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Education

School District of Philadelphia workers vote to strike one week before school begins

The district's maintenance, custodial, and transportation employees voted on Saturday to authorize a strike, as contract negotiations with the district have stalled.

3 years ago

A movie shot of Kristal Bush and her nephew. (Courtesy of A Woman on the Outside)
Arts & Entertainment

In ‘A Woman on the Outside’ documentary, Philadelphian Kristal Bush connects families with their loved ones behind bars

The film follows Kristal Bush, as she balances running a transportation company that takes families to see incarcerated loved ones with raising her own family.

3 years ago

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The Indian flag raised at Philadelphia City Hall. (CIO)
Community

Marking India’s 75th Independence Day, the Council of Indian Organizations of Greater Philadelphia presents the Festival of India at Penn’s Landing

The Council of Indian Organizations of Greater Philadelphia provides a sense of community and cohesion to Indians in America.

3 years ago

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Norristown, Pa. in Montgomery County. (Wikimedia Commons)
Community

As Norristown closes parks from dusk to dawn, unhoused people fear arrest

Norristown council voted to close parks from dusk to dawn. Unhoused people fear they can’t sleep in parks, retribution from police.

3 years ago

A person speaks and gestures at the front of a room, where students are sitting before blank easels.
Community

‘Safe place’: Art classes foster healing for Delaware cancer patients, English learners and people living with trauma

The Healing Through the Arts initiative began in 2017 with painting and drawing sessions for people with cancer.

3 years ago

Jace Oliverson, center, father of Little Leaguer Easton Oliverson who was injured, holds Easton's medal, with another son, Brogan Oliverson (6) at his side, taking Easton's place on the championship team from Santa Clara, Utah before a baseball game against Nolensville, Tenn., at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Community

Injured Utah little leaguer recovering, has call with coach

Mark Ence, the manager for Snow Canyon, says the boy has begun walking and walked to the bathroom on his own Friday morning.

3 years ago

Philadelphia is requiring all students and staffers to wear masks for the first 10 days of the 2022-23 school year. (Hannah Beier for Chalkbeat)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Philadelphia school board gets earful on ‘out of touch’ masking policy

Several parents said the mask mandate was unnecessary and harmful, but one parent called it common sense.

3 years ago

A student and teacher at Philadelphia’s Academy at Palumbo, a school that uses selective admissions. In 2021, the city district changed the system for admissions to the top-tier schools to a lottery process. (Charles Mostroller / The Notebook)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Philly boosts Black and Hispanic enrollment in top schools, Chalkbeat analysis shows

Philadelphia’s new lottery admissions system will likely bolster the overall proportion of Black and Hispanic students in the incoming ninth grades.

3 years ago

(ACC)
Education

Charlene Curtis, trailblazing former Temple basketball coach, dies at 67

Curtis was the head coach at Wake Forest, after head coaching stops at Radford and Temple, where she also was the first African-American head women’s basketball coach.

3 years ago

Broad and Tioga Streets, part of a high-corridor in Philadelphia, one of seven corridors to receive federal funding to improve road safety. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

These 7 Philly streets will be transformed in latest traffic safety push

Improvements could include new, raised crosswalks, curb extensions to narrow crossing distances, or new traffic signals.

3 years ago

File photo: Attorney General William Barr appears before a House Appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Courts & Law

Panel rules Barr’s Justice Department improperly withheld memo in Russia probe

The department had argued the memo represented the private deliberations of its own lawyers before any decision had been formalized, and was therefore exempt from disclosure.

3 years ago

Diane Foley, mother of James Foley (foreground) accompanied by (from left) Paula and Ed Kassig, the parents of Peter Kassig, Marsha Mueller, the mother Kayla Mueller and her sister Lori Lyon, speaks to members of the media after the sentencing of El Shafee Elsheikh at the U.S. District Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Courts & Law

Islamic State’s infamous British national gets life term for U.S. hostage deaths

A jury found him guilty of hostage taking resulting in the deaths of Americans James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller.

3 years ago

Mastriano speaks and gestures at a podium. Other men stand in the background.
Politics & Policy
WITF

Election deniers in Pennsylvania and other states are running to control voting. Here’s how they’ve fared so far

Across the country, GOP candidates for positions with some role in election administration have embraced the lie that widespread fraud affected the 2020 election.

3 years ago

F.I.S.H. Night at Camden's Adventure Aquarium. (Adventure Aquarium)
Community

Camden’s Adventure Aquarium to host ‘Sensory-Friendly F.I.S.H Night’

Between 5:30 to 8 p.m., the aquarium plans to reduce noise and lower lights to accommodate people with sensory processing disorders.

3 years ago

Tanya Mayeux, who manages the StoopingPHL Instagram account, says her favorite thing she's ever found is a small ship in a glass bottle. (Elizabeth Estrada/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment

Everything is ‘Free 99’: How a Philly ‘stooping’ account finds new homes for trashed items

“It's kind of empowering to flip items or give them a new life,” said Tanya Mayeux. “I love the idea of keeping whatever we can out of the landfill.”

3 years ago

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