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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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In this June 11, 2021, file photo, a healthcare worker administrates a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to a student during a vaccination clinic
Health

Philly Health Department to begin administering Pfizer booster doses Saturday

The announcement follows the CDC’s endorsement of Pfizer boosters for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans.

5 years ago

I-676 is filled with floodwater in the wake of Hurricane Ida in 2021.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Citing climate change, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission board member abstains from vote on agency plan

The former chair of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission board abstained from a vote on the agency’s long-term plan citing climate change.

5 years ago

A view of the Delaware River.
Courts & Law

Delaware sues chemical giant Monsanto over PCB contamination

The lawsuit centers on polychlorinated biphenyls, more commonly known as PCBs, that the company produced and which were banned by Congress in 1978.

5 years ago

Springfield Township Public Library
Community

Delaware County Libraries is seeking community input on its future plans

The system is building a “strategic plan for the future” and is asking the public to fill out a brief survey to help shape it.

5 years ago

Utility workers work among debris from flood damage
Politics & Policy

New Jersey and federal officials answer questions on how to get relief from Ida

Gov. Phil Murphy said this month’s storms were the worst natural disaster to hit the Garden State since Superstorm Sandy.

5 years ago

A resident is pictured using a wheelchair inside a nursing home.
Politics & Policy

State presses Philadelphia agency over elder abuse, neglect

Philadelphia has been one of the lowest-rated agencies in the department’s stoplight-colored rating system for grading county-based agencies.

5 years ago

Gritty shoots silly string at a Flyers game
Community

‘It my day’: Gritty to mark 3rd birthday with motorcycle joyride around Philly

The Flyers’ mascot will celebrate Friday with a commemorative motorcycle ride that includes stops at iconic Philly hotspots.

5 years ago

The exterior of the Labor & Industry Building
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Unemployment refunds going out to those Pa. overcharged five years after issue discovered

In all, the agency estimates it owes $19.4 million to tens of thousands of people who were erroneously charged an inflated interest rate between 2006 and 2016.

5 years ago

N.J. residents sit alongside belongings damaged by the remnants of Hurricane Ida outside their home
Politics & Policy

New Jersey weighs expanding flood buyback program after Ida

New Jersey’s top environmental regulator said its floodplain property buyback program “definitely needs expansion” to help mitigate the effects of climate change.

5 years ago

A pharmacist prepares a syringe of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19
Health

CDC leader adds people with risky jobs to COVID booster list

The CDC advisers said boosters should be offered to people 65 and older, nursing home residents and those ages 50 to 64 who have risky underlying health problems.

5 years ago

Men work on fishing ships at Dockside Packing in Atlantic City, N.J. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Jersey Shore’s fishing industry wonders: Can it coexist with planned massive wind farms?

The wind farms would occupy some of the most fertile fishing grounds in the nation, prompting a growing battle between fisheries and wind power.

5 years ago

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File photo: NJ Department of Health Commissioner, Judy Persichilli at the War Memorial in Trenton, NJ on June 5, 2020
Health

N.J. officials encourage use of monoclonal antibodies as hospitalizations rise

N.J. officials said they won’t follow the lead of Florida and Texas, which established state-run clinics, but they encourage patients to consider the treatment.

5 years ago

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Charito Calvachi-Mateyko, who participated in Tuesday’s march in Washington, posed with two unidentified workers that day
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

400,000 immigrants in Pa., N.J., and Del. up for citizenship imperiled by setback in Congress

Despite steep odds, advocates are seizing the moment with urgency — fearing a window is closing to normalize the status of millions of immigrants.

5 years ago

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A crowd gathers outside Chester police headquarters, where the family of Bahir Green held a press conference to demand answers about the 16-year-old’s arrest. A video appeared to show Chester police beating the boy after he surrendered. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

How unfulfilled promises of ‘21st-century policing’ are haunting Delco

Many in Delaware County are asking tough questions after a Chester use-of-force incident and a child’s death due to suspected Sharon Hill police fire.

5 years ago

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File photo: Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly school board approves more nurses, pledges improvement on transportation, trash and COVID

The Philadelphia Board of Education approved funding for contract nurses and transportation vendors to help solve some of the district’s challenges.

5 years ago

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