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Kensington residents protest Somerset Station's closure
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Eyes on the Street

History is repeating in Kensington. It doesn’t have to be this way

Urban anthropologist and community leader Bill McKinney charts the history of Kensington and signs of a new path forward.

4 years ago

Philadelphia gave out 100,000 of these pins to schoolchildren to promote the citywide cleanup (Jack Burghart)
Environment
History
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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Secret Philly: The 1914 trash cleanup program that gained nationwide fame

The weeklong effort was so robust it was called “a model” for other cities to follow.

4 years ago

(Courtesy of BookSmiles)
Kids
New Jersey

Cherry Hill man to be honored for spreading book wealth

Larry Abrams of Cherry Hill will receive the Russ Berrie Award from Ramapo College of New Jersey for his work with his organization, BookSmiles.

4 years ago

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Immigration
New Jersey

Undocumented New Jerseyans are now eligible for driver’s licenses. Here’s how to apply

This policy change makes as many as 450,000 New Jerseyans newly eligible to get behind the wheel.

4 years ago

Longtime friends Mazzie Casher (left) and Steven Pickens created the Philly Truce app, aimed at mediating neighborhood disputes before theuy erupt in violence. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Crime
Gun Violence
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‘We have to do something’: Friends hope new app will empower Philadelphians to help prevent gun violence

The Philly Truce app launches on Sat. It relies on professional and trained volunteer conflict mediators to connect with residents who’ve reached out for help.

4 years ago

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Emily Knowles sits outside her apartment in Watertown, Mass. Knowles has some college credits but no degree and works as a quality assurance analyst at Ovia Health, a Boston-based digital company that serves people who are starting families.
NPR
Employment

No college, no problem. Some employers drop degree requirements to diversify staffs

The tech industry is filled with people who have the same type of education and advantages. As the sector expands, economists say this reinforces inequality.

4 years ago

Philadelphians gathered on 10th street in Chinatown for a solidarity rally and march against violence directed at Asian Americans on March 25, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
K-12
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Journalist and former S. Philly High student recall 2009 attacks against Asian teens

WHYY’s `Morning Edition’ host Jennifer Lynn discusses a Chalkbeat retrospective on the bias and violence that spurred a student boycott.

4 years ago

Listen 6:35
Alexie Encarnación and Yaritza Román of Northeast Philadelphia run an artisanal ice cream business called Helados Chupi Chupi and are regular vendors at La Placita. (Becca Haydu for WHYY)
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Philadelphia

North Philly entrepreneurs and artisans bring life to a former junkyard at La Placita flea market

A new weekend flea market offers natural ice cream and other goods made and sold by North Philadelphia entrepreneurs.

4 years ago

chestnut hill home and garden stroll
Things To Do
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New museum on the Mall, Chestnut Hill home fest, and streaming Mozart in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

April 29 - May 2: The week’s events include roller skating at Dilworth Park, drive-in movies in Wilmington, and an evening stroll in a Jenkintown botanical garden.

4 years ago

Listen 4:10
Pam Africa described police abuse her family experienced at a protest outside the Penn Museum on April 28, 2021, over the museum’s mistreatment of the remains of children Tree and Delisha Africa who were killed when Philadelphia police dropped explosives on MOVE's headquarters in 1985. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Protests
Social Justice

‘We are not subjects of study!’: Protesters march on Penn Museum to decry handling of MOVE remains

The marchers called for an investigation into how bones thought to be from children killed in the 1985 bombing ended up floating around Ivy League universities for decades.

4 years ago

(NBC10)
Delaware
Policing
Public Safety
NBC10

Delaware police officer dies days after being attacked while responding to fight

Cpl. Keith Heacook, 54, was declared "clinically dead" Wednesday at 12:48 p.m. at a Baltimore hospital, Delmar Police Chief Ivan Barkley said.

4 years ago

Community activist Isaac Gardner leads a march on Locust Street demanding justice for Walter Wallace Jr., who was shot dead by police Monday. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly creates new ‘network’ for grassroots criminal justice reform with $200k grant program

Gun violence continue to rise, but the city’s biweekly briefings may have already be having a positive effect.

4 years ago

A selfie Feng Daoyou took in Macau. Her older brother Feng Daokun believes she traveled to Hong Kong before flying to the U.S., from where she first contacted him in 2016. Unlike the rest of her family, she did not marry, and seemed to relish venturing far from home.
NPR
Crime
Gender
Immigration
Race & Ethnicity

In China, Atlanta shooting victim’s kin struggle to understand her — and her death

Feng Daoyou, who'd lived in the U.S. for about five years, died a stranger in a strange land.

4 years ago

People rally outside the courthouse in Minneapolis on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, after the guilty verdicts were announced in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. George Floyd's killing last year and the protests that followed led to a wave of police reforms in dozens of states, from changes in use-of-force policies to greater accountability for officers. At the same time, lawmakers in a handful of states have had success addressing racial inequities. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Black Lives Matter
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K-12
Philadelphia

Philadelphia high school students offer reaction to guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial

WHYY asked students from its Media Lab how they were feeling about the Chauvin verdict. Here are some of their responses.

4 years ago

Saj “Purple” Blackwell talking to West Philly residents about the Derek Chauvin trial. (WHYY)
Black Lives Matter
Policing
Social Justice

Residents along 52nd Street expected the worst. Post-Chauvin verdict, there’s relief.

Saj Blackwell, a partner in WHYY’s News and Information Community Exchange, spoke to her neighbors along 52nd Street about the relief they’re feeling after the Chauvin verdict

4 years ago

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