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After pleas from vendors, City Council president rolls back Spring Garden food cart ban
City Council President Darrell Clarke is rolling back the ban he instituted on a block of Spring Garden Street where vendors have operated for decades.
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Will Joel Embiid get suspended? Here’s the deal with the Sixers center’s brawl
His beef with Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns goes way back.
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Can gentrifiers be good neighbors?
A recent college graduate who moved to West Philadelphia this year reflects on how to be a good neighbor when you are part of the force that is changing a neighborhood.
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Philadelphia, Delaware and South Jersey host feel good festivals, Halloween 2019 and Day of the Dead celebrations
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Listen 4:33WHYY employees vote to unionize, join SAG-AFTRA
The union at WHYY will represent the broadcaster’s content creators, who want better salaries and workplace conditions
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16-year-old Strath Haven track star killed on SEPTA tracks ruled a suicide
The teen, Hallie Jackson, was hit by a train going toward Philadelphia on SEPTA’s Media/Elwyn Line near the Swarthmore Station.
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Cultural appropriation, a perennial issue on Halloween
Halloween is around the corner and guess what that means? Someone will metaphorically step in it with an insensitive or straight up racist costume.
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A measure that would secure lawyers for low-income renters in eviction court advanced in City Hall Tuesday.
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The Eagles player is promising more town halls to get residents involved in what the Philadelphia Police Department could become under new leadership.
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Pope declares Vatican’s Secret Archive not so secret anymore
Pope Francis has declared that the Vatican Secret Archive isn't so secret after all.
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Report blames ‘chilling effect’ of immigration policy for Latinx and Asian uninsured kids
Researchers with New Jersey Policy Perspective believe tougher immigration policies from the Trump administration are instilling fear in immigrant communities.
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Her daughter went missing. Then the social media attacks began
Five-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez’s disappearance has subjected her mother to a social media-fueled tsunami of criticism and rumors.
Air Date: October 29, 2019
Listen 12:25Pa. state commission postpones vote on controversial school mascot
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission will decide whether the Neshaminy School District can continue calling some of its sports teams “The Redskins.”
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The Code Switch guide to Halloween
Unsure if your decorations have racial overtones? Wondering what costumes are fair game? We've got you covered so you can have some fearful fun.
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16-year-old girl fatally hit by SEPTA train near Swarthmore Station
The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene south of Swarthmore Station on the Center City- bound side of the Media/Elwyn Line. SEPTA has ruled out foul play.
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