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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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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.
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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.
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Listen 6:40Kensington 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.
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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.
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Listen 3:30Droughts over: Drexel, Rutgers lead charge back to NCAAs
Drexel is back in the NCAA bracket — and some long-forgotten teams have tagged along.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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‘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.
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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.
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What’s striking about recollections of the Before Times is their specificity.
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Looks like Philly public pools will be back this summer
The city is hiring lifeguards in anticipation of opening the neighborhood swim spots.
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