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Keystone Crossroads

Keystone Crossroads Archive

Special education teacher Ben Slater describes his Father's Day at Dorney Park, where he was detained by security guards who accused him of stealing, then banned from the park for six months.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Through personal experience, Philly educators teach about racial profiling

In Philadelphia, panel members tell their stories and plan to collect more accounts of racial profiling for a book.

7 years ago

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Female inmates interact in their cell in this file photo. (Rick Bowmer/AP Photo, Pool)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

Female Pa. lawmakers hope to help incarcerated women with series of bills

When moms are imprisoned, it hurts families, neighborhoods and communities, legislator says.

7 years ago

Wagner and Wolf both say the other supports policies that would lead to school funding cuts. (Photo by iStock)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Wagner, Wolf volley back and forth on education

Governor Tom Wolf and GOP challenger Scott Wagner have spent much of this month trying to paint one another as supporters of school funding cuts.

7 years ago

The moon rises behind St. Benedict The Moor Catholic church in Pittsburgh Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. Pittsburgh is one of six Roman Catholic Dioceses that was the focus of a sealed grand jury investigation across Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Report on clergy abuse in limbo, awaiting decision from Pa. Supreme Court

The government charges that she was acting as a foreign agent without registering.

7 years ago

Pa. Governor Tom Wolf greets a 6th grade literacy class at Penn Treaty school. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. bets on residency model to boost teacher prep programs

With Pennsylvania licensing fewer and fewer teachers, the state recently announced it will send $2 million in federal aid to eight colleg ...

7 years ago

Juanita Cox, 67,  of North Philadelphia took over the care of her four grandchildren six years ago. (Annette John-Hall/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Lifestyle

Casey measure aims to help grandparents stepping in to take care of kids

Casey was spurred to act by the opioid epidemic. More than 100,000 children in Pennsylvania are being raised by grandparents and other relatives.

7 years ago

Left: Downtown Pittsburgh (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Right: Philadelphia skyline (SeanPavonePhoto/Bigstock)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philadelphia and Pittsburgh: Five charts and two families at the center of the school choice debate

Since the state enacted a charter school law 20 years ago, starkly different trends have played out in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

7 years ago

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Pedestrians walk toward the downtown visitors center and Central Market in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Marketplace
Keystone Crossroads
Community

How residents crossed party lines to revitalize this Pennsylvania city

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman joined us to talk about how civic coalitions are helping to revitalize old towns.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Wolf: Pa. education funding changes will ‘take time’

Last week, Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf said he'd support a major school funding shakeup. Now Wolf is hedging his position.

7 years ago

Sascha Meinrath, a professor of telecommunications at Pennsylvania State University.  (Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Researchers aim to more accurately gauge broadband availability in Pa.

Some experts say the FCC underestimates how many Pennsylvanians lack access to broadband internet. A statewide research aims to set the records straight.

7 years ago

Yared Portillo of Juntos speaks at a rally outside 801 Market St. to call for the closing of the Berks County Residential Center, one of three centers in the country used to detain families whose immigration status is undetermined. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Activists clash with Wolf over operation of immigrant detention center

Shut Down Berks Executive Director Sundrop Carter said the group is now urging Governor Tom Wolf to issue an Emergency Removal Order.

7 years ago

Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol building in Harrisburg, Monday, July 10, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Malpractice insurer sues PA for the third time in three years

Gov. Tom Wolf and legislative leaders are being sued in federal court over a budget provision to fold a medical malpractice insurer and its assets into the state Insurance.

7 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Wolf puts tax plans far behind him as he seeks a 2nd term

"Who's talking about raising taxes?" he questioned a TV reporter last month who asked Wolf about the prospect of raising taxes this year.

7 years ago

In this file photo, a welder fabricates anchor bolts for roads and bridges at the custom manufacturer in Pennsylvania.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania among key Trump states more skeptical of free trade, study finds

A study by Bucknell University’s Institute For Public Policy counts Pennsylvania as one of the states where residents are most skeptical of free trade agreements.

7 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf speaks at an event at Roosevelt Elementary School in Philadelphia Friday. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Gov. Wolf calls for drastic school funding shake-up in surprise announcement

Governor Tom Wolf called for a major change to the way Pennsylvania funds schools Friday, advocating for the state to distribute its larg ...

7 years ago

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