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Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Drexel’s Ubuntu Center launches teach-in series on health equity

The Ubuntu Center aims to bridge connections between scholars, residents, and advocates about entrenched inequities created by racism and other systems of oppression.

4 years ago

Michelle Chester prepares a vial of the Moderna COVID-19
Health

Moderna says its low-dose COVID shots work for kids under 6

Moderna said in the coming weeks it would ask regulators in the U.S. and Europe to authorize two small-dose shots for youngsters under 6.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaking in the East Room
Politics & Policy

Biden seeks new sanctions, help for Ukrainians in Europe

Biden embarks Wednesday on a four-day trip that will test his ability to navigate the continent’s worst crisis since WWII ended in 1945.

4 years ago

A Ukrainian firefighter sprays water inside a house destroyed by bombing in Kyiv
Community

NATO: 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine

As Wednesday marks four full weeks of fighting, Russia is bogged down in a grinding military campaign, with untold numbers of dead and no immediate end in sight.

4 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Courts & Law

Jackson seems headed for confirmation despite GOP darts

She declared at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday that she would rule “without any agendas” if approved as the high court’s first Black female justice.

4 years ago

In August 2019, hundreds of supporters rallied outside 1515 Arch St before the Zoning Board Adjustment to protest Streamline's proposal to tear down Hoa Binh Plaza. (Photo courtesy of VietLead)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Philadelphia made it possible for community shopping centers like Hoa Binh Plaza to be erased

For three years, VietLead has been advocating to save Hoa Binh Plaza from demolition. Residents can weigh in on the proposal on March 23.

4 years ago

ChristianaCare Primary Care at Jennersville. (Google Maps)
Health

ChristianaCare to take over two Tower Health primary care practices in Chesco

The Chester County practices were once affiliated with Tower Health, owner of the now-shuttered Jennersville and Brandywine hospitals.

4 years ago

The exterior of the Capitol Building in Harrisburg, surrounded by fall foliage
Politics & Policy

What’s behind GOP gov candidates’ ‘bizarre’ new demand to keep debates insular

Four of the 10 Republican gubernatorial candidates in Pa. laid out exacting joint criteria for participating in primary election debates.

4 years ago

Final Four flag fly over the headquarter of the NCAA in Indianapolis, Thursday, March 12, 2020.
Courts & Law

Top colleges accused of violating Black athletes’ rights

NCAA Division I schools are accused of violating the civil rights of Black basketball and major college football players by prohibiting compensation.

4 years ago

Disney cast member Nicholas Maldonado protests his company's stance on LGBTQ issues, while participating in an employee walkout at Walt Disney World, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Politics & Policy

Disney in balancing act as some workers walk out in protest

Throughout Tuesday, pockets of employees staged demonstrations at various sites across the country.

4 years ago

Princeton forward Ellie Mitchell (00) and Indiana forward Aleksa Gulbe (10) reach for the ball as they go for a long rebound in the second half of a college basketball game in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Bloomington, Ind., Monday, March 21, 2022. Indiana defeated Princeton 56-55. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Education

‘Disappointed, but proud’: Princeton celebrates women’s basketball team after loss in tournament

Though the season ended in a loss to Indiana in the second round, Princeton is celebrating what the women’s basketball team accomplished after a year off.

4 years ago

A SEPTA rider passes through the turnstile at the 8th and Market station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

SEPTA teams up with businesses to offer six months of free rides for workers

SEPTA hopes to re-invigorate ridership while also offering a perk for businesses in the region whose employees are already into using mass transit.

4 years ago

Troopers Martin Mack and Branden Sisca
Courts & Law

Woman charged with murder, DUI in crash that killed 2 Pa. troopers, man on I-95 in South Philly

The state troopers have been identified as 33-year-old Martin F. Mack III and 29-year-old Branden T. Sisca.

4 years ago

File photo: Container ships are docked at the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on May 20, 2021. A turf war over who polices the New York region's busy port complex is coming to a head as the state of New Jersey is preparing to withdraw from a bi-state commission formed to fight corruption
Courts & Law

N.J. files brief to block an injunction over the fate of the Waterfront Commission

New Jersey intended to replace the commission with the New Jersey State Police next week. Now those plans are up in the air.

4 years ago

Terrance Newton cuts the hair of Warner student Elijah Jackson in March 2020, days before the pandemic shut down schools and his school barbershop. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Education

‘Heartbreaking loss’: Beloved Wilmington principal who cut kids’ hair killed in motorcycle wreck

Terrance Newton bonded with kids with his clippers, scissors, and compassionate words. Gov. Carney calls the principal’s death a “heartbreaking loss.”

4 years ago

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