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FILE - The Facebook app is shown in the app store on a smart phone in Surfside, Fla., on April 23, 2021. According to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove, Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya as it has in other countries. It is the third such test of Facebook's ability to detect hateful language — either via artificial intelligence or human moderators — that the groups have run, and that the company has failed. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
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In a 3rd test, Facebook still fails to block hate speech

Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya as it has in other countries, according to a new report.

3 years ago

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Billy Penn

This Philly org provides Chinese immigrant families with the tools to heal, as the pandemic intensifies anti-Asian hate

After two years working in the community, the Chinese Immigrant Family Wellness Initiative is continuing to grow.

3 years ago

A person speaks in front of a crowd.
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Billy Penn

As Kensington food co-op gets a bridge loan to survive, some members advocate for closing the community fridge

At the heart of the debate: Should the board prioritize the market’s immediate community mission — or concentrate on best business practices so it doesn’t go belly up?

3 years ago

A sign marks a street in Kensington closed for use as a Playstreet. Sam Searles/WHYY
Crime
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Philadelphia
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‘Children still live there’: The fight for safe summer play in Kensington

Due to safety concerns in Kensington, the City of Philadelphia is downsizing a program designed to encourage outdoor play for kids.

3 years ago

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Pedestrians carry plastic bags in Philadelphia
Environment
Pennsylvania
Sustainability

Media Borough becomes latest Philly-area community to ban plastic bags and straws

Starting January 2023, businesses in Media Borough will have to package goods in paper bags, but the borough encourages people to bring reusable bags.

3 years ago

A library stamp shows a book's checkout date from 1992 and a return date from 2022.
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

A Philly-area woman returned books 30 years overdue, but there was no penalty — the Free Library is fine free

Things went so well she nominated the librarian for an award.

3 years ago

Center City skyline, looking east from the Schuylkill
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Three-quarters of millennials living in Philly grew up nearby, per a new census study

People with wealthier parents were more likely to leave the Philadelphia region.

3 years ago

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Crime
Delaware
Public Safety

Federal funds help light up Delaware towns to fight crime

An effort to help Delaware towns improve lighting as a way to fight crime is getting a $2.5 million boost in funding from the American Rescue Plan.

3 years ago

A Confederate monument has cost the Georgetown Historical Society its taxpayer-funded grant. (WHYY, file)
Delaware
History

Southern Delaware town funds museum that continues to fly a Confederate flag

The Marvel Carriage Museum in Georgetown will get nearly $25,000 in funding from the town, even though it still flies the Confederate flag.

3 years ago

Bilal Walker, owner of Al-Munir Farms at his location on Grafton Avenue. (Courtesy of Bilal Walker)
Income Inequality
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity
Sustainability

Urban farmers say government funding would help solve food insecurity in N.J.

In vacant lots, urban farmers in the Garden State turn out fresh and healthy food options for their neighborhoods.

3 years ago

Donta Rose, 28, is the owner-operator of Gracery Outlet in the $52 Million Sharswood Ridge Shooping Center. (Abdul R. Sulayaman/Tribune Photos)
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Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Supermarket is first business to open in the $52M Sharswood Ridge shopping center

It is the first business to open in the complex, which will also include an Everest Urgent Care Facility, a barbecue restaurant, and a Santander Bank branch.

3 years ago

Philadelphia skyline
Business
Economic Development
Income Inequality
Race & Ethnicity

Comcast awards $1 million to minority-owned businesses to offset pandemic impacts

Comcast announced the July 2022 recipients of their RISE fund pandemic relief grants. 100 Philly-area businesses were awarded $10,000.

3 years ago

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Food & Drink
History
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The Philadelphia history of the Choco Taco (RIP)

Some 40 years before Klondike decided to discontinue it, the childhood favorite frozen treat was likely invented in Philly.

3 years ago

Pope Francis sits on stage with Indigenous leaders from Canada.
History
International
Religion

Pope apologizes for ‘catastrophic’ school abuses in Canada

Pope Francis has apologized for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools.

3 years ago

A collection of books at the Free Library's Ogontz branch.
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

How to get a library card in Philly (and everything you can do if you get one)

Stream a movie, download an audiobook, borrow an instrument, and more. Make sure to check the hours before you try to visit a branch.

3 years ago

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