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Exhibit in Philly explores ways and means of dissent
An exhibition about the art of protest has opened in a small gallery space in North Chinatown in Philadelphia, featuring installations of ...
14 years ago
Toomey opposes federal rules on farm labor, pollution
Pennsylvania’s junior senator is highlighting a few examples of regulatory overreach that he says could pinch the operation of the ...
14 years ago
New Penn station spins all the lit
The University of Pennsylvania has launched an online radio station that plays nothing but poetry, 24/7. The automated Internet radio str ...
14 years ago
NewsWorks to host Correspondents U. in February
Thanks to many of you, NewsWorks.org has gotten off to a great start. And our freelance correspondent team has been a big part ...
14 years ago
Yuengling now America’s biggest brewery — not just oldest
It seems Pennsylvanians owe their latest bragging rights to Ohio. D.G. Yuengling and Son, long touted as America’s oldest brew ...
14 years ago
Tonight on on WHYY’s NewsWorks Tonight, hear the latest on Vice President Biden’s visit to Doylestown. Old City act ...
14 years ago
Mirroring trend, area janitors settle contracts without strikes
Unionized janitors who clean private office buildings have been agreeing to new contracts without having to hit the picket lines. ...
14 years ago
Paterno back in hospital following cancer treatments
The hits keep coming for former Penn State coach Joe Paterno, who is back in the hospital this week. ...
14 years ago
Gallup: More voters identify as Independents
Frank Newport, Editor in Chief of the Gallup Poll, joins NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller to break down the latest campaign numbers. ...
14 years ago
Residents of Dimock, Pa., want EPA chief to send fresh water
Residents of a small northeastern Pennsylvania town at the center of the political fight over natural gas drilling are disappointed that ...
14 years ago
Residents of tightly packed sections of Philadelphia are no doubt familiar with a very smelly problem: piles of dog–mess that carel ...
14 years ago
EPA proposes 55-mpg standard for cars
Environmental advocates say federal efforts to make cars go farther on less gas will save the average Pennsylvania family $200 a year. ...
14 years ago
Center City District to rename park to honor landscape architect John F. Collins
Local mapmakers will need to call the print shop on Tuesday, Jan. 17, when the Center City District r ...
14 years ago
Archdiocese: Catholic schools need not pay to appeal closure decision
Philadelphia’s Fox 29 reported today that rumors of the Archdiocese charging appeal fees to Catholic schools that have be ...
14 years ago
Jeopardy winner a local improv comedian and Phillies ‘Phanstormer’
Check out Philebrity for details about a Mount Ephraim, N.J., man who won over $19,000 on TV game show “Jeopardy.” ...
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