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The historical marker that honors Dr. John Fryer at 13th and Locust Streets in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
History
LGBTQ
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Doctor who challenged LGBTQ psychiatric diagnosis 50 years ago honored in Philadelphia

Dr. John Fryer who testified at ‘Dr. Henry Anonymous’ before the APA is recognized for removing the stigma of being gay on the 50th anniversary of his testimony.

3 years ago

Business members and officials gather outside New Olympia House Restaurant to celebrate small biz week.
Business
Economic Development
Philadelphia

Small biz week comes with a call for relief from Philly’s COVID regulations

The owners of small businesses are hoping the city will not go back to the masking regulations that cut their sales — especially for establishments selling food.

3 years ago

EPA chief Michael Regan (left) talks with U.S. Sen. Tom Carper and an unidentified woman at The Warehouse for teens in Wilmington. Behind them is the center's electric bus.
Delaware
Energy
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New ‘American standard’: EPA chief Regan touts zero emission school buses at Wilmington teen center

Clean energy and electric vehicles took center stage in Wilmington on Monday when the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visited a teen center.

3 years ago

Students walk past a display for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
NPR
History
Race & Ethnicity

The story behind Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and why it’s celebrated in May

May marks the beginning of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This year's theme is Advancing Leaders Through Collaboration.

3 years ago

An aerial view shows Muslims praying, marking the end of Ramadan in the celebration of Eid al-Fitr.
Community Events
International
Religion

Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr holiday with joy, worry

Muslims are observing the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, typically marked with communal prayers, celebratory gatherings around festive meals and new clothes.

3 years ago

The exterior of University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Students are upset and angry about USciences’ plan to yank birth control from health centers post-St. Joe’s merger

People expressed concern over the effect it could have on the school’s science-based curriculum. Some are even considering a transfer.

3 years ago

A man feeds a baby on a bus full of evacuees in Ukraine
International
Public Safety

First civilians leave Mariupol steel plant; hundreds remain

If successful, the evacuation would represent rare progress in easing the human cost of the almost 10-week war.

3 years ago

A person walks along a beach in Neshaminy State Park in Bucks County.
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania

Resistance begins against the potential sale of the Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority

A county-wide campaign led by residents is sprouting in Bucks County, in opposition to the potential sale of the Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority.

3 years ago

A Urkrainian volunteer wearing an orange vest gestures in the distance as she stands next to a group of people.
Changing Communities
Immigration
International

Look for the orange vest: Ukrainians in Romania help others

Many Ukrainian volunteers in Romania are helping new refugees sort out their lives after the trauma of fleeing the war.

3 years ago

Starbucks union supporters march with signs.
NPR
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Economy
Employment
National

Starbucks workers drive nationwide surge in union organizing

Starbucks workers have driven a surge in union election petitions filed with the National Labor Relations Board.

3 years ago

People celebrate, raising their fists in the air.
Economy
Employment
National

Amazon, union face off in a rematch election in New York

Amazon and the nascent group that successfully organized the company’s first-ever U.S. union drive are headed for a rematch Monday.

3 years ago

Nancy Pelosi stands next to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, both are smiling.
Government
International
Military

Evacuations underway in Mariupol; Pelosi visits Ukraine

The United Nations confirms that an operation to evacuate people from a steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol is underway.

3 years ago

Turning Point United Methodist Church in Trenton, N.J. traces its history back to 1772. It has been located on South Broad Street near State Street since 1894. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Community Events
New Jersey
Religion

New Jersey’s first Methodist church celebrates 250 years in Trenton

Turning Point United Methodist Church in Trenton kicks off a year long celebration of its 250th anniversary.

3 years ago

Members of the Pottstown community participated in a community clean-up and art fair on April 30, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community Events
Environment
Pennsylvania

A new place to gather: Pottstown community is reviving a historic cemetery

Artists and volunteers came together on Saturday in Montgomery County to celebrate, revive, and raise funds for Pottstown’s Edgewood Historic Cemetery.

3 years ago

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Virginia Maksymowicz holds one of the cast-plastic tools she created for her sculpture, ''Tools of the Trade,'' now installed in the North Waiting Room of William H. Gray III 30th Street Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Public Spaces
Sculpture
Transportation

First new sculpture in 70 years for Philly’s 30th Street Station

Amtrak built a wall on wheels to accommodate Virginia Maksymowicz’s “Tools of the Trade,” honoring hand labor in the national rail system.

3 years ago

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