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Lethonia Dennison and Beatrice Sims are ministers at St. Matthew AME Church, and have been giving out census information with free meals for those affected by COVID-19. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Community
Broke in Philly

‘They’re cutting 30% of the time that we have left’: Census outreach goes into overdrive

The U.S. Census Bureau says all people need to be counted by Sept. 30. Now, leaders and community organizers find themselves adjusting their plans, again.

6 years ago

An eager crowd surrounds the statue of Octavius Catto after its unveilling on the Southwest apron of City Hall. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Why do majority-white city commissions pick the Philly history saved and celebrated?

The Philadelphia Historical Commission and Philadelphia Art Commission – are the legacy of systemic racism and racial exclusion.

6 years ago

Darryl “Cornbread” McCray started writing graffiti in his Philadelphia neighborhood in the 1960s. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly will rename a Brewerytown park where a graffiti legend got his start. The new name isn’t what you think.

Hip-hop’s roots trace back to a currently unnamed Philadelphia park near the home of Darryl McCray, the graffiti legend known as Cornbread.

6 years ago

Signs posted along Philadelphia's Schuylkill River Trail caution users to keep six feet away from others to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Lifestyle

As fitness studios discover Philly parks, city urges them to play fair

The pandemic has made working out in public parks an appealing option for many Philadelphians. But are fitness studios playing by the rules?

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Parks
Things To Do
Community
August 6 - 12, 2020

Finding higher ground in Fairmount Park and the sky’s the limit at the virtual Franklin Institute in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

As we embrace the dog days of summer — there’s still plenty of fun, family-friendly activities to discover in our region.

6 years ago

The thumbs up Like logo is shown on a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Politics & Policy

Facebook, citing virus misinformation, deletes Trump post

The post in question featured a link to a Fox News video in which Trump says children are “virtually immune” to the virus.

6 years ago

Alfredo Salce
Weather

How do we predict flooding, and what can we do about it?

The worst of the flooding brought by Tropical Storm Isaias may be over. But it serves as a harbinger of what could come next time.

6 years ago

Listen 1:00
Blue Bell Inn, Darby, Pa. (Courtesy of the Library Company)
Weather

‘I know the power of water’: Artist, caretaker of historic Darby inn narrowly escapes flooding

Delia King is among the 100 Delco residents displaced by Tropical Storm Isaias. “One day you’re fine,” she said. “The next day — boom — it’s gone.”

6 years ago

Listen 2:21
Philadelphia NAACP President Rodney Muhammad (Tom MacDonald, WHYY)
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

NAACP national leadership backs Rodney Muhammad despite his anti-Semitic post

Ending weeks of media silence, NAACP leadership condemned Muhammad’s social media post but stopped short of calling for him to resign on Wednesday

6 years ago

Former Pennsylvania state Representative Movita Johnson-Harrell. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Ex-state lawmaker Johnson-Harrell ordered to begin house-arrest sentence

Johnson-Harrell was released from jail in April because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

6 years ago

U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon joins federal, state and local officials at Second and Spring Garden streets to call for emergency funding for the struggling U.S. Postal Service. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly congressional reps call for increased Postal Service funding

Boyle, Evans and Scanlon joined union officials and the city commissioners in urging the help, citing an anticipated surge in mail-in ballots in November.

6 years ago

(NBC10)
Community
NBC10

Gunman shoots woman on SEPTA platform in West Philadelphia

The woman was on the platform of a SEPTA station on 46th and Market streets Wednesday afternoon when an unidentified gunman opened fire, shooting her at least once.

6 years ago


The N.J. GOP sued to block a plan allowing the Murphy administration to borrow up to $9.9 billion in response to COVID-19-related revenue shortfalls. (Screenshot via Zoom)
Courts & Law

GOP lawsuit over N.J.’s $9.9B borrowing plan goes before state Supreme Court

The N.J. GOP sued to block a plan allowing the Murphy administration to borrow up to $9.9 billion in response to COVID-19-related revenue shortfalls.

6 years ago

A medical worker collects a sample after a patient self-administered a COVID-19 nasal swab test at a Walgreens pharmacy, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Community

N.J. launches campaign to boost COVID-19 testing, cooperation with contact tracers

The new public awareness campaign is aimed at those at the highest risk of getting COVID-19, including people of color and people under 30.

6 years ago

Soo and James Lee, owner of Lee’s Best Dry Cleaning in Upper Darby, said they had experienced flooding like that caused by Isaias only twice in 21 years of business. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community
Broke in Philly

‘Waiting for the locusts’: Philly area businesses reeling from pandemic, protests — now floods

For many business owners surveying the damage Wednesday, the storm was simply the latest in a string of events to have rocked their enterprise.

6 years ago

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