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Mack Betts
Politics & Policy

Where are the voters who could decide the presidential election?

In a closely contested presidential election, as many expect 2024 to be, the results in a few counties in the key battleground states are likely to decide the outcome.

11 months ago

Voters wait to cast ballots
Politics & Policy

The race is so close. Here’s what happens if there’s a 269-269 Electoral College tie

It’s very unlikely — but theoretically possible — that the presidential election ends with an Electoral College tie.

11 months ago

Elon Musk speaks
Politics & Policy

Gov. Shapiro calls Musk’s $1M offer to Pennsylvania voters ‘deeply concerning’

Trump supporter Elon Musk says the daily prize money is meant to “support the Constitution,” but an election law expert calls it “clearly illegal.”

11 months ago

Donald Trump Butler shooting
Politics & Policy

‘Stunning security failures’ led to assassination attempt at Trump rally in Pa., House report finds

The shooting at former President Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally in July was “preventable and should not have happened," according to a bipartisan House panel.

11 months ago

Aerial view of Imani Village
Community

‘Like a new planet’: Inside the monumental effort in Wilmington to ‘Resurrect Riverside’

The 10-year reclamation project in a once-thriving corridor of northern Delaware is chronicled in a new documentary from WHYY News.

11 months ago

Listen 6:12
a fabric shows a pattern of hands, circles and plus signs
Arts & Entertainment

A digital archive of Philly artists with disabilities finds physical form at the Painted Bride

Created by a collective of artists and activists, the Undue Burden archive catalogs the creative lives of disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill Philadelphians.

11 months ago

Listen 1:23
American Indian Zitkala-Ša also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin was once an Indian boarding school teacher in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She became an American Indian civil rights activist in Washington D.C. And is credited with helping indigenous people get the right to vote and American citizenship. She was also an artist and wrote the first American Indian opera but died before its New York City premiere. Born on the Yankton Sioux Tribe reservation in South Dakota she is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Money

Meet the activist who fought for American Indians’ voting rights — her face may be on your next quarter made in Philly

Once a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial boarding school, she left to expose the abuses there and fought for American Indian voting rights in the early 1900s.

11 months ago

Listen 1:04
Voters outside of a building
Politics & Policy

Breaking down 2024 election ballot questions in Philadelphia’s suburbs

Voters in six boroughs and townships in Philadelphia’s collar counties will vote on ballot questions this November.

11 months ago

Listen 2:58
Elon Musk speaks onstage
Politics & Policy

Elon Musk said he’d give away $1M a day until Election Day for signing his PAC’s Constitution-backing petition. Is that legal?

The billionaire X owner promised Saturday to give away $1 million a day until Nov. 5 for people signing the petition. Some election experts say it's a violation of the law.

11 months ago

a person carrying a clear bag with first aid items
Health

Philadelphia medical students see street medicine as vital to care for more unhoused people

As the number of people experiencing homelessness rises in Philadelphia, health providers say street medicine can better deliver care to more people.

11 months ago

Donald Trump hands a customer fries
Politics & Policy

Trump visits Bucks County McDonald’s, offers no evidence for saying Harris didn’t work there in college

Furthering his proofless claim that Kamala Harris never worked at the fast-food chain, the former president worked the fry cooker and spoke in Lower Southampton Township.

11 months ago

Democrat Herb Conaway, Republican Dr. Rajesh Mohan, Green Party candidate Steve Welzer and Libertarian Chris Russomanno
Politics & Policy

Race to watch: What voters need to know about N.J.’s 3rd Congressional District candidates

With Congressman Andy Kim giving up his seat to run for Senate, four people are vying for the seat in the Democratic-leaning 3rd District.

11 months ago

Workers at the When We All Vote block party helped Philadelphians register to vote
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia activists mobilize young Black voters ahead of election deadlines

Philadelphia legislators, faith leaders and activists are urging more residents, especially Black residents, to register before the critical election deadline.

11 months ago

Woman shows people on a projector where to shoot a deer
Community

Conservation meets ‘ethical’ hunting: John Heinz Refuge hosts mentored deer hunts

The program is free and co-run by John Heinz, the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) and the National Deer Association (NDA).

11 months ago

(6abc)
Courts & Law
6abc

7 shot in North Philadelphia early Saturday morning, police say

Two victims are in critical condition, including a 17-year-old girl.

11 months ago

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