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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sits with fellow Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community

Examining Ilhan Omar

I watched with interest as Democrats targeted freshman Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar—a Muslim who came to America as a Somalian refugee—as the new face of anti-Semitism.

8 years ago

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Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

Shore town seeks to regulate outdoor fire pits

With the outdoor entertaining season on the way one Jersey Shore town is considering regulating outdoor fit pits. 

8 years ago

Philabundance provides food throughout the region, including at so-called
Community
Broke in Philly

Philabundance announces ambitious program to give people more than food

Philabundance is embarking on a far-reaching plan to attack hunger.

8 years ago

A portrait of Dr. Philip Jaisohn, the first Korean-American to receive a U.S. medical degree, hangs above the mantle at his home in Media, Pa.  The home is now a museum chronicling Jaisohn's life and his involvement in the Korean indepencence movement. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Jaisohn Memorial House in Media celebrates Korean revolutionary

Throughout his life, here and in his native country, Philip Jaisohn was a champion of Korean independence and social equality.

8 years ago

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About 2,000 people attended the Snow Jam concert headlined by O.A.R. in the debut concert at the 76ers Fieldhouse in Wilmington last month. (Courtesy of BPG Sports)
Arts & Entertainment

At Wilmington’s 76ers Fieldhouse, hoops make way for hoopla of concerts, celebrities

The new Wilmington sports arena for the 76ers G League team drew well for an O.A.R. concert. Rap queen Cardi B will host a party there in April.

8 years ago

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The Clinton County volleyball team from Mill Hall and Lockhaven, Pennsylvania, is representing the U.S.A. at the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi. (Marco Catini Photography/Special Olympics USA)
Community

Central Pa. volleyball team off to Abu Dhabi for Special Olympics World Games debut

The team has been Pennsylvania champion in its skill level for eight straight years, but this is its first chance at the Special Olympics World Games.

8 years ago

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Attendants watch the showcase of a live video conference during an open house event at the Northern Pennsylvanian Regional College in Warren, Pa. (Photo by Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Challenged by college cost and access, students in rural Pa. find tech-based alternative

Students in rural Pennsylvania face two big obstacles to college completion: cost and access. A new college is out to change that.

8 years ago

Saba Tebla, owner of Booker's Restaraunt and Bar where Kelab Belay was employed, describes Belay as soft-spoken and introverted and says it's surprising that Belay could appear threatening to two police officers. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Courts & Law

Police identify officer who shot Ethiopian immigrant in West Philly

Dozens of people gathered in West Philly Sunday evening to offer support for Kaleb Belay four days after the 25-year-old Ethiopian immigrant was shot by Officer Kevin Pfeifer.

8 years ago

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In this Friday, March 8, 2019 photo provided by the United Nations, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, third from right, executive director of UN Women, speaks at the United Nations Observance of International Women's Day at the United Nations headquarters. (Eskinder Debebe/The United Nations via AP)
Politics & Policy

Head of UN Women: Technology revolution must benefit women

She said the biggest challenge in implementing the U.N. goal of achieving gender equality by 2030 is the need to accelerate the pace and scale-up action.

8 years ago

Gary Dennis, seated with Lawyer Gloria Allred, speaks during a press conference announcing a video tape said to present further evidence of wrongdoing by recording artist R. Kelly Sunday, March 10, 2019, in New York. Dennis said the tape, which he found at his home in Pennsylvania, shows R. Kelly sexually abusing more than one underage girl. (Kevin Hagen/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Pa. man finds tape that appears to show R. Kelly sexually abusing girls

A man who said he was cleaning out an old videotape collection found a video that appears to be R. Kelly sexually abusing girls, he and his attorney said Sunday.

8 years ago

In this March 6, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The federal budget deficit is ballooning on Trump’s watch and few in Washington seem to care. And the political dynamics that enabled bipartisan deficit-cutting deals decades ago has disappeared. That’s the reality that will greet Trump’s latest budget, which probably will promptly be shelved after it’s received by Congress on Monday. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump expected to seek $8.6B for border wall in new budget

President Donald Trump will seek $8.6 billion in his new budget to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall, two administration officials said Sunday.

8 years ago

Dr. Roberto Ieraci prepares to vaccinate a child in Rome on Feb. 23, 2018. (Alessandro Tarantino/AP Photo)
Science
The Conversation

Could a booster shot of truth help scientists fight the anti-vaccine crisis?

Imagine what might happen if the government itself had embraced an official anti-vaccine policy.

8 years ago

Bebashi Prevention Navigator Keisha Gabbidon (left) helped Tamika Warren (right) protect herself against AIDS with PrEP, a medication typically only offered to gay men. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Philadelphia wants to get the HIV prevention pill to women most at risk

A local prevention-navigation supervisor says the drug “has not been marketed to women, to African-American women, as a priority.”

8 years ago

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Kamala Harris
Politics & Policy

Pot-litics: 2020 Democrats line up behind legalization

The widespread endorsement for national marijuana reform among Democrats tracks the nation's evolving views.

8 years ago

This photo provided by Disney shows a scene from
Lifestyle

Della Duck, intrepid space explorer and amputee, comes to TV

Della Duck is a brave and resourceful fowl, the sort that refuses to be defeated by a solo crash landing on the moon — even when it costs her a leg.

8 years ago

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