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Stephanie Kindt (left) and Aaron Levy are the curators of Listening Lab, a year-long traveling exhibit that tells the stories of doctors and patients and explores the ways in which listening can improve care. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

This Philly lab wants doctors to try a new medicine: listening

The Listening Lab will tour Penn Medicine’s hospitals to encourage compassionate listening.

7 years ago

Listen 2:03
Recycling at J.P. Mascaro & Sons in Birdsboro, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Community

Shore towns receive N.J. recycling enhancement grants

New Jersey has awarded grants to Jersey Shore municipalities to enhance and promote recycling efforts.

7 years ago

Area responders worked together at Central Dauphin East High School during an active shooter drill simulation. (Courtesy of PennLive)
Education
PA Post

Pa.’s Safe Schools Report provides plenty of numbers, but critics question their accuracy

Under the Safe Schools Act, the state’s Department of Education relies on the local school district to report infractions to the state.

7 years ago

People silhouetted against a Christmas display, at a park in Lenexa, Kan. Most Americans say the holiday season makes them feel very grateful and generous — but many report feeling stressed, too according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)
Community

Poll: Americans grateful at holidays — and a bit stressed

Wade Holcomb has a lot to be grateful for this year. In addition to graduating college and getting a job, he also has a beautiful 4-month-old girl.

7 years ago

Philadelphia skyline
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly set a new record for construction in 2019 — thanks to these gentrifying neighborhoods

Philadelphia saw a record-setting year for construction in 2019, capping off a decade-long period of growth for the city’s real estate market.

7 years ago

Island Beach State Park (Sandy Levine for WHYY)
Down the Shore
Community

Island Beach State Park accepting Christmas trees to help build dunes

Christmas trees can help build dunes by capturing sand that is pushed by northeasterly winds during coastal storms, according to coastal ecologist Dominick Solazzo.

7 years ago

Christopher Spriggs, acting executive director of Glen Mills Schools, has taken the lead in attempting to reopen the shuttered reformatory school. (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Glen Mills, the school shut down by Pa. for student abuse, appoints interim executive director

For the first time in its 193-year history, Glen Mills Schools has an African-American executive director.

7 years ago

Firefighters hose down the remains of two rowhouses
PlanPhilly
Community

Non-English speakers say city kept them in the dark at South Philly fire site

A three-alarm blaze that left two dead in South Philly tested Philadelphia's capacity to respond to emergencies in diverse communities.

7 years ago

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the Bethany Beach firefly to the list of endangered species. (courtesy Christopher M. Heckscher, Delaware State)
Community

Rare Delaware Bethany Beach firefly approaches endangered species list

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the firefly with an extremely small habitat to the list of endangered species.

7 years ago

Despite calls for change, the outgoing Philadelphia City Council never managed to chip away at Mayor Jim Kenney’s soda tax. (Daniel Acker/Getty Images)
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

Doubts if new council will take on mayor’s soda tax

Despite calls for change, the outgoing Philadelphia City Council never managed to chip away at Mayor Jim Kenney’s soda tax.

7 years ago

White House counsel Don McGahn speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), at National Harbor, Md. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

House committee raises prospect of more impeachment articles

The House Judiciary Committee is holding open the possibility of recommending additional articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

7 years ago

The dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol is visible in Harrisburg. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. House joins Senate in overwhelmingly passing bill to help ex-convicts get professional licenses

To hold jobs like accountant, nurse or funeral director, Pennsylvanians must first obtain a license.

7 years ago

Nancy Glynn of Manchester, N.H., with her son Hunter. Glynn works for several non-profits, including MomsRising, a group that advocates for paid parental leave and other policies. (Nancy Glynn via AP)
Courts & Law

Most US workers still pay price of no paid parental leave

Nancy Glynn could not afford a funeral for her newborn son who died after a premature birth.

7 years ago

Members of Virgil's family picking up a donated portrait of him this December. (Courtesy of Sandy Ross)
Community
Kids in the Crossfire

When gun violence steals the cheer from a family’s holiday

Among those who have lost loved ones, trauma and grief can be magnified at this time of year. Finding what helps them get through can take time.

7 years ago

Listen 3:55
Franklin Learning Center. (The Flash/The Notebook)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

How 30 years of broken promises, false starts led to another Philly asbestos closure

Officials have known for decades about building woes at a Philly H.S. But despite protests and promises, not much has changed.

7 years ago

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