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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Benjamin Graff and his son Jacob Graff drop off their mail-in ballots for the Pennsylvania primary election
Politics & Policy

What you need to know about voter rights, fraud and suppression for the 2020 election

The 2020 presidential election itself feels like a fight to ensure the right to a free, fair vote. Here’s what you need to know.

6 years ago

A Mariner East pipeline valve site on the edge of the Andover development, Thornbury Township, Delaware County, illustrates the pipeline's path through densely-populated southeastern Pennsylvania. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Delaware County emergency chief says he couldn’t evacuate everyone if a major Mariner East pipeline leak occurred

At the Public Utility Commission hearing, the Delaware County official acknowledged Sunoco's outreach, but expressed safety concerns.

6 years ago

184 cats seized from property in Camden, Delaware
Courts & Law

Woman arrested after 184 cats rescued from ‘deplorable’ conditions at Del. home

Linda Favre, 65, of Camden-Wyoming, was arraigned on 19 charges, including animal cruelty.

6 years ago

An aerial view of Society Hill.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

How one of Philly’s richest neighborhoods is gaming the system

Society Hill’s proposed zoning overlay will exclude people and restrict development based on misrepresentation of history, a preservationist writes.

6 years ago

This May 26 photo shows an official Democratic primary mail-in ballot and secrecy envelope for the Pennsylvania primary in Pittsburgh. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

‘Naked ballot’ rejections could mean lost mail votes in Pa.

A last-minute rule change means Pa. voters could have their ballots tossed if they forget an envelope. Dems are launching an ad hoc education campaign.

6 years ago

An attendee holds his weapon at the Rally to Protect Your Right to Keep and Bear Arms at the state Capitol on September 29, 2020. (Kate Landis/WITF)
Courts & Law

Pa. gun rights supporters rally around right to bear arms at annual Capitol event

In past years, more than 1,000 people have shown up to the annual rally. This year, it had to be rescheduled because organizers received a threat.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden
Politics & Policy

Debate anger: Biden tells interrupting Trump, ‘Shut up, man’ during first debate

The 90-minute debate, starting at 9 p.m. EDT, will be split into six 15-minute segments, with no ad breaks.

6 years ago

Trenton City Hall
Politics & Policy

Trenton mayor vetoes moving city election without voter input

The ordinance would have side-stepped an already approved referendum to ask if city elections should be moved from May to November.

6 years ago

The flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in state in the U.S. Capitol on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Ginsburg died at the age of 87 on Sept. 18 and is the first women to lie in state at the Capitol. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Courts & Law

Justice Ginsburg buried at Arlington in private ceremony

On Friday, the women's rights trailblazer and second woman to join the high court lay in state at the U.S. Capitol, the first woman to do so.

6 years ago

Members of the Tennessee Titans take part in the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Health

Titans have NFL’s first COVID-19 outbreak: 8 positive tests

The outbreak threatened to jeopardize the Titans' game this weekend against the Pittsburgh Steelers and posed the first significant test to the league's coronavirus protocols.

6 years ago

Nurses with ChristianaCare wait for the next vehicle to arrive to test people for the coronavirus on Friday, March 13, 2020, at the Riverfront complex in downtown Wilmington, Del. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: State’s COVID numbers going in the wrong direction

Delaware’s coronavirus curve is trending up from its low point in mid-August. The rise comes as state leaders worry about the start of flu season.

6 years ago

The Philadelphia Fire Department's first Black woman Battalion Chief Lisa Forrest, after her swearing in ceremony. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

After 150 years, the Philly Fire Dept. promotes first Black woman battalion chief

Mt. Airy native Lisa Forrest is also a mom and community leader. “Keys to the city, baby,” said a cousin. “She’s just getting started.”

6 years ago

A teacher leads her students into PS 179 elementary school
Education

COVID-19 cases rising among US children as schools reopen

Children of all ages now make up 10% of all U.S cases, up from 2% in April, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported Tuesday.

6 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy waves for the audience before his 2021 budget address at SHI Stadium at Rutgers University, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Piscataway, NJ. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
Money

Murphy signs $32.7 billion budget into law, including tax hike on millionaires

In a highly unusual move, Gov. Phil Murphy signed the budget bill without taking anything out via the line-item veto.

6 years ago

The first voter at the Liacouras Center satellite election office, Priscilla Bennett, fills out her official mail-in ballot, and demonstrates for the press the process. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly rolls out its first ‘one-stop shop’ voting locations

Seven satellite voting sites opened across the city. Register, get a mail-in ballot, vote, and return the ballot, in person, all in the same place.

6 years ago

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