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Artists Ian Pierce and Betsy Casañas created “Sanctuary City, Sanctuary Neighborhood,” a mural highlighting immigration issues in society located at 5ht and Huntingdon Streets in North Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly sanctuary is an explosion of Latinx pride

Artes Ekeko (Ian Pierce) mined the mythologies of Central and South America to create an image of cultural pride and political dissent.

7 years ago

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Judge Thad Balkman arrives to give his decision in the Opioid Lawsuit in Norman, Okla., Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. Balkman found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state's opioid drug crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million to help abate the problem in the coming years. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, Pool)
Courts & Law

Pa. counties encouraged by landmark J&J opioid decision in Oklahoma

Local attorneys hope the landmark Oklahoma decision against the powerhouse drug manufacturer will set a precedent for similar cases in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

Abortion protesters attempt to hand out literature as they stand in the driveway of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Indianapolis on Aug. 16.
Money

After federal rule change, N.J. lawmakers want to hike funding for Planned Parenthood

New Jersey lawmakers want to provide state money to Planned Parenthood and other health care providers who have abandoned some of their federal funding.

7 years ago

The outside of the Berks Family Residential Center. Non-authorized personnel are not permitted on the grounds. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy

What the Trump administration’s latest immigration move might mean for Pa.

A detention center in Berks County has been operating in a licensure ‘limbo’ that could be resolved under the administration’s proposal.

7 years ago

Waves breaking along a Jersey Shore beach.
Down the Shore
Health

Fecal bacteria leads to swimming advisories at 2 N.J. beaches

Two New Jersey beaches are under swimming advisories issued Tuesday afternoon due to exceeding the allowable bacteria threshold, state officials said.

7 years ago

Working Families Party candidate Kendra Brooks, (left), and Philadelphia City Councilwoman Helen Gym, (right), pictured here in an endorsement video posted to Facebook (Kendra for Philly/Facebook)
Politics & Policy

Gym endorsement crosses party lines, leaders

Philadelphia City Councilwoman Helen Gym is putting her support behind Working Families Party candidate Kendra Brooks, with whom she has worked for years.

7 years ago

Philadelphia recently repaved South 11th Street, creating new parking-protected bike lanes, as seen here. (Darryl Murphy/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Debate over how to best make streets safer divides South Philly, one of the nation’s most biked neighborhoods

South Philadelphia has one of the nation’s highest rates of bike commuters. That fact alone can’t solve the neighborhood’s street design divide.

7 years ago

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Courts & Law

N.J. law allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives back in effect

An N.J. court has overturned a ruling that put a controversial new law allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives with medical help on hold.

7 years ago

Rapper Meek Mill, (center), arrives at the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019.  (Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Courts & Law

Now free from legal limbo, Meek Mill eyes prison reform

Rapper Meek Mill has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge to resolve a case that's kept him on probation for most of his adult life.

7 years ago

(Photo by Casper Folsing / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Community
Broke in Philly

Can cheap internet close the digital divide?

Internet Essentials offers a broadband connection for under $10 per month.

7 years ago

Students doing the exam in classroom
Education

N.J. residents tell pollster schools are diverse. Data says otherwise

Because of a suit seeking to desegregate New Jersey schools, pollsters asked residents about school population diversity. Most said status quo is “fine.”

7 years ago

Ahmaj Jackson, 14, wheels fresh produce around the Ruth Bennett Community Farm in Chester, Pennsylvania. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
View Finders
Community

Chester farm feeds the body and soul of a community

Chester's Ruth Bennett Community Farm is a vibrant oasis in a desert of dull brick and lifeless concrete.

7 years ago

Cruz Eduardo Tinoco-Salvador stands with his arm around is daughter. (Provided by attorney Christopher Casazza)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Deported from Montco, dead in Mexico: ‘What [he] feared is exactly what happened’

The story illustrates the life-or-death stakes that can be inherent in immigration case law.

7 years ago

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US Steel's Clairton Coke Works, near Pittsburgh. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

‘We don’t understand why they haven’t done this yet’: Groups sue US Steel over emissions data

Lawsuit alleges company withheld required pollution data after Dec. 24 fire

7 years ago

Kyle Shenandoah (Facebook)
PlanPhilly
Community

Death of Grays Ferry community leader Kyle Shenandoah leaves many in mourning

The ardent advocate for more public transportation and walkability in his South Philadelphia neighborhood was fatally struck by a car last week.

7 years ago

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