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Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant
Politics & Policy

Wolf sues to force carbon-pricing plan to take effect

Publishing the regulation would mean it takes immediate effect, and would make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon prrcing policy.

4 years ago

The motto
Courts & Law

Biden’s Supreme Court pledge highlights the stain of race and gender bias on America’s judiciary

Black women have a legacy of proficiency in the law. Claims that their paucity in the federal judiciary is due to incompetence are fraudulent, writes Linn Washington Jr.

4 years ago

Minnesota Duluth forward Noah Cates skates against Minnesota during an NCAA hockey game on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King)
Arts & Entertainment

Without NHL pros in the Olympics, USA Hockey turns to vets and newcomers with local ties

NHL players won’t play in the Olympics, but in their place, veterans and newcomers have stepped up to fill their place, some of whom have local ties.

4 years ago

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Operatic soprano Angel Blue rehearses with the Philadelphia Orchestra for a performance of ''This Is Not a Small Voice.'' The poem by Sonia Sanchez was put to music by Valerie Coleman. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Sonia Sanchez poem ‘This is Not A Small Voice’ is now a piece of orchestral music

Composer Valerie Coleman said the words of Sanchez’s poem about the innocence of Black children naturally translated to notes for a new work by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

4 years ago

Listen 2:04
Creator and North Philadelphia resident Ian Lipford holds a prototype of an installation of Mike Green, a basketball player from the neighborhood who went on to win awards as a college player. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Made by North Philly residents, monuments to local heroes put Black history on display

“Bad” Bennie Briscoe, a sanitation worker turned champion boxer, is one of the North Philly icons memorialized through the interactive installations.

4 years ago

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A cutout of Rosa Parks is seen on a SEPTA bus
PlanPhilly
Community

Rosa Parks honored with red roses and a seat on SEPTA

A special SEPTA bus running on Route 38 will save a seat for Rosa Parks during the month of February.

4 years ago

Kamaltürk Yalqun holds the aluminium Olympics torch he carried at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the age of 17, on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Boston. The decade after the Games saw Beijing impose policies on his region of Xinjiang that split apart his family and Uyghur community. Today, he is an activist in the United States calling for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Games, which will see the Olympic flame returned to Beijing.
Politics & Policy

For Uyghur torchbearer, China’s Olympic flame has gone dark

Set to open on Friday in Beijing, the Winter Games are attracting global controversy as they spotlight the host country’s treatment of the Muslim Uyghurs.

4 years ago

Norman chases his owner in the snow at Palumbo Recreation Center in South Philadelphia on Jan. 28, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Weather
6abc

Winter weather advisory for the region Friday

Meteorologist Cecily Tynan says Friday will bring accumulating ice for some to a flash freeze by the evening.

4 years ago

Students change classes at a public school in Pennsylvania. (Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

GOP makes case for school choice, not money in Pa. funding trial

Witnesses include a Christian private school leader and the executive director of the House Appropriations Committee.

4 years ago

Members of the POWER Interfaith organization held a protest and prayer vigil for people in Philadelphia living without heat outside City Hall, on February 3, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

‘Everyone should have heat’: Interfaith leaders allege PGW left vulnerable families in the cold

Advocates claim delays caused by the gas utility left some Philadelphians without heat. Philadelphia Gas Works calls the group’s claims “fabricated.”

4 years ago

Chester County Hospital (Google maps)
Health

Chester County Hospital looks to further expand ER capacity, citing 9-hour wait times

The urgent request, granted by the West Goshen Supervisors, comes as the closures of Jennersville and Brandywine hospitals have a domino effect.

4 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart (Lindsay Lazarski/WHY)
Politics & Policy

City Controller seeking help in review of Philadelphia Police Department

Philadelphia’s City Controller is establishing a community council to assist in a review of the city’s police department.

4 years ago

WHYY's suburban reporter Kenny Cooper conducts an interview. (Langston Collins)
Community Conversations
Community

2022 WHYY Neighbors and Newsrooms Summit

WHYY’s Neighbors and Newsrooms Summit features thoughtful conversations on journalism, community, and collaboration, hosted by Christopher “Flood the Drummer” Norris.

4 years ago

Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole with the Narcan vending machine. (Nina Feldman / WHYY)
Health

Philly unveils first-of-its-kind Narcan vending machine at West Philly Free Library

The pilot program for distributing the overdose-reversing drug is funded by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

4 years ago

Matt Platkin speaks at a podium
Politics & Policy

Murphy taps his chief counsel, Matt Platkin, to serve as N.J.’s next attorney general

Platkin will begin serving as acting attorney general on Feb. 14. The Senate must confirm his nomination before he can officially serve in the role.

4 years ago

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