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Protesters gather at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Later that day, the Capitol building was breached by a violent mob driven by what's commonly known as
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Politics
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Disinformation fuels a white Evangelical movement. It led 1 Virginia pastor to quit

A recent survey by the conservative American Enterprise Institute shows that 3 in 5 white evangelicals say Biden was not legitimately elected.

2 weeks ago

Sam Gatuka is the owner of OK Produce in the Reading Terminal Market. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Billy Penn

Why aren’t there any Black-owned supermarkets in Philly? These grocers are helping blaze a trail

Proprietors say their shops do more than provide food — they become community hubs.

2 weeks ago

Cody Anderson served as the first general manager of WURD (Philadelphia Tribune file photo)
Media
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Cody Anderson, radio pioneer and long-time general manager of WDAS 105.3, dies

Philadelphia radio legend Cody Anderson has died.

2 weeks ago

Los Cuatro Soles restaurant in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

South Philly Mexican businesses come together to raise COVID-19 relief funds

Philly is at risk of losing the restaurants that make its food scene what it is. A new GoFundMe campaign aims to help businesses survive.

2 weeks ago

The Drake Tavern in Jenkintown, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Montgomery County introduces new hospitality industry recovery program

The county announced the end of the previous grant program and introduced a new program with funding coming from the state.

2 weeks ago

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Philadelphia
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Billy Penn

The five-year saga of Carson Wentz and the Eagles (as told in Carson Wentz GIFs)

There was a brief period of exhilarating hopefulness — followed by lots of drama.

2 weeks ago

Ms. Tootsie's (Google maps)
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Food & Drink
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Famed Ms. Tootsie’s RBL now up for sale

The celebrated restaurant owned by KeVen Parker, who died on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, was a staple in the community.

2 weeks ago

A photo of Olney Transportation Center Wednesday morning showed few commuters in the falling snow. (Facebook/Jeff Byrd)
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Neighbors avoid Olney transit hub after mass shooting: ‘I wouldn’t catch it there’

After gunmen injured eight victims Wednesday afternoon, North Philly commuters feel traumatized. “We’re just trying to make it out of our own neighborhood,” one person said.

2 weeks ago

Philadelphia Eagles' Carson Wentz
Philadelphia
Sports
NBC10

Carson Wentz traded to Colts, source confirms to NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Eagles on Thursday agreed to trade Wentz to the Colts for a 2021 third-round pick and a conditional 2022 second-round pick.

2 weeks ago

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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly’s only lesbian bar is shutting down, adding to a somber nationwide trend

Bars catering to queer women, like the Gayborhood’s Toasted Walnut, are disappearing across the U.S.

2 weeks ago

(From left) Nikki Grant, with the Amistad Law Project, Kendra Van de Water with YEAH Philly, Clarise McCants with the Movement Alliance Project, and James Aye and Kameron Troy with YEAH Philly, at Malcolm X Park in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
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Philadelphia
Policing

New survey finds Philadelphians feel police aren’t keeping them safe

More than 90% of Philadelphians surveyed in a new poll from a coalition of community-based groups say they support redistributing money from police toward social services.

2 weeks ago

Kyle Hiller outside his home in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Income Inequality
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Eyes on the Street

Coming home to West Philadelphia without survivor’s guilt

Writer Kyle V. Hiller left West Philadelphia, where he was raised, to attend college. His 2020 return was a homecoming he never could have anticipated.

2 weeks ago

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Community Events
February 18 - 24, 2021

Black history shines on film, Michael Eric Dyson’s new book, and restaurant week in South Philly in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

The week’s events in and around Philadelphia include Black history on celluloid and an East Passyunk food fest.

2 weeks ago

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A priest uses his thumb to draw a cross of ashes on the forehead of a parishioner during an Ash Wednesday Mass at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
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After a year of pandemic sacrifices, the faithful make one more for Lent

After a year of so many pandemic sacrifices, the faithful ponder living a little leaner still on Ash Wednesday.

2 weeks ago

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Race & Ethnicity

After anti-Asian speech sparks outrage, Lower Moreland school officials act. Is it enough?

After the Lower Moreland board approved the creation of a diversity council and planned for increased training, community members called the actions the “bare minimum.”

2 weeks ago

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