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Health

N.J. coronavirus update: State to lift most indoor and outdoor crowd restrictions in 2 weeks

N.J. will lift restrictions on outdoor gatherings and allow businesses to operate at full capacity with physical distancing. Here’s what you need to know.

5 years ago

A bike is pictured at an overlook just before Ohiopyle.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

No prizes, few rules. To Crush the Commonwealth, just ‘ride yer damn bike’ across Pa.

Follow the brave souls who biked 380.3 miles across Pennsylvania, from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, for the 2021 Crush the Commonwealth ride.

5 years ago

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

Philly teen confronts misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine

The director of CHOP’s Vaccine Education Center rebuts the memes and other misinformation (zombies!) circulating out there on social media.

5 years ago

Listen 3:19
The Chester Covanta incinerator on Lewis Street
Health

‘We want to live. They want to burn trash’: Chester residents raise environmental racism concerns over incinerator with Covanta

The contract with the incinerator operator expires in April 2022, setting up a showdown between Chester residents and Covanta.

5 years ago

An election worker hands a sheet of
Politics & Policy

Monday is the last day to register to vote in the 2021 Pa. primary

Voters registering online have until 11:59 p.m. Monday to complete registration, but county voter registration offices need paper forms by close of business.

5 years ago

The Delaware City Refinery in New Castle, Del. A new report on air pollution from the Lung Association focuses on the four-state, 16-county Philadelphia-Reading-Camden-PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Community

Why the air quality in Philly might be worse than we know

Experts say the problem here goes beyond 2 dangerous pollutants assessed nationally by the American Lung Association, ozone smog and fine particles.

5 years ago

Kensington residents protest Somerset Station's closure
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

History is repeating in Kensington. It doesn’t have to be this way

Urban anthropologist and community leader Bill McKinney charts the history of Kensington and signs of a new path forward.

5 years ago

Anna Russell Jones is pictured sitting
Arts & Entertainment

African American Museum in Philadelphia announces new exhibit, May 6 reopening

The museum’s reopening marks the launch of a new exhibit that features a pioneering Philly graduate: ‘Anna Russell Jones: The Art of Design.’

5 years ago

State Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland) pitches voters on voting up a pair of constitutional amendments that would limit the governor's future emergency powers on Apr. 20, 2021.
Politics & Policy

‘The next chess move’: Emergency powers ballot questions set the stage for a balance-of-power showdown in Pa.

Since last year, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has defended the executive actions his administration took to limit the coronavirus’ spread.

5 years ago

Margaux Munnelly, principal Mastery Charter School-Pickett Campus in Germantown, uses the hand sanitizer station in the hallway. (Dale Mezzacappa/Chalkbeat Philadelphia)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

As most district high schoolers stay remote, Philadelphia’s Mastery charter network invites all students back

The charter network, which enrolls about 14,000 students, started hybrid learning back in March, with some starting in April.

5 years ago

Riders from the Black Bikers Vote rally prepare to start the route in West Philadelphia on May 1, 2021. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

‘Our participation is paramount’: Black bikers ride to get out the Philly vote

More than 100 motorcyclists rode through Philadelphia’s low turnout areas to get voters out in an off-year election where “criminal justice is on the ballot.”

5 years ago

(Courtesy of BookSmiles)
Community

Cherry Hill man to be honored for spreading book wealth

Larry Abrams of Cherry Hill will receive the Russ Berrie Award from Ramapo College of New Jersey for his work with his organization, BookSmiles.

5 years ago

New Jersey driver's license (New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission)
Community

Undocumented New Jerseyans are now eligible for driver’s licenses. Here’s how to apply

This policy change makes as many as 450,000 New Jerseyans newly eligible to get behind the wheel.

5 years ago

Performer Virgil Gadson rehearsed with the Bearded Ladies Cabaret on April 28, 2021. Gadson is one of the featured performers for the first show performed with the Beardmobile, a mobile stage. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Truck in high-femme drag brings performances to Philly neighborhoods

Bearded Ladies Cabaret outfitted an old box truck into a stage on wheels, to bring queer-friendly performance into neighborhoods during the pandemic.

5 years ago

A five-member commission is tasked with drawing new state House and Senate maps every 10 years. (Madhuri Shukla for Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. Supreme Court will pick chair of powerful state redistricting panel

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will pick the chair of a powerful redistricting panel after the General Assembly’s top leaders failed to agree.

5 years ago

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