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La vida en lockdown: North Philly teens capture pandemic moments in photos

Philadelphia teens working with Photography Without Borders captured the range of emotions of life in lockdown.

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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (center) and sculptor Branly Cadet unveil a statue of Octavius Valentine Catto at City Hall in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. A century before the fight to end Jim Crow segregation laws, Octavius Valentine Catto was leading a civil rights movement in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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February 4 - 10, 2021

Celebrating Black History Month, Lunar New Year, and the Disco Biscuits live in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

There are plenty of virtual offerings available to kick-off the start of Black History Month, which takes on special resonance this year.

5 years ago

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Crystal Clark, principal of Wyncote Elementary School, speaks during Montgomery County's Black History Month virtual panel. (Zoom screenshot)
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Education ‘as a beacon of hope’: Montco kicks off Black History Month conversations

In the first of four virtual panels on “The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity,” a panel of educators talked about the power of learning.

5 years ago

The Wells Fargo Center
Philadelphia
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NBC10

Wells Fargo Center takes notable step toward welcoming back fans

The Philadelphia Flyers and Philadelphia 76ers have been playing in front of a mostly empty Wells Fargo Center so far this season.

5 years ago

A view inside Rotunda which will hold Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick's remains
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New Jersey
Policing

Lawmakers honor slain Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick at US Capitol

Sicknick, 42, was responding to the riots led by a pro-Trump mob attempting to stop lawmakers from certifying President Biden's Electoral College victory.

5 years ago

Business on the 60th Street shopping corridor in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philadelphia

‘Save Your Biz Philly’ aims to help neighborhood businesses survive the pandemic

The program launched by the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations was inspired by an initiative born out of the 2008 financial crisis.

5 years ago

On January 27 at the COVID-19 vaccination center at Camden County College in Blackwood, NJ, Marisol Rivera shows off the Prichard Industries Employee of the Month certificate she's just been awarded. (April Saul for WHYY)
New Jersey
Public Health

‘I forgot I was supposed to be nervous’: Costumed custodian eases fear at Camden County vaccine clinic

Marisol Rivera is a 53-year-old custodian who is on a mission to make people laugh while they receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

5 years ago

Khing Hnin Wai's video of herself dancing while seemingly unaware of Myanmar's military coup unfolding in the background has gone viral since Monday. (Khing Hnin Wai/Screenshot by NPR)
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International
Military

Coup caught on camera: Myanmar woman goes viral for dance video with surreal backdrop

Fitness instructor Khing Hnin Wai inadvertently captured the country's military coup unfolding in the background.

5 years ago

 Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon, at the introduction of the new Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Paperwhite personal devices, in Santa Monica, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Business

Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, will step down as CEO

Amazon said he'll be replaced in the fall by Andy Jassy, who runs Amazon's cloud business. Bezos will then become the company's executive chairman.

5 years ago

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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Did you miss a chance to say goodbye because of COVID?

Send in your farewell message and Resolve Philly will publish it.

5 years ago

Jamal Johnson protests in the snow at City Hall
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Social Justice
Billy Penn

Snow, sleet, and no food for 15 days: Germantown man won’t give up till Kenney moves on gun violence resolution

Jamal Johnson wants the mayor to treat the shooting epidemic as urgently as COVID-19.

5 years ago

A foreclosure sign in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Housing
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

Growing surge of Philly homeowners risk foreclosure as pandemic continues

Experts say the number of people falling behind on their mortgages is growing to levels rivaling those seen during the 2008 housing crisis.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, people march with those who say they are members of the Proud Boys as they attend a rally in Washington in support of President Donald Trump. In its annual report set to be released Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, the Southern Poverty Law Center said it identified 838 active hate groups operating across the U.S. in 2020. The SPLC’s report comes out nearly a month after a mostly white mob of Trump supporters and members of far-right groups violently breached the U.S. Capitol building. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Public Spaces

Hate groups migrate online, making tracking more difficult

In its annual report, released Monday, the Southern Poverty Law Center said it identified 838 active hate groups operating across the U.S. in 2020.

5 years ago

Instead of cutting a ribbon, Gov. John Carney joined leaders from the Delaware River and Bay Authority to cut a cake marking the return of commercial passenger flights to Delaware via Frontier Airlines. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
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Delaware
Travel

Air service returns to Delaware, the only state without commercial flights

Frontier Airlines will relaunch flights from Delaware to Orlando on Feb. 11, ending the state’s status as the only state without commercial flights.

5 years ago

FILE - In this May 29, 2015, file photo, television actor Dustin Diamond, center, leaves court in Port Washington, Wis. (AP Photo/Dana Ferguson, File)
TV

‘Saved by the Bell’ star Dustin Diamond dies of cancer at 44

Diamond, best known for playing Screech on the hit ’90s sitcom, was hospitalized last month in Florida and his team disclosed later that he had cancer.

5 years ago

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