
Community
CDC likely to extend eviction moratorium with millions of people behind on rent
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has taken a key step toward extending an order aimed at preventing evictions during the ongoing COVID outbreak.
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What you’ll find at the huge new Giant supermarket on the Schuylkill River
Local products, a coffee shop, 40 beers on tap and terrace seating with a view of 30th Street Station.
4 years ago
Look, up in the sky! A bald eagle brings joy near the Art Museum
The distinctive white head and white tail have been spotted near the Schuylkill. The city’s two rivers provide a great habitat, experts say.
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Listen 4:34‘Fear for your life’: What it feels like to drive a SEPTA shuttle overnight
Drivers say they are overwhelmed by people struggling with homelessness and addiction. SEPTA has only 7 social workers to help contain the crisis.
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Biden, Harris offering solace to grieving Asian Americans
The presidential trip was planned before the shooting, as part of a victory lap aimed at selling the benefits of pandemic relief legislation.
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Black clergy group unveils plan to address gun violence
The clergy group also recommended that Mayor Jim Kenney appoint a czar or deputy mayor delegated to comprehensively addressing violence eradication.
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Advocates say reluctance to report anti-Asian harassment stems from mistrust
Community advocates say mistrust and doubting whether their experiences “count” are among the reasons many Asian people don’t report incidents of racism.
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Free Library trustees vote to replace board chair decried by Concerned Black Workers
Pamela Dembe’s removal comes less than a year after the resignation of former library president Siobhan Reardon.
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The minimum wage at all the supermarket chains in Philly
Are the folks who stock your grocery shelves making $15 an hour — or $8?
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Philadelphia man fatally shot on prison grounds shortly after being released
Twenty-year-old Rodney Hargrove was killed roughly an hour after he left Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility.
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‘Mad or nah?’: Residents react to the damning UN report that cites Philly police violence
Tamara Russell hit the streets to garner reaction to the United Nations’ report pleading for U.S. cities to reform police abuses, citing Philly as its primary example.
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Listen 5:04‘The hate has to stop’: Philly mourns at Chinatown vigil for Atlanta spa shooting victims
With an undercurrent of solidarity, speakers talked about colonialism, the criminalization of sex work, policing, and immigration policy.
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Essential, unemployed, overstretched: How the COVID economy crashed on women
Some call it the “triple whammy.” In Pennsylvania, as in the rest of the country, working women have faced unique hardship due to the pandemic.
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Listen 5:03Fun in Fairmount Park, online jazz fest, theater-by-phone and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
March 18 - March 24: This week's events include reopenings of Fairmount Park's best spots, Easter takeout options, and an Elfreth's Alley walking tour.
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Listen 4:12‘The victims are Asian American’: Philly communities ‘on edge’ after Atlanta-area shooting
While law enforcement said it is not clear whether Tuesday’s attack was racially motivated, organizers in Philly’s Asian communities had no such hesitation.
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