Skip to content
NPR's Morning Edition takes listeners around the country and the world with two hours of multi-faceted stories and commentaries that inform, challenge and occasionally amuse. Morning Edition is the most listened-to news radio program in the country.

Morning Edition

Listen Live

Listen Live

In-depth analysis and commentary on today's biggest news stories as only the BBC can deliver. BBC
Next

BBC Newshour

In-depth analysis and commentary on today's biggest news stories as only the BBC can deliver. BBC "Newshour" covers everything from the growth of democracy to the threat of terrorism with a fresh, clear perspective from across the globe.

WHYY
rewind
play
fast-forward
 
 
 
Radio Schedule
WHYY
  • DONATE
Primary Menu
  • News
  • Radio & Podcasts
    • Radio Schedule
    • Ways to Stream
    • WHYY Listen App
  • TV
    • WHYY TV Schedule
    • WHYY Watch App
    • Live TV
    • Watch on Demand
    • Stream PBS Kids
  • Arts
  • Events
  • Education
    • WHYY Early Education Programs
    • For Students
    • Pathways to Media Careers
    • WHYY Media Labs
    • Youth Media Awards
  • Support
    • Membership
    • WHYY Passport
    • WHYY Member Portal
    • Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donation Program
    • Volunteer
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE

Community

Gov. John Carney hosted an online conversation about Juneteenth with some of the state's black history leaders. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
History
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Juneteenth did not mean freedom for Delaware slaves

Juneteenth celebrations mark word of the end of slavery arriving in Texas on June 19, 1865, but people enslaved in Delaware were still not freed until months later.

5 years ago

An LGBTQ pride flag is pictured in Center City.
Health Care
LGBTQ
Social Justice

What Supreme Court? Trump’s HHS pushes LGBT health rollback

The Trump administration rule would overturn Obama-era sex discrimination protections for transgender people in health care.

5 years ago

AMC
Movies
Public Health

AMC Theaters reverses course on masks after backlash

The chain changed its position on mask-wearing less than a day after the company became a target on social media for saying it would defer to local governments on the issue.

5 years ago

The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts on North Broad Street in Philadelphia. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

PAFA tells faculty not to affiliate the school with Black Lives Matter movement

The administration says the message is not a damper on personal expression. Staff members say the policy is unevenly applied.

5 years ago

Walls for Justice founder Samuel Rodriguez outside Philly Runner COURTESY LARRY WEISS
Philadelphia
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

The Philly artist decorating dozens of boarded-up storefronts is creating a lasting nonprofit

Walls for Justice founder Samuel Rodriguez feels like his whole life was leading up to this moment.

5 years ago

Chris Bowman holds up a fist demanding justice for Black people in the U.S. during a Juneteenth march in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
History
Race & Ethnicity

Observing Juneteenth: A march to the Art Museum, a fashion show, ‘Jawnteenth’

Pa., N.J., Del. and 44 other states officially mark June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas first got news of the Emancipation Proclamation.

5 years ago

The University City area is one of the most heavily patrolled in Philadelphia. (Billy Penn/Google Maps)
Neighborhoods
Policing
Billy Penn

University City has 5 overlapping police patrols, so Black students and neighbors walk cautiously

The area between Mantua and Kingsessing is inundated with local law enforcement.

5 years ago

From left to right: architect Chris Mulford, historic preservationist Maya Thomas, and preservation architect Dana Rice are working on a campaign to save the former home of Dox Thrash, a Black artist and printmaker. (Ryan Collerd)
PlanPhilly
History
Preservation
Race & Ethnicity

Black Futures Campaign is crowdfunding $100,000 to buy Dox Thrash house

The group behind the campaign wants to buy the Black artist’s house and transform it into a creative hub for North Philadelphia.

5 years ago

Fishers cast their lines from one of Stacy Levy's
PlanPhilly
Kids
Public Safety
Public Spaces

Two West Philly teens drowned in the Schuylkill. No signs told them why they shouldn’t swim there.

Philadelphia officials promise to install more fences and signs after demands from community leaders.

5 years ago

Marshay Edwards ATIBA SONNEBEYATTA/5SM PHOTOGRAPHY
Home & Family
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

‘Safety, positivity and love’: Philly couple’s maternity photos go viral with message of hope

The portraits were taken in Fairmount Park just before protests flooded the city.

5 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline. (Mark Henninger / Imagic Digital)
Pennsylvania
Technology

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Philly preparing to move into ‘green’ phase of reopening

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said Thursday the city could move into the “green” phase of the state’s reopening plan as early as July 3.

5 years ago

Hundreds arrive at Pennsauken Community Rec Center for a march and vigil to remember George Floyd and others who died at the hands of police on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
New Jersey
Social Justice

N.J. coronavirus recovery: AG urges dropping charges against protesters; malls to reopen

The guidance said prosecutors can’t adopt a blanket policy of not charging people for refusing to comply with restrictions on the number of people who can gather in one place.

5 years ago

Rowhouses line North 29th Street in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Housing
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

City Council approves package of bills to aid renters strained by pandemic

The packages create an eviction diversion program, extend an eviction moratorium through August, and address late fees and related issues.

5 years ago

Delaware State University
Delaware
Higher Education
Public Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: University raises $1 million emergency fund

The emergency fund designed to help Delaware State University students hit hard by the coronavirus shutdown has reached its $1 million goal.

5 years ago

Eastern State Penitentiary
Business
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Eastern State Penitentiary lays off staff, suspends ‘Terror Behind the Walls’ due to COVID-19

Eastern State Penitentiary has laid off staff, implemented salary reductions and made deep cuts to its operating budget due to the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago

Page 523 of 918« First«...521522523524525...»Last »
Arts & Entertainment Community Courts & Law Education Health Lifestyle Money Politics & Policy Science Urban Planning Weather
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Latest News

  • Philadelphia workers and city reach a deal to end strike that halted residential trash pickup

    2 hours ago

  • Penn’s Landing park over I-95 in Philly is taking shape. Here’s what to know

    2 hours ago

  • Scandal, disaster and charity: Philly’s Martha Graham Cracker pays tribute to Live Aid 40 years later

    3 hours ago

    Listen 3:19
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal

Donate
Learn about WHYY Member benefits
Ways to Donate
WHYY

WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community.

WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyone’s stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. It’s how we live.

Contact Us

Philadelphia

215.351.1200
talkback@whyy.org

Delaware

302.516.7506
talkback@whyy.org

Our Programs

  • Albie’s Elevator
  • Art Outside
  • Billy Penn at WHYY
  • Check, Please! Philly
  • The Connection
  • Delishtory
  • Flicks
  • Fresh Air
  • Good Souls
  • The Infinite Art Hunt
  • Movers & Makers
  • On Stage at Curtis
  • Peak Travel
  • Philadelphia Revealed
  • PlanPhilly
  • The Pulse
  • Schooled
  • The Statue
  • Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist
  • Studio 2
  • Things To Do
  • Voices in the Family
  • WHYY News Climate Desk
  • You Oughta Know
  • Young Creators Studio
  • Young, Unhoused and Unseen
  • Your Democracy

Inside WHYY

  • About
    • Social Responsibility at WHYY
    • Board and Executives
    • Community Advisory Board
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Employment
    • Internships
    • Press Room
    • Meet Our Newsroom
    • WHYY News Style Guide
    • WHYY Productions
    • WHYY Spaces
    • Submissions
    • History
    • Directions
    • Coverage Area
    • Financial Statements
    • WHYY Community Report
    • Supporters
    • Privacy
  • Apps
  • Meet Our Newsroom
  • Employment
  • Lifelong Learning Award
  • N.I.C.E. Initiative
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsorship
  • Directions
  • FCC Public Files
  • FCC Applications

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Sign up for a Newsletter

© MMXXV WHYY

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use for WHYY.org

WHYY is partnered with