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William Hite speaks from a podium
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Superintendent William Hite may have saved Philly schools. Was it enough?

Hite’s decade-long tenure tells us a lot about the evolution of the school reform movement, shifts in Philly politics, and the merits of an above-the-fray leadership style.

5 years ago

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Visitors sit among white flags that are part of artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's
Health
Health Desk Help Desk

Why COVID-19 hot spots are still happening — and how to prevent them

Seemingly anomalous COVID hot spots crop up, often where vaccination rates are high overall. Is there something localities can do to avoid it?

5 years ago

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A donation pack up for incoming Afghan refugees run by AOPxSOLA and members of Imam Ali Masjid Mosque at Imam Ali Masjid Mosque in Pennsauken, NJ on 11/14/21.
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Community

Philly nonprofit, N.J. masjid collect much-needed items for Afghan evacuees at Fort Dix

Thousands of Afghan evacuees are still living at Fort Dix in New Jersey. Philly nonprofit AOPxSOLA has teamed up with Imam Ali Masjid in Pennsauken to bring donated items.

5 years ago

Brooklyn Pittman talks as she sits in her car with her dogs after receiving food from an Armed Services YMCA food distribution, Oct. 28, 2021, in San Diego. As many of 160,000 active duty military members are having trouble feeding their families, according to Feeding America, which coordinates the work of more than 200 food banks around the country. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Politics & Policy

Thousands of military families struggle with food insecurity

It’s a hidden crisis that's existed for years inside one of the most well-funded institutions on the planet and has only worsened during the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago

Sean Hughes (Lower Merion High School)
Education
6abc

Lower Merion mourns loss of beloved high school principal

One person left a note that said "Character Counts," on his window.

5 years ago

Save CWA believes that public access to the Octoraro Reservoir in Lancaster County, a free recreational hub, is at stake
Community

What’s at stake in the fight over the Chester Water Authority

Aqua PA. made a $410M offer, money the city of Chester needs. But CWA’s customers throughout Delaware and Chester counties fear rates will soar.

5 years ago

A bicyclist riders in a Center City bike lane, swerving to avoid a car parked improperly in the lane. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

101 people have died because of traffic violence in Philadelphia. It doesn’t have to be this way

Every delay in Vision Zero projects in Philly means more potential injury and death on our streets. With more funding and action, we can have safer streets.

5 years ago

The exterior of City Hall in Philly
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia failed to meet diverse-contracting goal in 2020

The city’s Office of Economic Opportunity reports it fell short of the 35% goal last year. Officials blamed the pandemic, among other challenges.

5 years ago

Sebastian Acevedo is a second-year medical student at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School pursuing a career in primary care
Health

Building a pipeline to replenish the supply of primary care doctors in N.J.

A shortage of primary care physicians is projected in New Jersey. A new program offers scholarships to low-income students to pursue those careers.

5 years ago

Sean Hughes (Lower Merion High School)
Community
6abc

Officials: Lower Merion High School principal killed in car crash

Officials say Sean Hughes was driving his son Nolan to a soccer game when the incident occurred.

5 years ago

Journalists gather outside the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Washington
Politics & Policy

Biden bill would give local news outlets ‘shot in the arm’

President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion social spending bill includes a provision that, if it becomes law, would mark the first time the f ...

5 years ago

John Kerry, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, center, confers during a stocktaking plenary session at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. Going into overtime, negotiators at U.N. climate talks in Glasgow are still trying to find common ground on phasing out coal, when nations need to update their emission-cutting pledges and, especially, on money
Politics & Policy

Nations compromise on coal to strike UN climate agreement

Government negotiators from nearly 200 countries have adopted a new deal on climate action after a last-minute intervention by India to water down the language.

5 years ago

This Oct. 11, 2019 photo shows a car kicking up spray while driving through a flooded street in Bay Head, N.J. Bay Head is moving forward with its own proposed solutions to back bay flooding in response to
Weather

Damp Jersey Shore town ponders a fix for ‘sunny day’ floods

An elite but often-underwater beach town at the Jersey Shore is looking for its own solutions to back bay flooding.

5 years ago

Young people play football at Lanier Park on Tuesday after a junkyard fire sent smoke into the air.
PlanPhilly
Health

After a junkyard fire, Philly sent an emergency alert. Less than 2% of affected residents got it

Southwest Philadelphia residents say warnings about health hazards from a junkyard fire needed to come sooner and more directly.

5 years ago

Delaware County Courthouse (Google Maps)
Urban Planning

Delco challenges tax-exempt properties, says school districts are shortchanged millions

Each of the properties of concern are owned by municipalities but are said to have for-profit businesses operating on the premises.

5 years ago

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