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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘We’re doing it’: Black Philadelphians are diversifying unions. They want support

After several years of seeing Philadelphia fail to meaningfully diversify the city’s booming construction and building trades, Black workers want change.

5 years ago

Marc Zumoff calls the play-by-plays for the 76ers. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Catching up with Marc Zumoff one month into retirement

“Morning Edition” host Jennifer Lynn catches up with longtime Sixers play-by-play announcer Marc Zumoff one month into his retirement.

5 years ago

Listen 6:28
A view looking down Front Street towards the Benjamin Franklin Bridge
Community

A one-stop shop aims to connect Philly job-seekers, employers, and social services

The free digital platform intends to match people with businesses that have immediate hiring needs and lower the city’s unemployment rate.

5 years ago

Workers with the Philadelphia City Commissioners office sort election materials
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania decertifies county’s voting system after ‘audit’

The action by Acting Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid almost certainly means that Fulton County will have to buy new voting machines or lease new ones.

5 years ago

Mesiah Clark splashes around at a sprayground in Philly
Urban Planning

$2.2 million playground with special ‘intergenerational’ swing opens at 8th and Diamond

The revamped park includes a big swing designed for all ages, old-school pavement games, and newly planted trees.

5 years ago

Clouds are lit by the rising sun over St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia.
Courts & Law

Pa. justices deal blow to outdated claims of child sexual abuse

The 5-2 decision ended plaintiff Renee Rice's legal effort to recover damages from the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown for allegedly covering up and facilitating sex abuse.

5 years ago

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

Listen 1:30
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

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