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Buses from Chester Upland School District await dismissal from Chester High School. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Education

Chester Upland School District confronts the prospect of charter takeover

The financially distressed Delco district, now in receivership, is on the cusp of being dismantled. Three charter groups have submitted proposals.

5 years ago

Climate Action Lower Merion's protest outside Lower Merion School District headquarters. (Courtesy of Eurhi Jones)
Community

‘Our tree canopy is under attack’: Lower Merion climate activists rebuke school district’s latest development plan

Climate activists and ecologists oppose the Lower Merion School District’s latest plan to build playing fields for its overcrowded middle schools.

5 years ago

Springfield Township High School students, Paris Thompson (third from left), Gabrielle Greene (third from right) and Candace Harrison (second from right), along with other members of the Cheltenham Branch NAACP Youth Leadership Committee attend a Breonna Taylor rally. (Courtesy of Liza Meiris)
Education

NAACP student group puts the spotlight on racial disparities in school discipline

The Cheltenham branch of NAACP’s Youth Leadership Committee went public with a video sharing stories of discrimination at Springfield Twp. High School.

5 years ago

In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington. Legislation that would create new protections for LGBTQ Americans is stalling out in the U.S. Senate. Democrats were hopeful they could pass the Equality Act this year since they control Congress and the White House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Politics & Policy

Prospects dim for passage of LGBTQ rights bill in Senate

Republicans are unyielding in their opposition to the legislation, spurred on by conservative groups who are pushing anti-transgender laws nationwide.

5 years ago

In this Sept. 8, 2008 file photo traffic on I-95 passes oil storage tanks owned by the Colonial Pipeline Company in Linden, N.J. A major pipeline that transports fuels along the East Coast says it had to stop operations because it was the victim of a cyberattack. Colonial Pipeline said in a statement late Friday that it “took certain systems offline to contain the threat, which has temporarily halted all pipeline operations, and affected some of our IT systems.” (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Politics & Policy

Major US pipeline halts operations after ransomware attack

The company transports gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and home heating oil from refineries primarily located on the Gulf Coast through pipelines running from Texas to New Jersey.

5 years ago

In this May 6, 2021, file photo, Kendria Brown, a nurse with DC health, vaccinates a woman with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at The REACH at the Kennedy Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Health

States scale back vaccine orders as interest in shots wanes

From South Carolina to Washington, states are requesting the Biden administration send them only a fraction of what's been allocated to them.

5 years ago

The exterior of Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in New Jersey.
Courts & Law

NJ paying $1.3M to consultant to advise on women’s prison

N.J. taxpayers are on the hook for about $1.3 million dollars in fees to a criminal justice consultant to help the Department of Corrections amid a criminal investigation.

5 years ago

Students wearing masks on Penn State's University Park campus. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Education

New scholarship program to help foster children get through college

When kids leave foster care they have to make a decision: A job, or college? A new scholarship program tries to tip the scales toward education.

5 years ago

The Renfrew Center for Eating Disorders’ Philadelphia Spring Lane location
Health

Eating disorders, and demand for treatment, rise with the pandemic

Since COVID-19 took hold, mental health experts say, more adolescents and young adults have sought help to combat their eating disorders.

5 years ago

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Asia Pratt holds her son Azi, while protesting conditions for people who are incarcerated at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Northeast Philadelphia on May 7, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘They’re human beings and should be treated right’: Families protest conditions in Philly prison

Activists and family members protested for the third week in a row outside Philadelphia jails to draw attention to what they describe as deteriorating prison conditions.

5 years ago

Mural in Philly
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Community

New Philly fund offers residents a chance to send $15K to neighborhood groups

Philadelphia’s newest COVID-19 recovery fund aims to send grants to neighborhood-based organizations through a community-driven process.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks about the April jobs report in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 7, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Money

Weak jobs report could spur, slow Biden’s huge money package

The employment report failed to show that the economy was accelerating forward, so much as it appeared to be stutter-stepping along as the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.1%.

5 years ago

A member of Penn State Health's vaccination clinic staff administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health

Pa. rolls out new and improved online vaccine finder

Having trouble figuring out where to get vaccinated in Pa? Now, there’s a new and improved app to help you.

5 years ago

A voter lines up in a polling place to cast a ballot for the 2020 general election in the United States, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Springfield, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Voter ID is a flashpoint in Pennsylvania election law talks

“When voter ID was put on the table, it made it clear that it was not a serious discussion."

5 years ago

An ATF board displays some the types of firearms confiscated in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly has a new mobile unit to help combat surge in gun violence

The Department of Justice has loaned the NIBIN Mobile Unit to Philadelphia for at least three months.

5 years ago

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