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The 2019 Billies trophies were custom-made in Kensington by FKB Studios DANYA HENNINGER / BILLY PENN
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Call for nominations: Suggest your favorite Philly peeps for the 2020 Billy Penn Awards

Who deserves recognition at the Billies this year?

5 years ago

A homeless protest encampment occupies Von Colln Field on the Ben Franklin Parkway
Homelessness
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

Philly issues new eviction notice to Parkway homeless-protest encampment

The notice says residents must leave by Sept. 9. It’s the first step toward evicting the group, following a judge’s ruling authorizing the city to do so.

5 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf (Commonwealth Media Services)
Housing
Income Inequality
Public Health

Wolf won’t extend state’s eviction moratorium, office says

Gov. Tom Wolf will not extend his executive order halting evictions and foreclosures in Pennsylvania because of legal limits that prevent him from taking further action.

5 years ago

Retired postal worker Glenda Morris protests postal cutbacks on Aug. 25, 2020, in New York. African Americans make up 27 percent of the Postal Service, about twice their share of the overall workforce. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
NPR
Economy
Income Inequality
Race & Ethnicity

Black Americans worry postal changes could disrupt history of secure jobs

Unions say that could disrupt an important role the Postal Service has played in providing generations of African Americans secure middle-class employment.

5 years ago

Students on campus at the University of Georgia in Athens
NPR
Higher Education
National
Public Health

Preventing college parties? Shame and blame don’t work, but beer pong outside might

With desperate pleas and social contracts failing to curb college parties, schools have turned to punitive consequences. But are the students the ones to blame?

5 years ago

Philadelphia police academy cadets line up for graduation
Elections
Philadelphia
Policing
Billy Penn

Should Philly revamp its ‘beyond toothless’ police oversight commission? Your vote will decide

Critics have low expectations for the chronically underfunded watchdog group.

5 years ago

(Len44ik/BigStock)
Radio Times
K-12
Philadelphia

Regional Roundup – 08/31/20

This week; the flaws in Pa's rental assistance program, how remote learning affects special education, and hiking into fiction.

Air Date: August 31, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:46
Diners eat outside in New Jersey
Business
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Restaurants may resume indoor dining Friday, with restrictions

Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday announced that restaurants will be able to open for indoor dining beginning Sept. 4 at 25% capacity, with social distancing between tables.

5 years ago

Football and other fall scholastic sports are canceled for now in Delaware. (Smyrna High School)
Delaware
Public Health
Sports

Protesters seek restoration of high school sports in Delaware

The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association voted 15-0 to postpone fall sports until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago

Justin John, Rahat Kamal and Ani Sanyal
PlanPhilly
Innovation
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Real Estate

Why a North Philly developer gave up a ‘money grab’ to give back to local creators

Real estate investor Ani Sanyal and his partners are offering gallery space to local artists — for free — as part of a three-and-a-half-month artist-in-residence program.

5 years ago

Philly youth decry gun violence in 'Enough is Enough' rally
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Philly youth rally, cry for peace in neighborhoods plagued by gun violence

As gun violence continues to surge in the city, young Philadelphians say they’re tired of seeing people their age increasingly caught in the crossfire.

5 years ago

Coronavirus safety sign at Temple University
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Public Health

Temple University suspends in-person classes after 103 test positive for COVID-19

All instruction except “essential” classes will take place online through at least Sept. 11, after 103 Temple students tested positive for the coronavirus.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles defenders warm up during NFL training camp
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
Sports

NFL teams huddling up to devise plans for social change

Many NFL teams are weighing how to tackle racial justice issues in the days since Jacob Blake, 29, was left with paralysis after being shot in the back by a police officer.

5 years ago

Coronavirus safety sign at Temple University
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Avoid ALL social gatherings, Philly warns college students — no matter what size

In issuing new guidance, city health officials say they’re trying to avoid outbreaks like those seen elsewhere.

5 years ago

Sgt. Robert Wilson mural vandalized
Philadelphia
Policing
NBC10

Mural of slain Philadelphia police sergeant vandalized

Sgt. Robert Wilson was killed while thwarting a robbery as he shopped for a gift for his son.

5 years ago

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