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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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

4 years ago

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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.

4 years ago

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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.

4 years ago

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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.

4 years ago

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A cutout of Rosa Parks is seen on a SEPTA bus
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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.

4 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)
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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.”

4 years ago

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2022 WHYY Neighbors and Newsrooms Summit

WHYY’s Neighbors and Newsrooms Summit features thoughtful conversations on journalism, community, and collaboration, hosted by Christopher “Flood the Drummer” Norris.

4 years ago

The setting sun is shrouded in smoke from a fire that burned and stretched across Ellis, Russell, Osborne and Rooks counties Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, near Natoma, Kansas.
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Calls to volunteer fire departments are at a high but they have few first responders

Some volunteer departments were already stretched dangerously thin, and then along came the pandemic.

4 years ago

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Delaware
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The Village of Arden is an idyllic, ‘single tax’ arts community just south of Philly that’s lasted over 120 years

Located in Delaware, the village has had some well-known residents.

4 years ago

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Pennsylvania

Longed-for pandemic mortgage assistance program launches in Pa.

The day the Pennsylvania Homeowners Assistance Fund application portal opened, it crashed, inundated with people trying to register.

4 years ago

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Flexibility ‘here to stay’: Philly companies predict hybrid work is the future

The top reason for hybrid or remote work was, unsurprisingly, COVID-19 itself. The second most given reason was attracting and retaining employees.

4 years ago

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Delaware
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Cobbler by day, abolitionist at night, Abraham Shadd honored by Delaware

A prominent abolitionist is getting new recognition in Delaware. Wilmington-born Abraham Shadd became one of the first Black elected officials in Canada.

4 years ago

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2022 Conversations of King: Give us the ballot

Local voting rights advocates Abu Edwards, Saj “Purple” Blackwell, Brittany Smalls, and Rev. Gregory Holston join Christopher Norris for a Community Conversation about voting

4 years ago

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Philadelphia
Transportation
Billy Penn

Swipe multiple riders on one SEPTA Key? Not yet. The website post was a mistake, but the feature is promised soon

The transit authority inadvertently faked out some riders, who got excited about a weekend update that went out too early.

4 years ago

Women from the Philadelphia Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. pose for a photo
Philadelphia
Social Justice

Philly alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta celebrates 95 years of service

Delta Sigma Theta is marking its 95 years of service by partnering with Life Turning Point of Philadelphia, which supports women and children experiencing homelessness.

4 years ago

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