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John Lewis looks over a section of 16th Street that's been renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza
National
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

How the Black Lives Matter generation remembers John Lewis

“He didn’t have to stand with us, he chose to," said Malkia Devich Cyril, the founder and senior fellow of MediaJustice. "That’s real leadership.”

5 years ago

Philadelphia sprayground summer camps
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly declares heat health emergency with temperatures nearing 100 degrees

A heat health emergency will be in effect beginning Monday morning in Philadelphia. Heat indexes are forecasted at over 110 degrees.

5 years ago

Protestors attempt to barricade the entrance to the U.S. District Court building on July 17, 2020 in Portland, Oregon.
NPR
National
Policing

Protests grow on 52nd night as Portland responds to federal officers

Federal officers have become an increased focus of protesters and Oregon lawmakers, as reports continue to surface of tactics they've used in attempts to quell protests.

5 years ago

Protesters rally against street sign named after former Philadelphia Mayor Goode
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Protesters press city to remove street sign for former Philly Mayor Goode, citing MOVE bombing

About 30 protesters rallied to take down what they called “a monument to state violence.” W. Wilson Goode Sr. was mayor during the 1985 MOVE bombing.

5 years ago

NYT mask-wearing map
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philly wears masks more often than other U.S. cities, nationwide survey finds

The CDC director said if everyone started wearing face coverings, the pandemic could be brought under control in 4 to 8 weeks.

5 years ago

Lifeguards keep watch at a beach
New Jersey
Public Health
Public Spaces

N.J. shore towns take steps to limit numbers on beaches

Belmar and Manasquan have capped the number of beach badges that can be sold per day to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

5 years ago

After discovering that the charges against him had been dropped, Timothy Cook shares a moment with The British Chip Shop owner Ian Whitfield in Haddonfield where he has been working parttime as a dishwasher for a year. (April Saul for WHYY)
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

Community pressure helps get charges dropped against Woodlynne teen

The charges could have prevented Timothy Cook from joining the Marines in August as planned. Charges are still pending against his father.

5 years ago

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in his office on Capitol Hill
Politics
Social Justice

Philly region remembers civil rights icon, congressman John Lewis

His passing comes after disclosing a pancreatic cancer diagnosis in December. Before his death, he was the last surviving member of the “Big Six” civil rights activists.

5 years ago

Activists painted a new street mural on the Ben Franklin Parkway Friday night. (Instagram/@brusilowphoto
Philadelphia
Social Justice
Billy Penn

‘I Will Breathe’ street mural appears near Parkway protest camp

The activist group behind the message is trying to change the narrative around “I Can’t Breathe.”

5 years ago

(Courtesy of Bartram's Garden)
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The story of America’s first garden, a trans-Atlantic flower trade, and a pivot to local community

Started by a Quaker farmer, Bartram’s Garden is now embedded in the fabric of Southwest Philadelphia.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama presents a 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
History
Social Justice

John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80

John Lewis was the last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists, led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

5 years ago

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)
Business
Food & Drink
Public Health
PA Post

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)
Down the Shore
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

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