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Race & Ethnicity

Philly launches ‘Black + Gold Series’ to foster dialogue, unity across AAPI and Black communities

City officials said they chose to launch the series in February as a nod to two important celebrations: Black History Month and Lunar New Year.

4 years ago

A QAnon sign is pictured outside
Crime
National
Public Safety

Conspiracy theorists fueled bump in extremist killings in 2021, ADL reports

The ADL’s report says white supremacists, antigovernment sovereign citizens and other adherents of long-standing movements were responsible for most of the deadly attacks.

4 years ago

A community vaccine clinic. (Courtesy of Penn Asian Senior Services)
Aging
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Proper primary medical care is difficult for limited English-speaking seniors to find. PASSi wants to change that

PASSi will offer primary care to their limited English proficient seniors, allowing them to get proper primary care in their own language.

4 years ago

West Elm Caleb went from a local Hinge player to dating supervillain, the target of a massive, righteous internet investigation. An audience of millions helped uncover and blow up his personal information. (Nicole Xu for NPR)
NPR
Media
Race & Ethnicity

What internet outrage reveals about race and TikTok’s algorithm

"Collaborative filtering may also reproduce whatever bias there is in people's behavior."

4 years ago

Police stop traffic on Broad Street
Radio Times
Animals
Energy
Environment
Policing

The Regional Roundup – February 14th

We look at geothermal energy as a switch from fossil fuels in the region. A new law prohibits traffic stops for minor offenses in Philly. And, Covid in white-tailed deer.

Air Date: February 14, 2022 10:00 am

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Eddie Ibanez at the MKTSQ launch of CryptoZoo
Philadelphia
Technology
Billy Penn

PPP loan grift: Eddie Ibanez partnered with Logan Paul on NFT CryptoZoo, but his bio is full of lies

Was Zenabi Data ever legit? A billionaire investor was convinced, but a onetime employee said the FBI is now asking about his former boss.

4 years ago

Alex Tewfik stands outside his restaurant
Business
Economy
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

Philly’s restaurant scene is poised for a big resurgence. But there are winners and losers

Philadelphia’s restaurant scene is rebounding after nearly two grueling years of pandemic uncertainty.

4 years ago

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An ad for Chinese sportswear company shows American-born freestyle skiing gold medalist Eileen Gu, or Gu Ailing and other athletes competing for China at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on a street on last week in Beijing. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
NPR
International
Sports

For some athletes, what is Chinese is not so simple

Who gets to play for a country's national team at the Winter Olympics is an especially complicated question in China.

4 years ago

Food service worker Sheree Allen is seen in the Raise Up offices, a branch of the Fight for $15 union, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Durham, N.C.  (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
Business
Employment

Young workers give unions new hope

After decades of decline, U.S. unions have a new reason for hope: younger workers.

4 years ago

Rosie Alfaro and her two sons, Marcus and Mason at their farm in Bucks County. (Courtesy of Earth's Best Organics)
Animals
Neighborhoods
Pennsylvania

A small farm is battling with Upper Makefield Township to stay in business

Is it agriculture or entertainment? Is it too small, or not commercial enough? These are among the issues one couple say they face, with no resolution.

4 years ago

Hanna Poscente took this selfie moments after she found Mia, whom she'd been searching for for weeks.
(Courtesy of Hanna Poscente)
NPR
Animals
National

It took a village, but dog that fled car accident returns home

A community rallied after a couple lost their dog in a car accident that nearly killed them all. Eventually, they all made it home.

4 years ago

Amy Banks has been yearning but unable to visit fiance James Murphy in prison. (Courtesy of Amy Banks)
Delaware
Incarceration
Public Health

Delaware resumes in-person prison visits to ‘strengthen those connections’ interrupted three times during pandemic

The prison system again shut down face-to-face visits with loved ones on Jan. 1. as a precautionary measure during the record-setting winter surge.

4 years ago

Travelers walk to their gates at the Philadelphia International Airport
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Transportation

Philadelphia airport sees surge in passengers bringing guns to TSA checkpoints

It’s never OK to bring a gun on a plane in your carry-on. But the Philly airport saw a record number of passengers try to do so last year.

4 years ago

Protesters try to take down the statue of former mayor and police chief Frank Rizzo
Philadelphia
Politics
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

How the protest movement engineered a takedown of the Rizzo statue after years of delay

As artist Ursula Rucker says, “energy is real” in the presence of public art.

4 years ago

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Government
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity
6abc

Fire company in Delaware County shut down after racist remarks caught on video call

An investigation will determine whether the temporary silence at the Briarcliffe Fire company becomes permanent.

4 years ago

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