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Income Inequality

As Philly water shutoffs return, city rolls out relief policies

Philadelphia’s COVID moratorium on water shutoffs is ending, but officials are unveiling a patchwork of policies and assistance programs designed to help.

4 years ago

Security guards stand outside the entrance to Pennridge High School in Perkasie, where students were holding a memorial for children killed in the Uvalde school shooting. Members of the press were not allowed to attend the event. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Gun Violence
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Bucks County students gather, grieve lives lost in Uvalde, Texas, and worry for the lives of students around them

Pennridge High School students organized a memorial to honor the victims, and to take a stance against gun violence.

4 years ago

Students stand with signs, calling for an end to gun violence in Philly.
Gun Violence
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Teen gun violence coalition issues call to action based on survey data

After surveying 1,300 Philadelphia students about gun violence, the newly-formed Enough is Enough campaign is using their findings to make demands to city officials.

4 years ago

Thousands packed the west end of South Street and Grays Ferry Avenue Sunday afternoon for the annual Odunde Festival.
Community Events
Outdoors
Philadelphia

Philadelphia’s Odunde Festival returns after two-year hiatus

After a two-year break due to COVID, one of the biggest street fests dedicated to African American culture and the African diaspora returns.

4 years ago

Ray Didinger stands watching a rehearsal of his play.
Media
Philadelphia
Sports

Philly sports media icon Ray Didinger retires after 53 years

Over the weekend, Hall of Fame sports writer Ray Didinger says goodbye after 53 years covering Philadelphia sports.

4 years ago

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Jess Ng is shown in a defensive stance, with city buildings and sky behind her.
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Crime
Gender
Public Safety
Race & Ethnicity

Self-defense classes help Asian and Pacific Islander women feel safer in New York

The classes are taught by Jess Ng, a Muay Thai fighter who grew up in Queens, to empower Asian and Pacific Islander women to feel safer in New York City.

4 years ago

A toy yellow school bus is in focus, with a blurry American flag in the foreground.
Gun Violence
Kids
National

Empty spaces, broken hearts in a Texas town gutted by loss

In a town as small as Uvalde, Texas, even those who didn’t lose their own child lost someone.

4 years ago

Petrovsky Market on Bustleton Avenue
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

The Philly neighborhood where Russian is more common than English, and yellow-and-blue signs swell in support of Ukraine

Bustleton is a haven for people of post-Soviet descent.

4 years ago

Vikki and Mark Pier visit the grave of their son, Noah, who was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in July 2011. They used to visit every few months, but they have been unable to make it in recent years. (Erin Stalnaker)
NPR
History
Military

‘My heart is in Arlington’: What Memorial Day means to one Gold Star family

For many years, Vikki and Mark Pier would come during Memorial Day weekend to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

4 years ago

(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo, file)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
Sustainability

Consumer advocates in Pennsylvania caution against switching electric suppliers as utilities raise rates

Electric rates will rise for most customers in Pennsylvania June 1, and consumer advocates say switching to an alternative power supplier won’t be beneficial.

4 years ago

Breana Cooper, 25, has been a lifeguard for 7 years and was just rectified at Samuel Recreation Center in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Employment
Outdoors

Philly needs 60 more lifeguards to open most pools this summer

They’ve raised pay, knocked on doors, and even started a TikTok account to recruit more lifeguards, but Philly pools are still running short on staff.

4 years ago

Bruce Vincent and his daughter Zoey watching the flag raising ceremony on the Ocean City N.J. boardwalk. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
New Jersey
Outdoors
6abc

Perfect weather for Memorial Day weekend at the Jersey Shore

"A lot of family fun for everyone, you can't go wrong coming to Ocean City," said Alex Grumer of Warrington.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
History
Military
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

Memorial Day in Philadelphia: 8 city landmarks that commemorate fallen heroes

These memorials around the city pay tribute to those who’ve served.

4 years ago

A photo of a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan is shown in one photo, alongside of a photo of his mother speaking at a Memorial Day event in Camden County, N.J.
Military
National
New Jersey
6abc

N.J. Gold Star Mother remembers fallen son at Memorial Day service

The names of Camden County residents who paid the ultimate sacrifice were read at a Memorial Day service.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden stand in front of a memorial to the victims of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Gun Violence
National
Public Safety

Uvalde tells Biden to ‘do something’; he pledges ‘we will’

A crowd in Uvalde, Texas, has urged President Joe Biden to “do something” after the killings of 19 elementary school pupils and two teachers at the hands of a lone gunman.

4 years ago

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