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Sore arms, role models, and relief: Philly region health care workers on the COVID-19 vaccine
What’s it like to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Some of the first people to receive it described how it felt to WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk.
6 years ago
Listen 5:43Conceived as a short-term program, the 30 Day Fund has proven invaluable to those with limited access to other programs.
6 years ago
‘Música es parte de nuestra cultura’: How Philly’s Centro Musical shop focuses on salsa y comunidad
West Kensington’s Centro Musical is more than a shop — it’s a place for Latinos to come together, play music and celebrate their culture.
6 years ago
Listen 5:14El Centro Musical en North Philly se asegura de que la salsa ‘esté para quedarse’
El Centro Musical de West Kensington es más que una tienda: es un lugar para que los latinos se reúnan, toquen música y celebren su cultura.
6 years ago
Listen 4:39‘Music is part of our culture’: How Philly’s Centro Musical shop makes space for salsa and community
West Kensington’s Centro Musical is more than a shop — it’s a place for Latinos to come together, play music and celebrate their culture.
6 years ago
Listen 4:39Around 97% of Camden residents have access to a park, but only 70% report using the city’s parks at least once a month. Camden leaders hope to change that in 30 years’ time.
6 years ago
A look at the 29 people Trump pardoned or gave commutations
The list includes people whose pleas for forgiveness have been promoted by those supporting the president throughout his term in office.
6 years ago
Delaware encourages recycling of used Christmas trees
Delaware officials say the state recycled over 173,000 tons of yard waste in 2019.
6 years ago
US officials: Suspect in Nashville explosion died in blast
More than 24 hours after the explosion, a motive remained elusive as investigators worked to resolve unanswered questions about an RV that blew up on Christmas morning.
6 years ago
Unemployment benefits expire for millions as Trump rages
Failing to sign the bill will mean pain for those struggling to make ends meet and a potential federal government shutdown in the middle of a pandemic.
6 years ago
‘Clean pajamas are not enough’: Critiques of New Jersey jails mount amid pandemic
Incarcerated individuals and their loved ones continue to report woefully inadequate conditions in New Jersey jails.
6 years ago
Philly’s Arts and Culture Task Force wants to ensure an equitable economic recovery
The Zoom call this Sunday may be the Philly arts task force’s only event where the general public can weigh in.
6 years ago
Trump’s impact on courts likely to last long beyond his term
On this, even President Donald Trump's most fevered critics agree: He has left a deep imprint on the federal courts that will outlast his term in office for decades to come.
6 years ago
Girl Scouts rebuke Boy Scouts in escalating recruitment war
The Girl Scouts said the Boy Scouts’ marketing of expanded services for girls was “highly damaging to Girl Scouts” and had set off an “explosion of confusion."
6 years ago
More than half a million Pennsylvanians set to lose unemployment benefits
With the long-awaited relief bill sitting on President Trump’s desk, 500,000 Pennsylvanians are set to lose unemployment assistance amid a surging pandemic.
6 years ago
![Dean Johnson recieving covid vaccine[1] Robert Johnson, dean of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, receives his first COVID-19 shot.](https://whyy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dean-Johnson-recieving-covid-vaccine1-360x280.jpg)











