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N.J. lawmakers propose plan to end school ‘lunch shaming’
The proposal would have the state pick up what federal dollars do not for school lunch costs.
7 years ago
Kool & The Gang’s ‘Celebration’ at the Marian Anderson Award ceremony
Now in their 50th year, the legendary funk band came to the Kimmel Center to be honored with musical tributes.
7 years ago
New testimony against Trump as impeachment goes public
Watch here as the House of Representatives kicks off public impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump.
7 years ago
Civil rights advocates: Comcast SCOTUS decision could be ‘devastating’
The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing two interpretations of a Reconstruction-era law created to protect against racial discrimination.
7 years ago
Listen 2:21For Pa.’s returning citizens, getting into the voting booth can be an uphill battle
There is no database that logs if people who were once convicted of a felony register to vote or even if they do vote.
7 years ago
Former Hahnemann residents fear bankruptcy will leave them without malpractice insurance
A former Hahnemann residency program director is warning that residents may be left without malpractice insurance to cover their time at the hospital.
7 years ago
City postpones ruling on Bart Blatstein’s Delaware River waterfront Wawa
The battle over Bart Blatstein’s Wawa on the waterfront will continue into 2020.
7 years ago
DEP names Bergey’s Tires as source of PFAS contamination in Bucks County private wells
The Pa. DEP determined Bergey’s was the source and “potentially responsible entity” of the contamination involved 14 private wells in Bucks County.
7 years ago
FBI opens corruption investigation into Pa.’s approval process of Mariner East pipeline
FBI agents have interviewed current or former state employees in recent weeks about the Mariner East project and the construction permits.
7 years ago
Police widow Maureen Faulkner wants Philly DA off Mumia Abu-Jamal appeal
Police widow Maureen Faulkner is trying again to have Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner's office removed from the latest appeal over her husband's 1981 traffic stop.
7 years ago
With straight-party voting gone in Pa., who will miss it most?
It was an option that hundreds of thousands of voters exercised for the last time in last week’s election.
7 years ago
N.J.'s piping plovers population increased by 19% in 2019, but researchers are cautiously optimistic about the threatened and endangered shorebird's long term prospects.
7 years ago
Report flags 145 of Pennsylvania’s dams as dangerous
Pennsylvania is home to a lot of old dams—many of which are privately owned. The state agency that regulates those dams says it has serious concerns about 145 of them.
7 years ago
Rethinking fatherhood, one day at a time
The men of The Fathering Circle are taking on #MeToo and their own fathers to reckon with their past and reimagine parenting.
7 years ago
‘Revolutionary’ principal goes all-in on quest for more black teachers
As the son of Black Panthers, Sharif El-Mekki grew up in West Philadelphia enraged at the injustice he saw all around him, including in education.
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