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''It’s a much smoother path for candidates that don’t have those barriers in the way and those barriers are placed there too often to prevent BIPOC individuals to get into office,'' said Yamelisa Taveras, a recent candidate for the Pennsylvania State Senate seen here at her office in Allentown. (Matt Smith for Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Candidates of color say they need more party support, financial backing to be successful in Pa.

The party machines still reigned supreme in districts designed to give candidates of color the opportunity to win, results from Pennsylvania's May 2022 primary showed.

4 years ago

A flag representing transgender pride is shown flying at Philadelphia City Hall
Politics & Policy

Pa. Senate passes bill against trans girls playing girls’ sports

More than a dozen other states have enacted legislation that bans transgender athletes from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity.

4 years ago

Benjamin Peterson (left) and Mike Sullivan throw clay in the lobby of 3 Logan Square in Center City. Over the course of seven weeks, they will create 156 handmade clay bottles as their contribution to the Plastic-free Philly campaign. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly lobby art wants to inspire you to give up single-use plastics

The Plastic-Free Philly campaign uses art to ask people to take the pledge this summer, and give up single-use plastic.

4 years ago

Hayden Gould, Executive Project  Manager, Seabin North America, holds up a container of micro plastics collected out of the Delaware River Watershed at a demonstration of their trash collecting devices at Bartrams’ Gardens on June 7, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Could these simple ‘Seabins’ give us better information about the plastics hiding in Philly’s rivers?

The “Seabin” trash capture devices will help the EPA, along with the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, to gather important data on what types of plastics are in the water.

4 years ago

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Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz, a Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. (Marc Levy and Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trust fund kid, carpetbagger, radical: Campaigns draw battle lines in Pa. Senate race

The lines of attack are on display, including in a big media buy Fetterman has placed on Fox News and local stations in Pittsburgh, Scranton and Johnstown.

4 years ago

(From left) Rep. Donald Norcross, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, and Rep. Andy Kim. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP, Mel Evans/AP Photo, and Erin Scott/Pool via AP)
Politics & Policy

Incumbents win in N.J. Congressional primary races

Incumbents seeking to return to Congress were able to cruise to the general election in November.

4 years ago

File photo: Author Margaret Atwood attends the Glamour Women of the Year Awards in New York on Nov. 11, 2019. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Unburnable’ copy of Handmaid’s Tale auctioned for $130,000

Proceeds will be donated to PEN America, which advocates for free expression.

4 years ago

A closeup of a marijuana plant
Politics & Policy

Marijuana remains illegal in Delaware as House fails to override Gov. Carney’s veto

Four Democrats and two Republicans changed their vote on legalization. That left the override attempt five votes short of the needed three-fifths majority.

4 years ago

In this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, file photo, a vial of the Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine is seen ready for use in the trial at St. George's University hospital in London. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
Health

FDA advisers back Novavax COVID shots as 4th U.S. option

It's a protein vaccine, a more conventional technology than the dominant Pfizer and Moderna shots, and the lesser-used Johnson & Johnson option.

4 years ago

Sasha Suda, the new director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Provided by the Philadelphia Museum of Art)
Arts & Entertainment

Sasha Suda named new director of Philadelphia Museum of Art

In September, the director of the National Gallery of Canada will take the seat vacated by Timothy Rub six months ago.

4 years ago

Matthew McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, Texas, talks about the mass shooting in Uvalde, as he joins White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

McConaughey calls for gun legislation in White House speech

The Uvalde, Texas, native, offered a full-throated exhortation for a gridlocked Congress to pass gun reforms that can save lives while not infringing on Second Amendment right

4 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney said there were enough police on South Street Saturday night. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Community

After South St. mass shooting, Philly mayor says removing guns only way to stop increased street violence

The city is working on ways to make the city safer in the wake of a deadly mass shooting that left three people dead and 11 others wounded.

4 years ago

About 100 people marched to the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, to press for action to curb crime and assist its victims. The event was sponsored by Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice and urged lawmakers to take action. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)
Community

State Capitol rally urges action to fight crime, aid victims

A group of crime victims and their allies rallied on the state Capitol steps Tuesday to call for changes, three days after a shooting in Philly killed three and wounded 11.

4 years ago

A cyclist rides past the Pennsylvania Capitol
Politics & Policy

Pa. Republicans face decision on constitutional changes package

The comparatively large number of proposals pending in the General Assembly address topics that range from voting rights to abortion and real estate taxes.

4 years ago

The PABJ said in a statement on Twitter: 'Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists in saddened by the recent news that Broadcast Legend Trudy Hayes has passed this morning at 95-years-old. We’re not mourning, but will continue celebrating her trailblazing life and legacy.' (Philadelphia Tribune)
Community

Trudy Haynes, first Black TV reporter in Philly dies at 95

CBS3 Eyewitness News has reported that Trudy Haynes, whose hiring there in 1965 made her the first Black television reporter in Philadelphia, has died at 95.

4 years ago

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