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Living on Earth is an environmental news and information program. Each week host Steve Curwood guides the listener through a mix of news, features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues.

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Omar Tate is a Philadelphia artist and chef. He is working to raise money to open the Honeysuckle Community Food Center in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
Broke in Philly

Honeysuckle chef Omar Tate has raised $50,000 for a ‘Black Trader Joe’s’ in West Philly

Tate’s vision for Honeysuckle Community Center includes a meat market, cafe library, a supper club, and grocery store.

6 years ago

(Nosnibor137/Bigstock)
Courts & Law

Defense lawyers pan N.J.’s plan to restart criminal trials

The state judiciary released guidelines last month that would allow live trials to resume in September at courthouses serving six of New Jersey’s 21 counties.

6 years ago

United States Post Office delivery trucks
Politics & Policy

Q&A: What’s happening at the US Postal Service, and why?

The USPS has found itself in the middle of a high-stakes election-year debate over who gets to vote in America, and how.

6 years ago

School buses
Education

Pa. private, charter schools worry bus cuts will strand students

Some districts say they’ll continue to take these students to school, as usual, even though their own campuses are closed, while other districts plan to cancel bus service.

6 years ago

School hallway
Education

Pa. schools get state guidance about handling COVID-19 outbreaks

The state’s largest teachers union, the Pennsylvania State Education Association, urged schools to follow the guidelines but said they need more teeth.

6 years ago

Philly Naked Bike Ride 2019
Community

Philly Naked Bike Ride called off because of the coronavirus

The annual event, which usually draws thousands of nude cyclists for a trip around Philadelphia and its tourist sites, had been set for later this month.

6 years ago

Bucks County town hall on police reform proposals
Courts & Law

Bucks County residents show bipartisan support for police reforms, including chokehold ban

All the proposals were drawn from the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which passed the U.S. House and awaits deliberation in the Senate.

6 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania investigating sex abuse claims at care facility

An investigative report by the Inquirer found that at least 41 children with intellectual disabilities have reported sexual assaults at Devereux over the past quarter-century.

6 years ago

Abolition Hall in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. (Google Maps)
Community

K. Hovnanian drops plan to build 67 townhouses by Underground Railroad site

The homebuilding company did not say why it was no longer considering the Plymouth Meeting location, which includes three historic structures and wetlands.

6 years ago

Flags that celebrate 100 year anniversary of Marcus Garvey's Pan-African flag created by artist Heather Raquel Phillips hanging outside the Practice Gallery at 319 11th St. in Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

Outdoor art exhibition remembers the 100th anniversary of the Pan-African flag

In “Pa’lante,” artist Heather Raquel Phillips uses a series of flags to recall Marcus Garvey’s Pan-African movement.

6 years ago

Dr. Mike Benninghoff confers with registered nurse Lea Robbins in Christiana Hospital's intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients. (Courtesy of ChristianaCare)
Health

Delaware hospitals have fewer and fewer COVID-19 patients

Public health officials and hospitals had feared disaster in the spring. But the number of people needing inpatient treatment has steadily declined.

6 years ago

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St. Laurentius Church spires
PlanPhilly
Community

Fishtown fought to save St. Laurentius church’s twin spires for 6 years. The neighborhood just lost.

Citing imminent danger of collapse, the Philadelphia Historical Commission recommended the demolition of St. Laurentius church’s twin spires.

6 years ago

(NOAA image)
Down the Shore
Weather

Tropical Storm Kyle forms off mid-Atlantic coast

The eleventh-named storm of the 2020 hurricane season formed Friday afternoon off the mid-Atlantic coast.

6 years ago

Sen. Kamala Harris speaking during a town hall meeting at the University of Iowa, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Politics & Policy

Not real news: A look at false claims around Kamala Harris

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week.

6 years ago

Petty Officer 3rd Class Mason Sanders and Petty Officer 2nd Class Carliene Lyon work to free a sea turtle tangled in a fishing trap line while Fireman Jason Breckner assists, August 13, 2020, near Cape May, New Jersey. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Grimaud Kouwenaar)
Down the Shore
Community

With sharks nearby, Coast Guard crew rescues entangled sea turtle off N.J.

Coast Guard members saved a distressed sea turtle from a certain fate Thursday off the coast of Cape May.

6 years ago

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