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Workers are moving first, asking questions later. What happens when offices reopen?
As the pandemic stretched on, some employees moved hundreds of miles from the offices they're supposed to return to once it's safe. Will their bosses make them come back?
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Delaware prisons resuming in-person visits, but virtual sessions remain popular option
One woman whose fiancé is incarcerated says they will stick with video for now, rather than deal with plexiglass dividers and masks required for in-person visits.
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Listen 2:18Philly extends moratorium on water shut-offs through April 2022
The water will stay on for those unable to pay their utility bills through April 2022, officials announced Monday.
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Occupy Cherry Hill: Unhoused people gather at upscale mall to protest lack of warming centers
Tawanda Jones is staging sit-ins to protest the lack of warming centers for those experiencing homelessness in Camden. The state’s involvement gives her hope.
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‘I Gotchu’: Understanding and urging allyship
Three representatives of distinct communities joined WHYY in conversation about effective allyship and accelerating social movements through collaboration.
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A Pennsylvania county went from bust to boom times with natural gas. Now, it’s nearly broke
Commissioners, led by Republicans, raised taxes amid a pandemic and for the first time since 2010, despite the county having received more than $37 million in gas impact fees.
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This week; the rocky rollout of vaccines in the suburbs, how NJ Sen. Menendez will influence Biden, and who was Philly's Rosa Parks?
Air Date: March 8, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:42‘A hope for the future’: Flyers fans, workers return to the Wells Fargo Center
Getting to watch Sunday night’s Flyers game in person offered some fans a welcome distraction from the woes of one year of pandemic life.
5 years ago
NYC-to-Philly bike ride returns with new August dates and virtual option
Postponed by the pandemic, the first-of-its-kind trip is a fundraiser to help create a 3,000-mile route from Maine to Florida.
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‘Why us?’: A year after being laid off, millions are still unemployed
Millions who lost jobs at the beginning of the pandemic are still out of the labor force, making up levels not seen since the Great Recession.
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‘A story of perseverance’: Upper Darby offers a new anti-slavery walking tour
The 4.5-mile self-guided route runs from Drexel Hill almost to the border with West Philadelphia, highlighting sites along the Underground Railroad.
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Wells Fargo Center puts fans back in the game
The Philadelphia Flyers will be the first to play in person for fans in a year. The 76ers will follow next weekend.
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Far-right misinformation is thriving on Facebook. A new study shows just how much
Far-right accounts are more successful than other kinds of accounts at getting likes, shares and other forms of user engagement.
5 years ago
At the NBA All-Star Game, HBCUs will take center stage
Sunday’s All-Star Game in Atlanta is generating $3 million for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, through donations to scholarship funds.
5 years ago
Pandemic inspires more than 1,200 new German words
German's propensity for compounding words has been a big part of the proliferation.
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