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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Crabfries and cheese sauce are pictured at Yankee Stadium
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

It’s true, Philly sports fan favorite Crabfries are now sold at Yankee Stadium

Chickie’s & Pete’s opened the Bronx ballpark concession stand this spring after two years in talks.

5 years ago

A gaping hole at 6th and Bainbridge streets is closed off by Philly Streets Department barriers
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads

‘Like an asteroid struck’: Bella Vista residents survey damage after massive water main break

City officials say they’re still sorting through the damage and setting a recovery timeline after a water main busted Sunday morning near South Street.

5 years ago

A SEPTA bus travels down a street in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

Mapping Philly’s Latino communities: People and places to know along SEPTA’s 47 bus line

Visit the people and places that shape their neighborhoods and communities as told through PlanPhilly’s The 47: Historias along a bus route series.

5 years ago

Keri Smith is pictured in a black and white photo with the words
NPR
Immigration
National

Permanent residents who left the U.S. during the pandemic worry they can’t come home

Many green card holders are still stuck outside of the country, worried about returning to their lives in the U.S. because of broad disruptions to the immigration system.

5 years ago

Mandy Bujold (L) of Canada exchanges punches with Nina Radovanovic of Serbia
NPR
Home & Family
Sports

Olympic and Paralympic moms face big obstacles to compete. They’re demanding change

Mothers competing in the Olympics and Paralympics are speaking out about the challenges they face as working mothers in sports. Some are using their platform to demand change.

5 years ago

Robert
History
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Official: 1960s civil rights activist Robert Moses has died

Moses worked to dismantle segregation as the Mississippi field director of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee during the civil rights movement.

5 years ago

Conklin Pool Wetland along Jenkintown Creek.
Environment
Public Spaces
Sustainability

Cheltenham Township slashes funding in half to Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership; wants partners to pay more

TTF leaders and the Cheltenham Township Manager Robert Zienkowski have a meeting on Monday to try and come to an understanding.

5 years ago

From left: Giovanna Basso, Mofiyin Onanuga, Emma Fetzer and Joanne Lee are teen leaders for the U.N.-sponsored gender equality group Girl Up. They attended Girl Up's virtual conference last week, which featured Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai as a guest speaker. (Giovanna Basso, Mofiyin Onanuga, Emma Fetzer, Joanne Lee)
NPR
Gender
Public Health
Social Justice

Teen girl leaders in a pandemic: Fight for what’s right, then groove to BTS

For girls like 19-year-old Giovanna Basso, a teen activist from Brazil, being a teen and an activist is a balancing act.

5 years ago

Olivia Breen (right), a Welsh Paralympian seen here in 2015, recently recounted a competition official remarking that her briefs were
NPR
Gender
Sports

The sexualization of women in sports extends even to what they wear

It's 2021, but the policing of female athletes' bodies is a practice that continues to thrive.

5 years ago

Syria's Hend Zaza competes during women's table tennis singles preliminary round match against Austria's Liu Jia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. (Kin Cheung/AP)
NPR
International
Sports

A 12-year-old Syrian makes her Olympic debut

In her Olympic debut, Zaza played a woman more than three times her age at the women's singles preliminary round.

5 years ago

Artwork by Al-Bustan campers was inspired by the Alhambra palace in Spain. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community Events
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Food, music, civic engagement planned for Philly’s first Arab Community Day

The inaugural event by Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture will offer free food, music, COVID vaccinations, and civic resources.

5 years ago

One person was killed while waiting in line at Philly's cheesesteak landmark Pat's King of Steaks. (6ABC)
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
6ABC

Police ID man charged with murder after shooting at Pat’s King of Steaks in Philadelphia

The shooting occurred while the gunman and victim were in line at the famous cheesesteak shop.

5 years ago

A New Jersey woman is facing charges after a tirade of racial slurs was caught on video at a Super 8 hotel in Mount Laurel. (6ABC)
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Another racist attack in Mt. Laurel goes viral

For the second time this month, a video of a racist attack happening in Mt. Laurel, N.J. has gone viral.

5 years ago

Cleveland relief pitcher Nick Sandlin (right) and catcher Austin Hedges celebrate a 10-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on June 8, 2021, in St. Louis. On Friday, the Cleveland team announced its new name, the Guardians. (Jeff Roberson/AP)
NPR
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
Sports

Cleveland’s MLB team changes its name to Guardians after years of backlash

The team announced the name change on Twitter on Friday morning, posting a two-minute video narrated by actor Tom Hanks.

5 years ago

The Olympic rings at Odori Park in Sapporo Hokkaido, Japan on Tuesday. (Masashi Hara/Getty Images)
NPR
International
Sports

How to watch the Tokyo Olympics

Events will air across many NBC properties, including NBC, USA, CNBC and Golf Channel, as well as on Peacock (NBC's streaming platform), the NBC Sports app and on NBCOlympics.

5 years ago

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