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Tinsel in July
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

’Tis the season: Tinsel pop-up bar returns to Center City for Christmas in July

Tinsel in July is taking over a stretch of 12th Street in Midtown Village, offering a pandemic pick-me-up in the form of a holiday pop-up bar.

5 years ago

Kids on bicycles in Cincinnati. (Ahshea1 Media/Pexels)
National
Race & Ethnicity

Elijah McClain and the invisibility of ‘different’ Black and brown boys

I challenge all of us to see, understand, and appreciate the uniqueness and individual qualities of different Black and brown boys, writes Whiquitta Tobar.

5 years ago

Jonas Nissley of Nissley Vineyards. July 16, 2020 (Sean Simmers / PennLive)
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Public Health
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Pa. winemakers call for clarity in new COVID-19 mitigation restrictions even as they look to comply

“Our number one priority really is the safety of guests and staff. That’s been our number one priority."

5 years ago

The Cape May-Lewes Ferry (Elisabeth Perez-Luna/WHYY)
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Delaware
New Jersey

Pedestrians now welcome on Cape May-Lewes Ferry

Foot passengers are now welcome on the Cape May-Lewes Ferry following a months-long prohibition. 

5 years ago

First responders in Long Branch rescued a deer struggling in the ocean on Thursday. (Courtesy of Long Branch Police Department)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Police, lifeguards rescue deer from ocean at Jersey Shore

Emergency responders on land and in the water helped rescue a deer that got stuck in the ocean off a New Jersey beach.

5 years ago

In this Wednesday, April 4, 2012 file photo, civil rights activists and Southern Christian Leadership Conference members from left, Ralph Worrell, Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr., C.T. Vivian and Frederick Moore, join hands and sing
History
Social Justice

Rev. C.T. Vivian, key civil rights leader, has died at 95

C.T. Vivian's civil rights work stretched back more than six decades, to his first sit-in demonstrations in the 1940s in Peoria, Ill.

5 years ago

Zaire Cuspud helped lead a worker protest at a pair of Chick-fil-A franchises in Delaware County. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Fast food fight: The story of a protest you never saw, and the Black employees who made it happen

The George Floyd protests are changing workplace culture — even workplaces that get little attention. The story of a suburban Chick-fil-A shows how.

5 years ago

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Bagged up trash sit outside Philly homes
PlanPhilly
Environment
Neighborhoods

Philly sanitation workers blame filthy streets on ‘poor management’; apologize for rotting trash

Philadelphia sanitation workers say Mayor Jim Kenney’s management is to blame for the mounds of stinky trash proliferating across the city.

5 years ago

Members of Philadelphia's music community performed at a vigil for Elijah McClain, a violinist who was killed by police in Colorado in June. They performed 'Molto Adagio' (Lyric for Strings) from String Quartet No. 1 by American composer George Walker. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Music
Philadelphia

Philly musicians pay homage to Elijah McClain and Mouhamed Cisse

Dozens of Philadelphia musicians gathered in Malcolm X Park to play in honor of Elijah McClain and Mouhamed Cisse.

5 years ago

Listen 3:35
Signs posted around the offices of Ceiba in Norris Square, Kensington encourage visitors to participate in the 2020 census. (Becca Haydu for WHYY)
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

Only half of Philly has filled out the census. Help is heading to low-response neighborhoods

Philly neighborhoods with the lowest self-response rates can expect to see socially distant, pop-up census booths this summer.

5 years ago

Sterling Johnson of the Black and Brown Workers Coop
Housing
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

City backs down from evicting homeless camp; Kenney to meet directly with protesters

Residents of the camp have said they would not leave until the city provided permanent housing options.

5 years ago

Juan Santos
Income Inequality
National

Number of laid-off workers seeking jobless aid stuck at 1.3M

The Labor Department’s report showed that applications for jobless aid fell by about 10,000 from the previous week. The figure has now topped 1 million for 17 straight weeks.

5 years ago

Twitter
NPR
National
Technology

Twitter says it was the victim of a ‘coordinated social engineering attack’

Twitter says it is investigating the coordinated hack, which attacked the accounts of some of the richest and most popular names on the social media platform.

5 years ago

Kimberly Kamara holds a children’s book she wrote to help explain to her grandson how his father’s life ended tragically. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly families live with crushing heartbreak as COVID-19, gun violence crises collide

The number of murders has risen to record levels in Philly, especially in neighborhoods also hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

5 years ago

Listen 4:31
Stephen McFadden, right, bottom next to his sister Gwenda Gee. Behind Gee stands Tony McFadden, Gina McFadden and Christopher McFadden, the author's father. (Courtesy of Joy McFadden)
PlanPhilly
Public Health
Transportation
Eyes on the Street

Remembering my Uncle Stephen McFadden, the SEPTA conductor who was slick with words

Stephen McFadden was loved by so many, but to me, he was simply my Uncle Stephen.

5 years ago

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