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Imani Charter School looks to minimize bullying with awareness, education

As students prepare for the start of their summer vacation, officials at Imani Education Circle Charter School hosted an assembly to make ...

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Students learn more taking notes with pen and paper than on laptops

Have you ditched your spiral bound notebook for an iPad? If you’re still in school, you might want to reconsider. According to a ...

12 years ago

 The author is shown in the pool with her husband shortly after his swimming class ended. (Image courtesy of Alaina Mabaso)

Swimming isn’t just a sport for white people

Into his late twenties, my South African husband would refuse to venture more than knee-deep into the waves at the shore, and he’d ...

12 years ago

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Can Instagram help curb litter?

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Parking logic: Three reasons ZBA should say no to garage-fronted rowhouses

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PlanPhilly
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June 18: 22nd and Market memorial artwork | Suburban Station naming rights | Pitched school funding fight | Blackwell on University City HS sale | Clarke fundraiser

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Urban Planning

Space Needle for South Philly?

12 years ago

Pa. plan for statewide veterans courts encounters some skepticism

Veterans who struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder or substance abuse could pingpong through the criminal justice system for years ...

12 years ago

Tackling prescription pill abuse with telemedicine in New Jersey

To combat the increasing problem of opiate abuse, primary care physicians in New Jersey have kicked off a new telemedicine program.  ...

12 years ago

 Supporters of the SS United States Conservancy gather on the deck of the ship to celebrate the $120,000 donation that saved the ship's last propeller. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

SS United States propeller saved from the scrap yard

A $120,000 donation from a cruise industry executive has saved the SS United States’ last propeller from the scrap yard. Jim ...

12 years ago

 German artist Arne Schreiber observes progress to a major public art installation along the rail tracks outside of 30th Street Station and the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia, Pa.  (Nathaniel Hamilton/For NewsWorks)
Politics & Policy

Talking about urban gateways, and how to groom and use them

On Netflix, orange is the new black.   Along the Philadelphia’s Schuylkill Expressway, orange is the new “what the ...

12 years ago

Money

Pa. AFL-CIO praises Obama executive order on workplace discrimination

The president of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO says he’s pleased that President Obama has pledged to sign an executive order prohibiting ...

12 years ago

 FILE - In this April 28, 2012, file photo, Tracy Morgan attends The Comedy Awards in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)

Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan has been upgraded to fair condition

Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan has been upgraded to fair condition following the New Jersey highway crash that badly injured him and kil ...

12 years ago

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Delaware budget writers turn to the bond bill for additional cuts

Delaware lawmakers are looking for ways to make more cuts to the state’s budget following the latest report from the Delaware Economic ...

12 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Time to focus on PGW sale

Maybe we need guys in hazmat suits to figure out why, months after it was transmitted, Philadelphia City Council won’t introduce Ma ...

12 years ago

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