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Creating safe communities in Philly starts with listening to communities impacted by violence
In order for Philadelphia to make a real change when it comes to disinvestment, leaders listen to the wisdom of the people who live here.
5 years ago
How better access to Philly’s two rivers could open spaces of welcome on now-hidden shorelines
The city is tucked between the Delaware and Schuylkill. To appreciate their relationship to each other, and to us, we need to reach them, Stacy Levy says.
5 years ago
Listen 5:47Voters may never again get to choose Pa.’s lieutenant governor candidates
A proposed constitutional amendment would allow a gubernatorial candidate to choose their running mate after the spring primary, much like the presidential race.
5 years ago
Who spilled oil along Broadkill Beach? Officials and residents still don’t know
The Coast Guard sampled the oil. It queried 96 vessel arrivals and departures, in hopes of finding the source. Here’s what the investigation yielded.
5 years ago
Here’s what’s in Murphy’s $45 billion N.J. budget plan
This year’s $45 billion budget proposal is a bit of a return to form for the first-term Democrat, who is up for reelection, though with some notable changes.
5 years ago
Philly Councilmembers Thomas and Richardson propose $1M for the arts
The intention is to prioritize individual artists and small arts organizations that do not have the same access to financial resources as larger cultural institutions.
5 years ago
Here’s how to sign up to get the COVID-19 vaccine in New Jersey
Trying to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem, or Mercer counties? WHYY has answers.
5 years ago
Here’s how to sign up to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Delaware
Trying to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine in New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties? WHYY has answers.
5 years ago
Here’s how to sign up to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Pennsylvania
Trying to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine in Bucks, Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia counties? WHYY has answers.
5 years ago
Philly Fighting COVID CEO lashes out at ‘competitors’ in apology email to donors
Andrei Doroshin did not elaborate on what he was sorry for. Instead, he pointed to unnamed “minor administrative decisions” as fodder used to discredit PFC.
5 years ago
White Philly prosecutor ‘lost nothing’ after exploiting his position to arrest Black driver
Prosecutor Anthony Voci still makes the same six-figure salary after he was reassigned amid criticism that he abused his power to have a Philly woman arrested.
5 years ago
Listen 2:28Pa. coronavirus update: Philadelphians with HIV/AIDS now eligible for vaccine
Cases have continued to fall over the past two months, and the city has seen an 80% decrease in weekly case counts since the peak in mid-December.
5 years ago
Memorials, lawsuit mark death anniversary of Ahmaud Arbery
A year later, as three men await trial in the Feb. 23, 2020 slaying, those closest to the 25-year-old Black man sought to make sure Arbery's death isn't overlooked again.
5 years ago
Tiger Woods seriously injured in crash on steep LA-area road
Woods had to be extricated from the vehicle with the “jaws of life” tools, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.
5 years ago
‘They spread nurses dangerously thin’: Pa. nurses unions unite to back bills on staffing levels
Unions from around Pennsylvania that represent health care workers are throwing their support behind a set of safe-staffing measures.
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