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John Lewis looks over a section of 16th Street that's been renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza
Community

How the Black Lives Matter generation remembers John Lewis

“He didn’t have to stand with us, he chose to," said Malkia Devich Cyril, the founder and senior fellow of MediaJustice. "That’s real leadership.”

6 years ago

Philadelphia sprayground summer camps
Community

Philly declares heat health emergency with temperatures nearing 100 degrees

A heat health emergency will be in effect beginning Monday morning in Philadelphia. Heat indexes are forecasted at over 110 degrees.

6 years ago

Protesters rally against street sign named after former Philadelphia Mayor Goode
Community

Protesters press city to remove street sign for former Philly Mayor Goode, citing MOVE bombing

About 30 protesters rallied to take down what they called “a monument to state violence.” W. Wilson Goode Sr. was mayor during the 1985 MOVE bombing.

6 years ago

Lifeguards keep watch at a beach
Community

N.J. shore towns take steps to limit numbers on beaches

Belmar and Manasquan have capped the number of beach badges that can be sold per day to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

6 years ago

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

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