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A group wearing Zacapoaxtlas costumes from a previous Philadelphia celebration, representing the traditional Mexican defenders of Puebla. | Un grupo con trajes de Zacapoaxtlas de una celebración anterior en Filadelfia, representando a los tradicionales defensores mexicanos de Puebla. (Photo courtesy of Edgar Ramirez)
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Philly’s Carnaval de Puebla is going virtual. David Piña wants you to see the joy

The Carnaval de Puebla tradition started by Philly’s Mexican community will live on this year with two concerts and celebration held April 25 on Facebook Live.

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Billy Penn

Students at Penn and Princeton are horrified over mistreatment of MOVE children’s remains

University researchers were cavalier about studying the bones of Delisha and Tree Africa, and there’s still no clarity on where they currently are.

4 years ago

State and local officials plant butterfly bushes at the groundbreaking for the Laurel Run Land Stewardship Center in Delran, N.J. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Farmers Against Hunger plants base on a former Delran farm

A parcel of a former peach farm, now a Burlington County park, will return to agricultural purposes, grow produce, and teach the community about agriculture.

4 years ago

Tarana Burke stands in her home in Baltimore
Black Lives Matter
Race & Ethnicity
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A philanthropic drive to aid Black women is gaining momentum

The needs of Black women and girls have become a focus of philanthropic efforts as major donors seek to narrow a racial wealth gap and address chronic funding disparities.

4 years ago

An illustration of the world on a fork.
NPR
Environment
Food & Drink

Chew on this for Earth Day: How our diets impact the planet

The foods we choose to put on our plates — or toss away – could have more of an ecological impact than many of us realize.

4 years ago

Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary Principal Aliya Catanch-Bradley stands in front of trees planted in Fall 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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This North Philly principal is spending Earth Day planting trees for George Floyd

Aliya Catanch-Bradley responded to the murder of George Floyd by greening her school, where a quarter of the students struggle with respiratory illness.

4 years ago

Careda Matthews is the owner of Careda’s Caribbean Cuisine
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April 22 - 28, 2021

Philly theater, Caribbean food, and Camden celebrates Earth Day in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Weekend events in and around Philadelphia April 22 - 28: Check out Philly Theatre Week, Caribbean Restaurant Week, and giant sculptures in Camden.

4 years ago

Tiffany Ward, owner of NV My Eyewear on 52nd Street, in front of her store on April 21, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philadelphia

On 52nd Street, local shop owners feel relief while chains remain boarded

National chain outlets kept storefronts boarded despite the calm aftermath of the Chauvin trial. Meanwhile, local shops were back to business as usual.

4 years ago

Danielle Shaw (center) embraces a fellow member of Moms Bonded By Grief at a holiday party in South Philadelphia on Dec. 8, 2019. (Becca Haydu for WHYY)
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After Chauvin verdict, Philly mothers who lost children to violence want change here

The mothers gathered to honor George Floyd. They want people who marched for him to get involved in fighting violence here.

4 years ago

Penn Museum at the University of Pennsylvania.
Black Lives Matter
Race & Ethnicity
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Billy Penn

Remains of children killed in MOVE bombing sat in a box at Penn Museum for decades

Where are they now, and who is responsible for them? No one seems to know

4 years ago

Law enforcement gathers outside a Wawa, where a gunman fired at a man pumping gas
Crime
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
NBC10

2 dead after ‘indiscriminate’ shooting spree outside Lehigh Valley Wawa

Authorities said the gunman killed a truck driver who was pumping gas.

4 years ago

A couple dances at Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Washington, after the verdict in Minneapolis, in the murder trial against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was announced. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Mental Health
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Anger, anxiety, stress, relief: Therapists say it’s OK for Black people to feel it all

Black Philly area therapists say whatever you’re feeling and have felt this past year in relation to the killing of George Floyd, it’s the right response.

4 years ago

Mustafa Rashed with wife Cynthia Mauger and their sons Miles and Mathias (Courtesy of Mustafa Rashed)
Kids
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Make space, don’t sugarcoat, empower pride: How to talk to your kids about the Chauvin verdict

Philly parents and therapists on the delicate balance of explaining racism to children.

4 years ago

People gather at Cup Foods after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of Floyd. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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National
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Tears and relief sweep intersection where George Floyd was killed

In the place now known as George Floyd Square, a spot that millions around the world have seen in videos shot by bystanders during Floyd's arrest, there was relief.

4 years ago

Demonstrators gather outside Cup Foods to celebrate the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd
Black Lives Matter
Philadelphia
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‘This is a landmark case’: Philly area processes guilty verdict in the murder of George Floyd

Philly area residents reacted with relief, joy, and some sadness after a Minnesota jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd.

4 years ago

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