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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally to save Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia. He called for reform to the U.S. healthcare system. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Bernie Sanders at Hahnemann: ‘Keep this hospital open’

The Democratic presidential candidate is using the announced closure of Hahnemann University Hospital as a case in point for his Medicare for All plan.

7 years ago

In this combination image (from left) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., July 10, 2019, Washington, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., March 12, 2019, in Washington, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY., July 12, 2019, in Washington, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., July 10, 2019, in Washington. In tweets Sunday, President Donald Trump portrays the lawmakers as foreign-born troublemakers who should go back to their home countries. In fact, the lawmakers, except one, were born in the U.S. (AP Photo)

National Interest

Politics & Policy

National Interest

Trump’s racist tweets: A foretaste of toxic 2020

White racism was at the root of Donald Trump's 2016 candidacy, and so it will be again in 2020.

7 years ago

Sharif Abdur-Rahim, one of two founding brothers of West Philadelphia's African Cultural Arts Forum, stands in a second-floor workshop used to store African art and to produce the oils, incense and personal-care products they sell. (Kriston Jae Bethel for NextCity)

Community

Broke in Philly

Can employee ownership preserve legacy businesses in communities of color?

Next City looks at year one of the SEED Fellowship, which educates small-business owners on how to craft succession plans and convert to employee ownership.

7 years ago

The Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Cape May team in action. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo/file)

Down the Shore

Community

Coast Guard urges caution along N.J. Intracoastal Waterway as buoy project begins

Boating New Jersey's Intracoastal Waterway will soon become even safer once the U.S. Coast Guard completes work that is set to begin Monday.

7 years ago

Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, speaks at a house party campaign stop, Saturday, July 13, 2019, in Atkinson, N.H. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)

Science

Biden cancer nonprofit suspends operations indefinitely

A nonprofit foundation set up by Joe Biden that relied on health care world partnerships to speed a cure for cancer has suspended its operations, it announced Monday.

7 years ago

Community

For special needs adults, a league of their own is coming to Philadelphia

For young adults with autism, services can be hard to come by. But Alternative Baseball offers a chance for socializing and skills development.

7 years ago

A museum patron pauses at the west entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to look at

Arts & Entertainment

Two Philadelphia Art Museum sculptures are moving across town

Monumental sculptures at one of the entrances of the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be removed to make room for building renovations by Frank Gehry.

7 years ago

Listen 1:44

Aaron White only heard about the shooting at Overbrook Playground Sunday morning. He describes the shooting as an unfortunate event in what he considers a quiet part of the neighborhood. He took his three-year-old daughter for a swim Sunday afternoon. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)

Community

Overbrook residents defiant after shooting disrupts a cookout attended by hundreds

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said Saturday that at least 20 shots were fired. Seven people — ages 18 to 28 — were injured and sent to the hospital.

7 years ago

Down the Shore

Courts & Law

Prosecutor: Woman assaulted police after high speed chase out of Island Beach State Park

A 30-year-old woman is facing a slew of motor vehicle and criminal charges after a high speed chase Saturday in coastal Ocean County.

7 years ago

In this July 20, 1969 image made from television, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong steps onto the surface of the moon. Millions on Earth who gathered around the TV and radio heard Armstrong say this: “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” But after returning from space, he immediately insisted that he had been misquoted. He said there was a lost word in his famous one-liner from the moon: “That's one small step for ‘a' man.

Science

Armstrong’s famous ‘one small step’ quote — explained

What did Neil Armstrong really say when he took his first step on the moon?

7 years ago

Comfort and Tabas embrace, to applause from the crowd. (Katie Meyer/WITF)

Politics & Policy

At election for Pa. GOP chair, candidates call a truce

In the days ahead of the state GOP leadership election, the party was braced for an ugly battle.

7 years ago

Councilmember Helen Gym takes the stage ahead of the Netroots Nation presidential candidate forum at the Convention Center in Philadelphia on July 13, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)

Politics & Policy

Helen Gym, local activists take the presidential stage at Netroots Nation convention

This year, the Netroots Nation conference got local, thanks to City Councilmember-at-large Helen Gym and local community leaders.

7 years ago

Community

Presidential hopeful Jay Inslee meets with neighbors of South Philly refinery, pushes his plan on climate change

Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee met with members of the environmental advocacy group Philly Thrive on Saturday to hear about their Right to Breathe campaign.

7 years ago