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An in-home care worker receives her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in February in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Public Health

‘Vax cards,’ ‘vax sites,’ ‘fully vaxxed’: ‘Vax’ is Oxford’s 2021 word of the year

It would have been pretty difficult to get through 2021 without hearing the word "vax" at least once.

4 years ago

Veronica Joyner speaks from a podium during a press conference
Keystone Crossroads
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Philadelphia
Public Safety

‘I wish I could promise all my students safe travels, but I can’t’: Philly leaders address gun violence, student safety

Starting Monday, the Philadelphia Police Department is boosting its presence outside 25 school zones in response to growing incidents of gun violence.

4 years ago

Amy McCoy reads a book to preschoolers as they finish their lunch at her Forever Young Daycare facility, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Mountlake Terrace, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Kids

Delaware child care centers to get millions in federal funding after essential pandemic work

The pandemic put a spotlight on the importance of early child education and care to the broader economy. Now, Delaware’s child care industry is getting federal help to do that

4 years ago

A young girl dressed as a unicorn pets a cat on a Philly street
Home & Family
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Halloween in West Philly: Tots in costume, a Dumpster Derby, and the ‘Porch of Doom’

Three dozen photos that capture the creative essence of the holiday — and the human spirit.

4 years ago

COVID-10 vaccines
Radio Times
Elections
Health Care
Kids
Media

Regional Roundup – 11/01

Voters will make big decisions at the polls tomorrow, if they haven't already mailed that ballot in. And, the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival opens this week.

Air Date: November 1, 2021 10:00 am

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NPR
Community Events
International
Race & Ethnicity

Why marigolds, or cempasúchil, are the iconic flower of Día de los Muertos

4 years ago

In this Dec. 11, 1969, file photo, demonstrators protest on the steps of the Los Angeles City Hall, against raids by police at Black Panther headquarters. (AP Photo/Wally Fong, File)
Black Lives Matter
History
National
Race & Ethnicity

Decades later, a new look at Black Panthers and their legacy

Some activists and historians are taking another look at the legacy of the Panthers — harbingers of today’s identity politics.

4 years ago

Children and adult from Afghanistan at PHL Airport (David Rosenblum/ BillyPenn)
Government
International
Kids
National
Philadelphia
BillyPenn

Nearly half the Afghan evacuees are children. Here are photos of kids coming through Philadelphia.

The operation has slowed down, but planes carrying hundreds evacuated from Afghanistan are still arriving at PHL.

4 years ago

SEPTA trolley tunnel (SEPTA)
PlanPhilly

Pa. Ethics Commission blasts SEPTA for allowing ex-employee to break contracting rules

The ex-employee retired then took a job with an engineering consultancy, and returned to SEPTA as a private consultant, violating state ethics codes.

4 years ago

Chris Maguire speaks from a podium
Housing
Philadelphia

Project HOME expands supportive housing for Philadelphians experiencing homelessness

Project HOME completed a supportive, permanent housing project during the pandemic, expanding its stock of apartments for people formerly homeless.

4 years ago

Annette John-Hall. (Courtesy of Annette John-Hall)
History
Media
Sports

After 41 years in the journalism game, Annette John Hall is closing her notebook for the very last time

After 41 years in the journalism game, Annette is closing her notebook for the very last time. She is retiring from her work as a journalist and leaving WHYY.

4 years ago

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Montgomery County courthouse on a sunny day.
Government
Pennsylvania

Montgomery County appoints Donna Richemond as inaugural chief of diversity, equity, and inclusion

Donna Richemond will look to assist the county in its endeavors at making itself more inclusive to both employees and community members alike.

4 years ago

Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney. A press conference at Philadelphia International Airport about the ongoing Operation Allies Welcome as the airport welcomes more than 25,000 Afghan evacuees. [DANIELLA HEMINGHAUS]
Immigration
National
Philadelphia

More than 25,000 Afghan refugees have passed through Philadelphia

Following a call from the Biden administration in August, Philadelphia opened its airport to Operation Allies Welcome, receiving Afghani evacuees.

4 years ago

Ivonne Pinto-García with the Philadelphia Folklore Project teaches a Calavera (sugar skull) making workshop at the Free Library in Center City on October on October 26, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

What Día de los Muertos sugar skulls mean to one Mexican artist in Philly

Ivonne Pinto-García embraces Día de los Muertos and its traditions as a way to honor her ancestors and share that pride with her Philadelphia community.

4 years ago

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Caroline Fitzpatrick, 14, came with her family from Blackwood, NJ to show support for the Carousel House during a July 2021 protest against its closing (Emily Cohen / WHYY)
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Set to be one of Rebuild’s largest investments, new Carousel House rec center could take 2 to 4 years

Disability advocates and Parkside neighbors got a timeline from city officials.

4 years ago

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