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President Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

Trump not ready to commit to election results if he loses

It is remarkable that a sitting president would express less than complete confidence in the American electoral process. But for Trump, it comes from his 2016 playbook.

6 years ago

Liz and Doug Buddle own Ambler Brewing Company in Ambler, Pennsylvania. They have had to make multiple adjustments to their business operation to try and keep earning revenue during the pandemic. (Zachariah Hughes/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Suburban bars, restaurants say Gov. Wolf’s temporary restrictions bring them back to ‘yellow’

Some business owners and industry groups say the new measures caught them off guard, and threaten their financial viability.

6 years ago

Trump-Pence 2020 campaign bus
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Federal judge agrees to expedite Trump campaign’s lawsuit over vote-by-mail in Pennsylvania

Trump wants Ranjan to require counties to reject mailed ballots that arrive without a secrecy envelope and limit in-person ballot delivery to county election offices.

6 years ago

 The Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Courts & Law

Montco replaces weekend sentences with house arrest and monitoring

The emergency order by President Judge Thomas DelRicci formalizes a policy in practice since the start of the pandemic.

6 years ago

Dr. Dan Meara examines a patient. (Provided by Christiana Care)
Health

Rebooting care: Patients, doctors and dentists catch up after the COVID delays

It will take a while to work through the backlog, because of social distancing and testing issues. But postponed procedures are being rescheduled.

6 years ago

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John Zabala, pictured in front of Reading City Hall, has been named as a community lead for the Reading Youth Commission. Too old to serve on the commission, Zabala is attracting applicants to the commission that has been dormant since its creation in 2017. (Anthony Orozco/PA Post)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Central Pa. city looks to youth for guidance, more equitable future

Reading is inviting teens and young adults to a seat at the decision-making table.

6 years ago

Medical assistant Michelle Gravinese (left) helps her colleague Kayla Clauso put on protective gear before administering COVID-19 tests at a testing site in the Motor Vehicle Commission parking lot in Camden, New Jersey. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Reality shows shortfalls of Trump’s claim to ‘best testing’

In Pittsburgh, adults who are afraid they’ve been exposed to the coronavirus are being asked to skip testing if they can quarantine at home for 14 days to help reduce delays.

6 years ago

After discovering that the charges against him had been dropped, Timothy Cook shares a moment with The British Chip Shop owner Ian Whitfield in Haddonfield where he has been working parttime as a dishwasher for a year. (April Saul for WHYY)
Community

Community pressure helps get charges dropped against Woodlynne teen

The charges could have prevented Timothy Cook from joining the Marines in August as planned. Charges are still pending against his father.

6 years ago

Lincoln University's 14th President Brenda Allen. (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Courts & Law

Pa. attorney general sues Lincoln University board over ouster

The complaint said university bylaws require 10 days notice for a special meeting and bars discussion of topics not included in the notice.

6 years ago

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in his office on Capitol Hill
Community

Philly region remembers civil rights icon, congressman John Lewis

His passing comes after disclosing a pancreatic cancer diagnosis in December. Before his death, he was the last surviving member of the “Big Six” civil rights activists.

6 years ago

A masked woman walks past a mural of former President  Nelson Mandela in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday July 18, 2020 as the country celebrates International Mandela Day. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)
Politics & Policy

UN chief: World ‘at the breaking point’ due to inequalities

“It is exposing fallacies and falsehoods everywhere: The lie that free markets can deliver health care for all, the fiction that unpaid care work is not work."

6 years ago

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama presents a 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Community

John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80

John Lewis was the last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists, led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

6 years ago

Wyoming Street in Hazelton, Pa. was once nearly vacant but since a wave of immigration, almost 90% of storefronts are filled. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania is becoming more racially diverse. And that could be a big deal for the 2020 election.

Trump’s victory in 2016 was predicated on unusually high turnout among certain white voters. But that demographic is shrinking in Pennsylvania.

6 years ago

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Tinsel in July
Community

’Tis the season: Tinsel pop-up bar returns to Center City for Christmas in July

Tinsel in July is taking over a stretch of 12th Street in Midtown Village, offering a pandemic pick-me-up in the form of a holiday pop-up bar.

6 years ago

Kids on bicycles in Cincinnati. (Ahshea1 Media/Pexels)
Community

Elijah McClain and the invisibility of ‘different’ Black and brown boys

I challenge all of us to see, understand, and appreciate the uniqueness and individual qualities of different Black and brown boys, writes Whiquitta Tobar.

6 years ago

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