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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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Officer Hayden Remphrey
Education

Cherry Hill P.D. sends officer to ’20th grade’ in Facebook post about online safety

It’s a visual aid on how to protect the identity of children while sharing those pictures of the first day of school.

5 years ago

Jabina Coleman (center) surrounded by members of the Breastfeeding Awareness and Empowerment Cafe (BAE Cafe) , a group for Black birthing mothers in PA to connect and support each other through their birthing journeys. (Photo courtesy of Jabina Coleman)
Health

Racial gaps in breastfeeding are closing. Philly area Black birth workers are one reason

Black women historically had the lowest rates of breastfeeding initiation, but new data shows that’s changing. Community support makes the difference.

5 years ago

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Nick Ludwig, Delco Skatepark Coalition board member, doing a boneless at Grays Ferry Skatepark in Philadelphia
Community

Delco has only three skateparks. Meet the group that wants to change that

The group has a mission: to convince municipalities to construct at least five new adaptive and inclusive skateparks across the county.

5 years ago

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew reacts in the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021
Arts & Entertainment

Eagles trade 2022 pick to Jaguars for Gardner Minshew

Minshew joins a QB room that already has starter Jalen Hurts and veteran backup Joe Flacco.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden listens as he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Washington
Politics & Policy

U.S. airstrike targets Islamic State members in Afghanistan

The attack came amid what the White House called indications that IS planned to strike again as the U.S.-led evacuation from Kabul airport moved into its final days.

5 years ago

Afghanistan refugees arrive at Philadelphia International Airport
Community
6ABC

Hundreds of refugees from Afghanistan arrive at Philadelphia International Airport

Philadelphia is just one of two selected cities to receive refugees from Afghanistan.

5 years ago

(6ABC)
Courts & Law
6ABC

Girl, 7, dead after shooting following football game at Academy Park High School

A football game between Academy Park and Pennsbury High School had just ended when shots rang out.

5 years ago

Mosquito (James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP)
Health

‘Prime time for getting bitten’: State and local officials target mosquitoes preemptively to thwart West Nile virus

No one is sounding the alarm: It’s been an average year so far for West Nile cases in mosquitoes. But wet, warm conditions might mean trouble ahead.

5 years ago

Maudy Mendez, owner of Maudy's Hispanic Cuisine located on East Market Street in Georgetown, takes a brief break from cooking on Wednesday.    (Butch Comegys/Delaware State News)
Community

Post pandemic, Latino businesses in southern Delaware strive to regain footing

Latino-owned businesses have tended to receive less support from the government and have had a harder time recovering from pandemic-related losses.

5 years ago

An overturned lifeguard stand warns swimmers that the Park Place beach in Ocean City, New Jersey is unguarded because of a staffing shortage. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Community

Jersey Shore worker shortage worsens as Labor Day approaches

Staffing issues at the shore are getting worse as students go back to school and the few foreign students brought in for the summer on temporary visas return home.

5 years ago

This GOES-16 East GeoColor satellite image taken Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at 10:20 p.m. EDT, shows Tropical Storm Ida in the Caribbean Sea
Weather

Ida aims to hit Louisiana on Hurricane Katrina anniversary

Forecasters say Ida made landfall in Cuba as a hurricane and could grow to an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm with top winds of 140 mph when it nears the U.S.

5 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Politics & Policy

NJ Gov. Murphy sets up Afghan Refugee Assistance task force

Gov. Murphy signed an executive order with the aim of ensuring New Jersey is prepared to receive and assist those coming into the state.

5 years ago

The Philadelphia Housing Authority's headquarters. (Darryl Murphy/ WHYY)
Health

Philadelphia Housing Authority to require coronavirus vaccinations for all employees

The public housing agency, which employs over 1,200 staffers, will be the first public housing agency in Pennsylvania to require vaccinations.

5 years ago

The Broad Street Run
Health

In-person participants must have COVID-19 vaccination for 2021 Broad Street Run

COVID-19 vaccination will be required for all in-person participants taking part in the 2021 Broad Street Run.

5 years ago

Housing advocates protest evictions in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

What the Supreme Court’s overturn of the CDC’s eviction moratorium means for Philly

Millions could find themselves homeless after the Supreme Court overturned a federal eviction moratorium but in Philly, some tenants will be protected.

5 years ago

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