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Protesters gather on the Ben Franklin Parkway, where a homeless encampment is under notice from the city that it will be cleared. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Homelessness
Philadelphia

Residents of Philly homeless encampments prepare to resist eviction

Despite a 9 a.m. deadline, camp organizers say Philadelphia has not done enough to help those living in the tents and they’ll fight to stay.

6 years ago

Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick will appear in the latest update of the Madden NFL 21 franchise. Kaepernick is seen above ahead of a workout for NFL football scouts and media in Riverdale, Ga. in 2019. (Todd Kirkland/AP)
NPR
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The return of Colin Kaepernick — to the Madden franchise

Kaepernick has not appeared on the video game since he last played in the NFL during the 2016 season when he was a member of the San Francisco 49ers.

6 years ago

People have lunch inside a local restaurant on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Hoboken, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Limited ‘knucklehead behavior’ as indoor dining returns

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says he saw no indication that he will have to dial back indoor service at restaurants.

6 years ago

Child care centers are struggling to keep their doors open during the pandemic
NPR
Income Inequality
Kids
National

Researchers warn nearly half of US child care centers could be lost to pandemic

In recent months, the CARES Act, the federal emergency assistance, provided $3.5 billion for early child care and development. Advocates say $50 billion is needed.

6 years ago

Housing advocates protest evictions in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Homelessness
Housing
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

Philadelphia to temporarily block landlords from enforcing evictions

Local landlord group HAPCO said it was informed courts would not enforce lockout orders for an additional two weeks.

6 years ago

Orange barriers enclose chairs and tables that will be used for dining along Sixth Street between Liberty and Penn avenues
Business
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Restaurants can increase indoor dining to 50% capacity on Sept. 21

Gov. Tom Wolf says Pennsylvania restaurants can increase their indoor dining capacity in two weeks — so long as they participate in a self-certification program.

6 years ago

Outdoor dining in Philly
Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

Indoor dining begins limited re-opening in Philadelphia

Philadelphia was the last locality in Pennsylvania to lift its ban on indoor dining Tuesday. But the re-opening comes with restrictions, including a 25% capacity limit.

6 years ago

Kendall Stephens
LGBTQ
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

After surviving a brutal attack, Kendall Stephens wants to help trans people citywide

The 34-year-old public health student hopes to go into local government.

6 years ago

A worshipper wears an
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Politics
Religion
Social Justice

Politics and piety: Trump’s relationship with white evangelicals

How did the President, whose rhetoric about women and minorities is often violent, become the party of Christians who claim to love their neighbors as themselves?

Air Date: September 8, 2020

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Homeless encampment on Ben Franklin Parkway
Homelessness
Housing
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

Homeless mothers squat federal housing sites as encampment deadline looms

Several dozen families moved into boarded-up Philadelphia Housing Authority properties. The protest encampments face a Wednesday deadline.

6 years ago

Listen 7:38
Barbara Lovett, Doug Lovett, August Muzzi
Business
Delaware
Economic Development

Applications set to open for Delaware COVID-19 relief fund

The Division of Small Business will begin accepting applications online starting Tuesday at 10 a.m.

6 years ago

Cha'Ron and his brother Dallas
Business
New Jersey
Public Health

‘We had lines, mobs’: Labor Day weekend is the busiest of the summer for Seaside Heights

The Jersey Shore town experienced a slow start, but the sunny, warm weather this Labor Day weekend helped to draw people out for one last summer hurrah.

6 years ago

LaQuicia Charnell at Masked Melanin Market
Business
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

Camden’s Masked Melanin Market provides a breath of fresh air for Black businesses

Tawanda Jones created an open-air market for Black entrepreneurs in Camden to showcase their wares and support each other while social distancing.

6 years ago

Dee Dunn
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Public Health

Hundreds of workers rally for pandemic protections at Philadelphia City Hall

The group is demanding personal protective equipment, access to COVID-19 testing, hazard pay, no cuts to public services and no more layoffs.

6 years ago

A demonstrator is pepper-sprayed July 30 shortly before being arrested during a Black Lives Matter protest
NPR
National
Policing

Review of federal charges in Portland unrest shows most are misdemeanors

That finding by NPR is in stark contrast to the Trump administration's description of the Oregon city as being under siege by radical leftists.

6 years ago

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