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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a U.S. Postal Service facility
Politics & Policy

AG Shapiro back in court to ‘keep the pressure’ on DeJoy, USPS for mail delays

Shapiro spoke briefly before the press right before he was set to give oral arguments in support of his motion to block “illegal conduct” by the United States Postal Service.

5 years ago

Coronavirus rapid test
Education

Partnership to bring rapid coronavirus testing to Delaware schools

Health officials announced the $15 million partnership with Quidel Corporation, which has already started at five pilot schools in Delaware for their summer school students.

5 years ago

Firefighters battle a brush fire in Santa Barbara, Calif. Climate-driven droughts make large, destructive fires more likely around the world. Scientists warn that humans are on track to cause catastrophic global warming this century. (Santa Barbara County, Calif., Fire Department via AP)
Health

Air quality in Philly reaches unhealthy levels thanks to wildfires out west

A cloud of pollution has descended on the Eastern Seaboard. We explain what’s behind the haze, and how to protect yourself.

5 years ago

A rendering of the proposed Park at Penn's Landing.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Groundbreaking on Penn’s Landing park over I-95 highway trench pushed back two years

The delay is the latest chapter in a saga that began decades ago when state planners bulldozed communities to build the river-blocking highway.

5 years ago

Eric Bresler sits in front of a series of posters
Arts & Entertainment

Mausoleum of Contemporary Art reopens after a 2-year zoning struggle

Philly’s Mausoleum of Contemporary Art comes back to life after prolonged struggle with zoning variances and city code compliance.

5 years ago

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Chris Pieretti holds up a compost bucket on the sidewalk
Community

‘Gotta get a bucket’: Media Borough debuts municipal-wide composting program

The borough hopes the program will reduce household waste up to 30%, create nutrient-rich soil, and lower the carbon footprint.

5 years ago

Libby Madarasz, a resident of Meadowbrook Manor, surveys the damage caused by Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 pipeline construction. (Susan Phillips / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Chester County Commissioners urge PUC to act as Mariner East pipeline construction causes more sinkholes

At DEP's request, Sunoco has halted work on a section of line.

5 years ago

A pile of toxic debris in Camden
Politics & Policy

Advocate wants health screenings for Camden neighbors near two-story illegal dump site

It comes as N.J.’s new acting attorney general asks a judge to force the owners of the site to immediately clean up the pile that has grown for two decades.

5 years ago

State Rep. Gerald Brady (D-Wilmington) sent a racial slur referring to Chinese women in an email from his official legislative account. (Rep. Brady/Facebook)
Politics & Policy

Delaware lawmaker says ‘no excuse’ for anti-Asian slur he used in email

State Rep. Gerald Brady used an anti-Asian slur in an email about legislation designed to protect sex workers.

5 years ago

Two groups from Camden county receive money from ATT. (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
Education

A donation that could advance the futures of students in Camden

AT&T gives more than $40,000 to improve educational opportunities for Camden youth.

5 years ago

Desks are arranged in a classroom at Panther Valley Elementary School
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. education leaders call on schools to boost teacher diversity with stimulus funds

Educators, administrators, and advocates across Pa. said districts need to use some of the $4.5 billion in stimulus funding for schools to recruit and retain teachers of color

5 years ago

A person flies a Cuban flag outside the White House
Community

‘People are really, really suffering’: Philly area Cubans help amplify protesters’ cries for freedom

As unrest continues in that country, many Cuban Americans and immigrants living in the Philadelphia region are showing their solidarity.

5 years ago

Damon Tyner, the Atlantic County prosecutor, resigned Tuesday after facing multiple lawsuits and ethics complaints. (6ABC)
Courts & Law

Atlantic County prosecutor resigns amid ethics complaints

The Atlantic County prosecutor, Damon Tyner, resigned Tuesday after facing multiple lawsuits and ethics complaints.

5 years ago

Parking meters are pictured in front of a car parked in Wilmington
Politics & Policy

Parking tickets, towing to return to Wilmington after pandemic pause

Wilmington will resume ticketing, booting, and towing cars for parking violations and delinquent fines. The change takes effect Monday, July 26.

5 years ago

A woman wearing a protective mask walks with a baseball cap to shield from the sun walks in front of a Tokyo 2020 display
Community

Olympics finally arrive, 1 year later and far from Tokyo

The Games of the 32nd Olympiad were to have started last July 22 but were pushed back by the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago

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