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SEPTA's 47 bus route travels from Whitman Plaza in South Philadelphia to Godfrey Avenue in North Philadelphia. | La ruta 47 de SEPTA viaja desde Whitman Plaza en el sur de Filadelfia hasta Godfrey Avenue en el norte de Filadelfia. (Photo by Bernardo Morillo for WHYY)
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La ruta 47 de SEPTA, una ruta para pensar en los Latinos de la ciudad

La mayoría de los 241.425 latinos de la ciudad viven a lo largo de la ruta 47. La transitada línea sirve como una vena pulsante para la comunidad, dice el Rev. Adan Mairena

5 years ago

SEPTA's 47 bus route travels from Whitman Plaza in South Philadelphia to Godfrey Avenue in North Philadelphia. | La ruta 47 de SEPTA viaja desde Whitman Plaza en el sur de Filadelfia hasta Godfrey Avenue en el norte de Filadelfia. (Photo by Bernardo Morillo for WHYY)
Philadelphia
Transportation
English Version

The 10-mile SEPTA bus route that connects Philadelphia’s Latino communities

Most of the city’s 241,425 Latinos live along the 47. The busy line serves as a “pulse” for community, says Rev. Adan Mairena, a Norris Square pastor.

5 years ago

Bags of delivery groceries being prepared at Reading Terminal Market during the pandemic in April 2020.
Business
Philadelphia

‘Mad or nah?’: Philly shopkeepers react to city’s new round of COVID-19 restrictions

Tamara Russell, aka P.O.C., hit the streets of Philadelphia to hear what local shopkeepers think of the latest round of COVID-19 restrictions.

5 years ago

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Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

Jalen Hurts, Eagles’ new starting quarterback, is the team’s coolest player

The rookie will make this hellacious season much more bearable.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles' Jalen Hurts runs during the second half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, in Green Bay, Wis. The Packers won 30-16. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)
Philadelphia
Sports
NBC10

Eagles starting Jalen Hurts vs. Saints; Carson Wentz to bench

This is a move that seemed obvious but could also end up having major ramifications for the future of the Eagles and Carson Wentz.

5 years ago

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding pal it up with Butter Gritty
Community Events
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. cancels Farm Show butter sculpture amid COVID-19 resurgence

With coronavirus cases rising across the commonwealth, the grease-laden tradition has been canceled, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday.

5 years ago

Orchids on display at the main exhibit of the 2018 Flower Show in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
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Outdoors
Public Health

The Philadelphia Flower Show will make outdoor debut at FDR Park in 2021

The Philadelphia Flower Show to be held in FDR Park in 2021. The event will go outdoors for the first time in its almost 200 year history.

5 years ago

FILE - Former Philadelphia Phillies' Dick Allen waves to the crowd before a baseball game against the New York Mets in Philadelphia, in this Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, file photo. Dick Allen, a fearsome hitter who was a seven-time All-Star, the 1964 NL Rookie of the Year and the 1972 AL MVP, has died. He was 78. The Philadelphia Phillies, the team Allen started out with, announced his death on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Philadelphia
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Dick Allen, fearsome hitter and 7-time All-Star, dies at 78

The Philadelphia Phillies, the team Allen started out with, announced his death on Monday.

5 years ago

Volunteers load boxes of food into a car during a Greater Pittsburgh Community Food bank drive-up food distribution
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania
Public Health

A half-million Pennsylvanians set to lose CARES Act benefits by end of month

Without those funds, enrollees in both programs “[will] struggle to pay for basic human necessities, like food, housing and medication,” said Jenn Berrier.

5 years ago

Wide receiver Jalen Reagor (left) and quarterback Jalen Hurts MATT LUDTKE AND JEFFREY PHELPS / AP PHOTO
Philadelphia
Sports

Eagles top the NFL in at least one stat: They have the most Jalens

Two Birds rookies share one of the most common athlete names, popularized by a 1990s college basketball star.

5 years ago

Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses for a photo in her chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington
National

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

In a year defined by the coronavirus pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres.

5 years ago

Mary De La Rosa stands inside a geodesic play structure at her home back yard
Kids
National
Race & Ethnicity

Coronavirus takes toll on Black, Latino child care providers

The pandemic’s effects have rippled through child care, disproportionately affecting Black and Latino-owned centers in an industry that has long relied on providers of color.

5 years ago

People singing together at The Rising Son Institute
Radio Times
Economy
Music

Regional Roundup – 12/07/20

This week; police reform program in Bucks County, how food banks are faring nine months into COVID shutdowns, and spiritual music from Philly's Jewish community.

Air Date: December 7, 2020

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Richard Allen
Delaware
History
Race & Ethnicity

New focus for ‘Delaware Day’ holiday tells history of enslaved people

Instead of celebrating Delaware’s five founding fathers who signed the Constitution, this year’s focus shifts to four enslaved Black Delawareans and an abolitionist.

5 years ago

Princess Rahman (left) and Hajjah Glover finish installing a raised garden bed in Southwest Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philadelphia
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Broke in Philly

Community garden fosters African farming traditions in Southwest Philadelphia

The urban agriculture project Sankofa builds community by giving neighbors the tools and knowledge to grow their own food.

5 years ago

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