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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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The Beaver Valley Power Station in Shippingport, Pa. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Congressional hearing puts focus on struggling Pa. nuclear industry

A Congressional hearing near Pittsburgh Friday highlighted the plight of the nuclear industry, which has struggled to compete against cheap natural gas and renewables.

8 years ago

In this photo provided by the New Jersey Office of the Governor, N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy signs the Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act Friday, April 12, 2019 at the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. New Jersey is the seventh state to enact a law permitting terminally ill patients to seek life ending medication. (New Jersey Office of the Governor via AP)
Politics & Policy

Assisted suicide is legal in N.J. But key medical society still opposed after vote

The Medical Society of New Jersey has charted a middle-of-the-road course in dealing with the controversial new law.

8 years ago

Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long unveils a new ad campaign designed to reduce the stigma faced by those struggling with addiction during a press conference at the Christiana Mall. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Health

Delaware launches ad blitz to combat addiction stigma

A new ad campaign aims to change perceptions of those struggling with addiction in hopes of helping to stop Delaware’s overdose epidemic.

8 years ago

Faith Green practices setting volleyballs at a sports clinic through Philly Girls in Motion. (Angela Gervasi for WHYY)

Young and fit: How to build healthy bodies? Do it as a family

Promoting children’s wellness is more complex than exercise and good food, experts say: “It's not about the scale moving, it's about your mindset changing.”

8 years ago

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Students play a team-building game after taking a Zumba class with teacher Maya Sutton. The after school curriculum is organized by Philly Girls in Motion, a non-profit that aims to connect girls and active play. (Angela Gervasi for WHYY)

Young and fit: Creating safe spaces for girls to move, exercise

There’s still a gender gap when it comes to kids and sports. Here’s what one group is doing to change that.

8 years ago

Listen 3:12
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Germantown High reimagined as $30 million housing development – with a lot of question marks

8 years ago

An oil and gas well in Forward Township, Allegheny County. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Natural gas driller EQT fined $330K for erosion violations in Allegheny County

Natural gas driller EQT was fined $330,000 by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for erosion violations at two natural gas sites in Allegheny County.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania state Rep. Brian Sims filmed an encounter with a protester at a Philadelphia Planned Parenthood facility, then posted the video. As she studiously ignored him, Sims tells viewers the woman had been confronting the people who were walking into the clinic. (AP file photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. legislator films himself berating woman protesting abortion in Philly

Facebook users and the state GOP chairman are chastising Rep. Brian Sims for an 8-minute video he posted that shows him peppering the woman with questions and criticism.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he departs after the presentation of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point football team, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, May 6, 2019, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Treasury denies Democrats’ request for Trump tax returns

Mnuchin told Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., in a Monday letter that the panel's request "lacks a legitimate legislative purpose."

8 years ago

32BJ SEIU members demonstrate at a residential parking garage in Center City. (Courtesy of 32BJ SEIU)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

Protections for Philly parking industry workers advance at City Hall

A campaign to organize parking industry workers scored a win when two bills regulating industry labor practices passed unanimously.

8 years ago

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at a Second Amendment rally in the state Capitol on May 6, 2019. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Fear of encroaching gun control draws hundreds to Harrisburg

Hundreds of people attended a Second Amendment rally in the Pennsylvania state Capitol.

8 years ago

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New Jersey wasn’t one of the 21 states whose electoral systems were targeted by Russian hackers in 2016, but it has weaknesses at both the state and county level. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Ahead of primaries, N.J. is at early stage of shoring up election security

New Jersey wasn’t one of the 21 states whose electoral systems were targeted by Russian hackers in 2016, but it has weaknesses at both the state and county level.

8 years ago

Philabundance employees and government officials ceremonially break ground at the site of a new community kitchen on north 10th Street. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

New Philabundance kitchen in North Philly a ‘dream come true’

The Philabundance Community Kitchen has outgrown its current space. It’ll move into a much larger space in North Philly next year.

8 years ago

In this Aug. 1, 2018 photo weeds engulf a playground at housing section of the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster in Warminster, Pa. In Warminster and surrounding towns in eastern Pennsylvania, and at other sites around the United States, the foams once used routinely in firefighting training at military bases contained per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PFAS chemicals have contaminated 17 sites in Pennsylvania, data show

Mapping of public data shows PFAS-contaminated sites exist across the country.

8 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., answers questions during a presidential forum held by She The People on the Texas State University campus Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in Houston. (Michael Wyke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Cory Booker proposes national license for all gun owners

Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker is proposing that all gun owners be licensed by the federal government, which would include an interview and safety training.

8 years ago

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