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Resettling Afghan refugees and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
We look at Afghan refugee resettlement in the Philadelphia region and discuss the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, with millions at risk of famine.
Air Date: January 20, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:02Barrier-breaking Cobbs Creek Golf Course to reopen with $65M restoration
The shuttered course is more than a century old, with a rich history as an esteemed public course that welcomed players of color decades before other courses and the PGA.
2 years ago
Police commissioner: 2022 brings the ‘same troubling trends’ for crime in Philly
After a record-setting year for the number of people murdered, Philadelphia police officials said the city is still on a similar course in 2022.
2 years ago
Mexican abortion advocates look to help women in U.S.
Decades ago, Mexican activists drove women into the United States to terminate their pregnancies at clinics.
2 years ago
Joseph Fox Bookshop in Center City closing after 70 years, as neighborhood bookstores press on
The Sansom Street store was a mainstay of the local literary scene.
2 years ago
Giant Heirloom Market’s new Philly location is a throwback to the ‘golden age’ of shopping downtown
Come for the groceries, stay for a drink next to the wild boar fountain.
2 years ago
‘It’s OK to not be OK’: Bache-Martin community processes grief in wake of tragic fire
Five of the 12 victims were current or former students at the Fairmount school, and students, parents, and staff are processing how to move forward amid the grief.
2 years ago
Listen 4:54Pa. First Lady Frances Wolf visits Jenkintown to mark National Day of Racial Healing
The event in the Montgomery County community included speakers and praise for a local mural and documentary, both called ‘Symbol of Solidarity.’
2 years ago
Water main break causes flooding in Kensington
Officials say there is no word on the size of the break at this time.
2 years ago
Philly civil rights advocates reflect on the continued ‘struggle’ for voting rights in America
WHYY and NewCORE marked MLK Day with a discussion of King’s 1957 "Give Us the Ballot" speech as the struggle for voting rights continues today.
2 years ago
Philly kicks off 27th annual MLK Day of Service
While most of the events were virtual, people still gathered for the country’s largest MLK Day of Service event at Girard College in Philly for COVID tests and vaccinations.
2 years ago
‘The family of Philadelphia’ came out to mourn 12 family members killed in Fairmount fire
Three sisters — Rosalee McDonald, Virginia Thomas, and Quinsha White — and nine of their children died in the blaze.
2 years ago
The Regional Roundup – January 17th
In 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr. joined fellow civil rights activist Cecil B. Moore to protest the segregation of Girard College in Philadelphia.
Air Date: January 17, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:00This Camden woman began losing her sight. Quilting gave her a new vision
In her first solo exhibit at a community art gallery in Camden, Renata Merrill shares the quilts that helped bring her "back to health."
2 years ago
Harriet Tubman is Philadelphia’s first monument to a historical Black woman…but it’s only temporary
You can count the city’s statues of women in history on one hand.
2 years ago