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Charles L. Blockson in his home office in 1971
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

How Charles L. Blockson turned childhood disrespect into a mission to create Black history collections

He donated thousands of items to Temple University and Penn State.

3 years ago

A lighthouse is pictured in 2021
Delaware
Environment
Preservation

Deepening seabed threatens Delaware’s Harbor of Refuge lighthouse

Money from the federal infrastructure spending bill will be used to determine how best to shore up the lighthouse, so it doesn’t fall into Delaware Bay.

3 years ago

A crime scene investigator works on the scene of a mass shooting
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Philly launches new victim advocate office amid ongoing violence crisis

Family members of city crime victims shared they are grateful to see the creation of a new office dedicated to their support.

3 years ago

Gene Cox speaks with Brenda Konkel, president of Occupy Madison and executive director of Madison Area Care for the Homeless OneHealth. Occupy Madison provides tiny houses for people experiencing homelessness in Madison, Wisconsin. (Giles Bruce for KHN)
NPR
Homelessness
Housing
Income Inequality

Tiny homes, big dreams: How some activists are reimagining shelter for the homeless

With housing costs rising, tiny homes are spreading as a solution to homelessness in California, Indiana, Missouri, Oregon, and beyond.

3 years ago

A detailed view of a Washington Commanders logo during the announcement of the Washington Football Team's name change — an announcement welcomed by Native American activists who felt the team's former
NPR
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
Sports

For many Native Americans, the Washington Commanders’ new name offers some closure

When the Washington Commanders announced their official name change this past week, it brought a sense of closure to a dark chapter for many Native Americans.

3 years ago

At just 8 years old, Dillon Helbig of Boise, Idaho, is a self-publishing sensation. (The Helbig Family)
NPR
Books
Kids

This 8-year-old’s book is a hit at his library. He offers advice for aspiring authors

The hottest commodity of the Lake Hazel branch of the Ada Community Library in Boise, Idaho is the brainchild of 8-year-old Dillon Helbig, a second-grader who loves to write.

3 years ago

Ryan Boyer, business manager of Laborers District Council, joins other union leaders in criticizing the handling of asbestos during construction at the Public Ledger Building. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Employment
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Ryan Boyer has plans to diversify Philly’s unions and rehabilitate the labor movement’s image

The first Black leader of the powerful Business Trades Council is known for steady coalition building.

3 years ago

In this Dec. 23, 2021, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Rear Adm. John Korka, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), and Chief of Civil Engineers, leads Navy and civilian water quality recovery experts through the tunnels of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Navy is scrambling to contain what one lawmaker has called a “crisis of astronomical proportions” after jet fuel leaked from an 80-year-old Hawaii tank farm, seeped into a drinking water well and polluted the water streaming out of faucets in Pearl Harbor military housing
Environment
Military
National
Public Safety

U.S. military faces crisis in Hawaii after jet fuel leak poisons water

The Navy is scrambling to contain a major crisis in Hawaii after jet fuel leaked from an 80-year-old Hawaii tank farm.

3 years ago

The westbound lanes of the Atlantic City Expressway
New Jersey
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Cashless tolls pilot coming to the Atlantic City Expressway

The Atlantic City Expressway has put out a request for proposals for cashless tolling on the highway, which could be in place by 2025.

3 years ago

A sign is posted in New Hope, Pa., upon entering Bucks County from New Jersey, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Housing
Pennsylvania

Bucks County extends incentives for landlords who rent to people at risk of homelessness

Landlords can receive $2,000 if they sign 1-year leases with participants in Bucks County Housing Link, the county’s housing crisis response system.

3 years ago

Bill Moeller (left) and author Lew Bryson
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

RIP famed Pa. brewer Bill Moeller, who made history at Ortlieb’s, Schmidt’s, and Dock Street

You could call him the last great beermaker of the Pennsylvania German tradition.

3 years ago

Lütfullah Kuçar is seen inside his home
NPR
International
Public Safety

Uyghur kids recall physical and mental torment at Chinese boarding schools in Xinjiang

Two Uyghur children recount abusive experiences in boarding school in Xinjiang, where they also lost their mother tongues.

3 years ago

Creator and North Philadelphia resident Ian Lipford holds a prototype of an installation of Mike Green, a basketball player from the neighborhood who went on to win awards as a college player. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
History
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

Made by North Philly residents, monuments to local heroes put Black history on display

“Bad” Bennie Briscoe, a sanitation worker turned champion boxer, is one of the North Philly icons memorialized through the interactive installations.

3 years ago

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A cutout of Rosa Parks is seen on a SEPTA bus
PlanPhilly
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Transportation

Rosa Parks honored with red roses and a seat on SEPTA

A special SEPTA bus running on Route 38 will save a seat for Rosa Parks during the month of February.

3 years ago

Members of the POWER Interfaith organization held a protest and prayer vigil for people in Philadelphia living without heat outside City Hall, on February 3, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

‘Everyone should have heat’: Interfaith leaders allege PGW left vulnerable families in the cold

Advocates claim delays caused by the gas utility left some Philadelphians without heat. Philadelphia Gas Works calls the group’s claims “fabricated.”

3 years ago

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