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Theresa, John, and Aileen McShea in their restaurant
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

After its hardest year, a family-owned Irish pub celebrates the arrival of St. Patrick’s Day

McShea’s is more than ready for its 25th season in Narberth.

4 years ago

Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart
Philadelphia
Public Health
Religion

Philly interfaith leader discusses the toll COVID has taken on congregations

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart, Philadelphia’s director for Faith-Based and Interfaith Affairs.

4 years ago

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Volunteers with New Kensington CDC clean up in Kensington on June 1, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Kensington artists, community leaders discuss public art as a tool for social change

A neighborhood initiative to reduce crime invited a panel of artists to explain how art can bring together and empower neighborhoods.

4 years ago

Rowhouses on North 50th Street in West Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Economic Development
Housing
Philadelphia

Philadelphia’s small landlords have run out of time

Philadelphia native Ebony Harris thought buying rental properties would build generational wealth for her and her family. Then the pandemic hit.

4 years ago

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Drexel celebrates after a win over Elon in an NCAA college basketball game for the Colonial Athletic Association men's tournament championship in Harrisonburg, Va., Tuesday, March 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Daniel Lin)
Philadelphia
Sports

Droughts over: Drexel, Rutgers lead charge back to NCAAs

Drexel is back in the NCAA bracket — and some long-forgotten teams have tagged along.

4 years ago

Edith Blackwell is the owner of Edie’s Boutique in Chester, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Economy
Pennsylvania
Politics
Race & Ethnicity

Biden highlights Black-owned businesses during first official trip to Philly area as president

After passage of a $1.9 trillion stimulus package, President Biden headed to one of the places that helped get him into office: southeastern Pennsylvania.

4 years ago

Trenton, N.J. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
Housing
Income Inequality
New Jersey

N.J. announces second round of rental assistance amid ongoing pandemic

State officials on Tuesday announced the second phase of the Garden State’s rental assistance program, which is funded with $353 million in federal dollars.

4 years ago

Clockwise from left, Diana Montoya-Williams, Jose Torradas, Brunilda 'Cookie' Sanchez, Natalia Ortiz, and Melissa Pluguez-Moldavskiy are members of Unidos Contra Covid. (Screenshot via Zoom)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

Philly’s Latino doctors form a collective to boost lagging community vaccination rates

Inspired by the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, a group of Latino physicians and nurses is applying for city funding to serve its undervaccinated community.

4 years ago

Critics say Facebook does not apply its rules against misinformation as robustly to posts in Spanish, allowing harmful claims to spread. (Jenny Kane/AP)
NPR
Media

‘Ya basta Facebook’ says company must curb misinformation in Spanish

Advocacy groups say they aren't enforcing their own rules against falsehoods about COVID, vaccines, election fraud and conspiracy theories when it comes to posts in Spanish.

4 years ago

Jamal Johnson (Courtesy Jamal Johnson; Kimberly Paynter / WHYY)
Government Accountability
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Meet the North Philly-raised Marine veteran who forced the city’s hand on gun violence

The activism of hunger striker Jamal Johnson is known nationwide.

4 years ago

Crowds gather pre-pandemic at Uptown Beer Garden
Home & Family
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Drinks at a bar, dancing to live music, a show at the theater: Your last ‘normal’ memories in Philly before life changed

What’s striking about recollections of the Before Times is their specificity.

4 years ago

A lifeguard at Kelly Pool
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

Looks like Philly public pools will be back this summer

The city is hiring lifeguards in anticipation of opening the neighborhood swim spots.

4 years ago

Nicole Marquis, restaurant owner and co-founder of the Save Philly Restaurants coalition, and Lindsay Dymowski Constantino, president and owner of Centennial Pharmacy, worked together to provide vaccine doses to food industry workers. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Employment
Food & Drink
Public Health

After a ‘long, difficult journey,’ vaccines provide hope to Philly restaurant workers

A coalition of restaurant owners has organized a series of mass vaccination events for industry workers who are happy for relief after a rollercoaster year.

4 years ago

Bartender Kelsey Drozda makes a drink behind the bar at the Riverside Caf
Business
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. to bring back bar service, expand indoor dining capacity

Effective Sunday, April 4, restaurants may resume bar service, and indoor dining capacity will be raised to 75% for restaurants that undergo the self-certification process.

4 years ago

“Lehigh Times” is one of 45 local news websites run in Pennsylvania by Metric Media, which has been found to fail basic journalistic standards for trustworthiness and credibility, according a new report. (Screenshot)
Media
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Partisan Pa. websites masquerading as local news threaten trust in journalism, new report finds

Both Republican and Democratic groups are seeking to exploit the growing void in local news through outlets that fail basic journalistic standards, according to a report.

4 years ago

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