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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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In this Aug. 7, 2018, photo, Mark Robbins, the sole member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, walks through the supply closet, pointing to boxes full of cases, in his office in Washington. Robbins reads through federal workplace disputes, analyzes the cases, marks them with notes and logs his legal opinions. He then passes them along to nobody. He’s the only member of a three-member board that legally can’t operate until the president and Congress give him at least one colleague.  (Juliet Linderman/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Board that handles federal worker disputes is now vacant

The Merit Systems Protection Board, a quasi-judicial government body tasked with settling workplace disputes for federal workers, is vacant for the first time in 40-years.

8 years ago

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during a commemorative service Sunday, March 3, 2019, at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Ala. Several Democratic White House hopefuls are visiting one of America's seminal civil rights sites to pay homage to that legacy and highlight their own connections to the movement. (Julie Bennett/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Democratic presidential candidates marking Selma anniversary

Sens. Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders are gathered at one of America's seminal civil rights sites on Sunday to pay homage to that legacy.

8 years ago

State Rep. Fred Keller, (left), with U.S. Rep. G.T. Thompson in Williamsport Saturday, March 2, 2019. Thompson announced that Keller was selected by conferees to be the nominee for the U.S. House 12th Congressional district. (Anne Danahy / WPSU)
Politics & Policy

Republicans pick Pa. state Rep. as nominee to fill open U.S. House seat

The seat has been open since Republican Tom Marino stepped down in January.

8 years ago

Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., questions Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker as he appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, in Washington. Democrats are eager to press him on his interactions with President Donald Trump and his oversight of the special counsel's Russia investigation. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

House to query 60 Trump officials in obstruction probe

Declaring it's "very clear" President Trump obstructed justice, the chairman of the House committee in charge of impeachment says the panel is requesting documents Monday.

8 years ago

Rock salt used in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philly region spared the worst of the snowstorm

The biggest snow came in the Berks Lehigh region

8 years ago

In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 file photo, House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings, D-Md., right, speaks as he gives closing remarks with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the ranking member, at left, as the hearing for Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, at the House Oversight and Reform Committee concludes, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

Looking beyond Mueller, Democrats cast investigative nets

Emboldened by their new majority, Democrats are undertaking several broad new investigations into President Donald Trump and setting the stage for a post-Robert Mueller world.

8 years ago

in this 2018 file photo, a snow encrusted Jeep is seen in Lavallette, Ocean County. (@nickhonachefsky via Twitter)
Down the Shore
Community

NWS: ‘Hazardous’ Monday morning rush hour likely for portions of the Shore

The season's most significant snowfall for a portion of the Jersey Shore is ahead later Sunday through Monday morning, forecasters say.

8 years ago

Sen. Chuck Grassley
Politics & Policy

Analysis: GOP senators struggle to escape no-win border vote

As a deadline for voting looms, it's increasingly clear that Republican senators are deeply uncomfortable with Trump's use of executive power to build the wall.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Sen. Vincent Hughes (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Senator Hughes wants to flood Pa. Capitol with data on poverty

A top Senate Democrat is launching two bills he hopes will prompt his fellow lawmakers to think more carefully about poverty.

8 years ago

Renderings of the Dilworth House tower project from Cope Linder Architects and developer John Turchi (Provided)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Fresh plans released for Dilworth House condo tower ahead of review

After 20 years of bureaucratic battles and courtroom litigation, the condo tower planned for the Washington Square parcel faces what may be its final hurdles.

8 years ago

This combination photo shows Hollywood and Broadway producer Scott Rudin at The National Board of Review Motion Pictures awards gala in New York on Jan. 11, 2011, (left), and the cover of Harper Lee's
Arts & Entertainment

Why small U.S. theaters have canceled ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

Dozens of community and nonprofit theaters across the U.S. have been forced to abandon productions of "To Kill a Mockingbird" under legal threat by Broadway.

8 years ago

Stevante Clark, (center right), hugs family and mourners during the funeral services for police shooting victim Stephon Clark at Bayside Of South Sacramento Church in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 29, 2018. Clark, who was unarmed, was shot and killed by Sacramento Police Officers, Sunday, March 18, 2018. (Jeff Chiu/AP Photo, Pool)
Courts & Law

2 Sacramento cops who shot Stephon Clark won’t face charges

The two Sacramento police officers whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black man last year prompted nationwide protests will not face criminal charges, prosecutors announced.

8 years ago

Dolores Huerta, 88, the Mexican-American social activist who formed a farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez, stands for the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish while visiting the New Mexico Statehouse on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. The New Mexico-born Huerta was honored by the House for
Courts & Law

Dolores Huerta joins right-to-die bilingual push in 4 states

Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta is joining a push in New Mexico, Nevada, New Jersey and New York to legalize medically assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.

8 years ago

In this Thursday, June 14, 2012 file photo, James Stern of Jackson, Miss., at a news conference in Jackson, Miss. One of the largest and oldest neo-Nazi groups in the U.S. appears to have an unlikely new leader: Stern, a black activist who has vowed to dismantle it. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Black activist takes the lead of neo-Nazi Socialist group, vows to dissolve it

James Hart Stern wants to use his new position as director and president of the National Socialist Movement to undermine the Detroit-based group.

8 years ago

Bryce Harper stands with the Philadelphia Phillies mascot Phanatic before being introduced as a Phillies player during a news conference at the team's spring training baseball facility, Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Clearwater, Fla. Harper and the Phillies agreed to a $330 million, 13-year contract, the largest deal in baseball history. (Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)
Community

Harper wants ‘to be on Broad Street’ for World Series parade

Philadelphia gave Harper a 13-year contract, the largest deal in baseball history at $330 million. His arrival has fans scurrying to the box office.

8 years ago

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