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Lady B embraces students after seeing her biography for the first time. (Sandrien B Photography)
History
Music
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Young authors pen biography of hip-hop pioneer Lady B

The National Youth Foundation’s Writer’s Workshop's latest biography is on the Godmother of hip-hop, Philadelphia’s own, Lady B.

5 years ago

More than 200 gather at City Hall to protest police violence during a Justice for Jacob Blake rally. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Protest in Philly over police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin

A City Hall rally continues a summer that has seen the country’s largest protests and demands for racial justice and police reforms in decades.

5 years ago

Lou Bird's at 18th and Lombard is participating in Fall Restaurant Week. (Mark Henninger / Imagic Digital)
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Center City Restaurant Week returns with 33% fewer participants — and very little indoor dining

While some in the industry have expressed worry, others are looking forward to a welcome revenue boost.

5 years ago

Mason Wilkes, 4, of South Carolina, poses for his father in a Black Panther costume, in front of a paining during a Chadwick Boseman Tribute on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Anderson, S.C. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Movies
National

Chadwick Boseman honored as hometown hero in native South Carolina

A viewing of “Black Panther” was held at an outdoor amphitheater where people practiced social distancing.

5 years ago

(Screenshot via NBC10)
Philadelphia
Public Safety
NBC10

Man in bed, 5 others outside shot in East Germantown

A stray bullet from a mass shooting along East Chelten Avenue in Philadelphia's East Germantown neighborhood struck a man inside his apartment.

5 years ago

Kitchen workers prepare food in a restaurant inside the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City N.J. on Sept. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Food & Drink
New Jersey

‘Definitely ready’: N.J. restaurants eager to restart indoor dining as state lifts restrictions

Starting Friday, N.J. will allow restaurants to reopen for indoor service at 25% capacity, just in time to take advantage of the Labor Day weekend rush.

5 years ago

The Philadelphia Inquirer headquarters on Market Street in Center City. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Media
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Inquirer journalists of color press for action on diversity and culture in public report card

A new website details institutional inequities and lists demands for change.

5 years ago

Bullets for sale at 717 Armory in Harrisburg, Pa., on September 3, 2020. Ammo and gun sales have increased since the start of the pandemic. (Kate Landis / WITF)
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Pennsylvania gun shops struggle to keep firearms, ammo in stock

As civil unrest flares up in some cities, the presidential election nears and the coronavirus pandemic enters its sixth month, more Pennsylvanians are arming themselves.

5 years ago

The Mama-Tee community fridge on 7th Street north of Girard. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Philadelphia

Community fridges a fresh form of a long Philly tradition

The community fridges popping up during COVID-19 are an example of something called "mutual aid," which is a tradition in Philadelphia stretching back more than a century.

Air Date: September 3, 2020

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In this 1921 image provided by the Library of Congress, smoke billows over Tulsa, Okla., the scene of one of the nation's most brutal race massacres. (Alvin C. Krupnick Co./AP)
NPR
History
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Oklahoma lawsuit seeks reparations in connection to 1921 Tulsa Massacre

The plaintiffs include relatives of those impacted by the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre as well as a 105-year-old survivor, Lessie Benningfield Randle.

5 years ago

Housing advocates protest evictions in Philadelphia
Homelessness
Housing
Philadelphia

Protesters demand Philadelphia halt evictions; 17 people arrested

Housing advocates and legal experts say it's uncertain how the CDC's federal hold on evictions will affect Philadelphia's own plans to resume tenant lockouts.

5 years ago

Remnants of crime scene tape
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Billy Penn

Neighbors beg for 24-hour patrols at violent North Philly corner, but police cite lack of resources

Research backs up the plea from leaders at Richard Allen Homes, who desperately want shootings to stop.

5 years ago

Temple University campus
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Public Health

Why did Temple reopen in person? Some wonder as COVID-19 outbreak forces changed plans

The university announced most classes will go online to limit the spread of the coronavirus on campus. The school has reported more than 200 active cases.

5 years ago

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Business
Delaware
Public Health

Delaware to allow beach bars to reopen for Labor Day weekend

Gov. John Carney had shut down bars in Delaware beach towns in early July after the state saw a spike in COVID-19 cases.

5 years ago

Customers eat in the outdoor dining area of the Rainbow Diner in Brick, N.J.
Business
Food & Drink
New Jersey

Tape measures, tapas on tap as N.J. indoor dining draws near

Thousands of New Jersey eateries are scrambling to prepare for indoor dining after Gov. Phil Murphy gave the go-ahead for the Friday change.

5 years ago

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