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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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A person receives a COVID-19 vaccination from a nurse practitioner
Health
Health Desk Help Desk

Can the vaccine improve persistent symptoms for COVID long-haulers?

Long COVID effects are still unexplainable, and a cure is elusive. Some hope the vaccine will help. But doctors say that depends on the symptoms.

5 years ago

Reyhauna Yates (center) and her family listen to the Sistah Soul performances
Arts & Entertainment

Summer soul: Black women vocalists perform in Delaware River waterfront series

Philadelphia vocalist Shekhinah B. started the series as a way to create opportunities for Black women in an industry that has long exploited them.

5 years ago

An overhead shot of Joel Embiid dunking a basketball during a playoff game
Community

76ers put Process legacy on the line in Game 7 vs Hawks

The Sixers are trying to make the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2001.

5 years ago

Avalon, Cape May County, New Jersey in 2015. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
Community

South Jersey beach towns go high-tech in long-range disaster planning

The county and its 16 municipalities are using software that allows updates to projects focused on climate change, and even pandemics.

5 years ago

Angela Ermold, right, and her sister, Denise Gracely, hold a photo of their mother, Marian Rauenzahn, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Fleetwood, Pa. Pandemic restrictions are falling away almost everywhere — except inside many of America’s nursing homes. “They have protected them to death,” said Gracely. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Health

‘Protected them to death’: Elder-care COVID rules under fire

Pandemic restrictions are falling away almost everywhere — except inside many of America’s nursing homes.

5 years ago

Lynda Anderson-Towns stands outside the museum on Lafayette Street
Community

New Harriet Tubman Museum opens in Cape May on Juneteenth

The museum tells the story not only of Tubman’s ties to the Jersey Shore resort town, but also its once-vibrant African American community.

5 years ago

yellow police crime scene tape with a blurred police car in the background.
Community
6ABC

Triple shooting leaves 2 men dead, 1 child injured in West Philadelphia

Philadelphia police are investigating a triple shooting in West Philadelphia that left two men dead and a 3-year-old child injured.

5 years ago

Marquise Dogan poses with his daughter Mylan. “We have to understand as parents, it’s all about our children,” he said. (Philadelphia Tribune)
Health
The Philadelphia Tribune

Einstein’s DadLab support group offers parenting resources for new fathers

When Marquise Dogan was searching online for parenting classes last year, he found DadLab, a free support group for new fathers offered by Einstein Medical Center.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Washington. The Supreme Court has dismissed a third major challenge to
Politics & Policy

Democrats see springboard for health care in high court win

With the Affordable Care Act now secure in the framework of the nation's health care programs, Democrats are eager to leap above and beyond.

5 years ago

Organizer Jenna Pinchbeck reads the testimonies of those who suffered at the Walnut Street Theater to a crowd of about 80 protesters. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Theater artists protest Walnut Street Theatre, claiming abusive behavior

For many years, artists have been quietly warning one another about abusive behavior, then a social media comment drove them into the street.

5 years ago

In 2020, Curt DeVeaux and partners converted an old church space into a recreation center for kids in North Philadelphia. DeVeaux, 42, is a father of 5 and has been involved in youth sports for the past 10 years. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

This coach transformed an abandoned Nicetown church into a rec center

Curtis De Veaux and his City Athletics organization bought the empty church before the pandemic and renovated it into a space that is welcoming young people from the community

5 years ago

In a screenshot from Zoom, Souderton School Board President Ken Keith speaks at a school board meeting
Community

The national argument over critical race theory reaches Souderton school district

For more than three hours, in person and on Zoom, parents on both sides emotionally addressed the issues before Montco’s Souderton Area School Board.

5 years ago

Alejandro Garcia, 16, receives his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Health

N.J. reaches vaccination milestone; new Health Department building to be named for Persichilli

As N.J. reaches its vaccination milestone, the state Health Department’s new building will be named for the commissioner who guided the effort.

5 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Helen Gym. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

After abuses at residential facilities, Philly to create new youth ombudsperson office

Philadelphia will create a new youth ombudsperson office designed to advocate for vulnerable young people in group homes and other residential facilities.

5 years ago

2nd District Councilperson Kenyatta Johnson stands next to Cheick Diawara during the Stand 4 Peace anti gun-violence rally in Love park. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly anti-violence activists are hopeful about new funding for prevention efforts

Philadelphia is set to spend $155M on anti-violence efforts in the next fiscal year. It’s not all new funding, still the total is a sizable increase.

5 years ago

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