won’t veto controversial E-Verify bill and other takeaways from #AskGovWolf

Governor Tom Wolf talked about recent developments — or lack thereof — on gun restriction laws, legalizing recreational weed, education, the economy, the environment and more.

6 years ago

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 The sun sets behind the cross atop the dome of the Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

As window for claims closes, Archdiocese of Philadelphia to pay $32M to abuse victims

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has offered over $32 million to victims of sexual abuse so far — a number that’s likely to go up.

6 years ago

Rezwan Natiq, from Kabul, Afghanistan, is a refugee living in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

As Trump slashes refugee arrivals, a look at who has been resettling in Pa.

Those fleeing religious persecution and those who helped the U.S. in Iraq or Afghanistan are common among current refugees settling in Pennsylvania.

6 years ago

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