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Cooling off at a sprayground (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Income Inequality
Public Health
Broke in Philly

Summer arrives and Philly heat plan is still work-in-progress

A plan for cooling centers, which in the past included libraries and swimming pools, has not yet been finalized. Pools will not open this year and libraries remain closed.

5 years ago

Mattie Davis
K-12
Philadelphia
The Notebook

Long-time elementary teacher prepares for seeing her students in person again

From hand-washing schedules to spare masks, Mattie Davis is has started getting ready for an unusual back to school season.

5 years ago

duPont Hospital, ChristianaCare hospital system staff and the Delaware National Guard conduct training
Delaware
Public Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: New review uncovers 67 additional COVID-19 related death

A review of death certificates found 67 deaths related to the coronavirus that had not been reported to the Division of Public Health.

5 years ago

Penn Valley resident Andrea Gosfield, proposes anti-hate protocol after racist social media posts by Lower Merion School District students (Photo by Andrea Gosfield)
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Racist social media posts inspire Lower Merion parent to call for anti-hate training in schools

Jennifer Lynn talks with Andrea Gosfield, who calls for a more racially equitable district after her son showed her racist social media posts by schoolmates.

5 years ago

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Six Flags Amusement Park in Jackson, N.J.
Business
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Amusement parks to reopen; state reaches deal with CWA

These are the latest businesses given the OK to reopen, just in time for the Independence Day weekend.

5 years ago

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Down the Shore
Food & Drink
New Jersey
Public Spaces

Shore town ends public booze consumption measure

With the resumption of outdoor dining, the town's mayor said that open alcohol consumption is over.

5 years ago

Protesters at the Philadelphia Municipal Services Building demand the resignation of city Managing Director Brian Abernathy. (Emma lee/WHYY)
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Social Justice

Dozens of ‘defund-the-police’ protesters arrested for occupying Municipal Services Building

The group occupied the Municipal Services Building, which has been closed to the public during the pandemic, to demand a $120M police budget cut.

5 years ago

A scene from the 2017 Night in Venice boat parade in Ocean City, N.J. (Bill Barlow/WHYY)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors
Public Health

Ocean City, N.J. cancels July 4 fireworks, ‘Night in Venice’ boat parade

"The health and safety of everybody who loves Ocean City will always be our top priority," Mayor Jay Gillian said in a statement.

5 years ago

Groceries outside the Germantown Mutual Aid
Home & Family
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

At this Germantown hub, the groceries are free — as long as the community keeps giving back

Mutual aid has a long history among oppressed groups, and is embraced by many modern Indigenous societies.

5 years ago

Fireworks
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

It’s the first year fireworks are legal in Philly, and police have gotten nearly 1,000 complaints

Mayor Jim Kenney signed the law allowing their use on July 3, 2019.

5 years ago

Karina Gareginovna Ambartsoumian-Clough's employment card. (Courtesy of Karina Gareginovna Ambartsoumian-Clough)
Immigration
Income Inequality
Broke in Philly

The future is uncertain for stateless people like me

Karina Clough, a stateless person and a DACA recipient under final removal proceedings, wants meaningful immigration reform. And she and others want it now.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Zoo Sebastopol goslings
Community Events
Delaware
Pennsylvania

Zoos coming out of hibernation

The Brandywine Zoo has been selling out. The Elmwood Park Zoo opens Friday. The Philadelphia Zoo will welcome visitors in July.

5 years ago

Kilynn Johnson
PlanPhilly
Energy
Environment
Philadelphia

‘We don’t smell that gas anymore’: Activists mark anniversary of blast that shut down PES refinery

Damage from the June 21 fire that resulted led to closure of the complex, the company’s bankruptcy, and a planned sale of the 1,300-acre property.

5 years ago

After three months of much of the country working from home, many employers and their workers now say the benefits of remote work — cost savings and a more relaxed atmosphere — outweigh the drawbacks. (Ada Yokota/Getty Images)
NPR
Home & Family
Public Health

Get a comfortable chair: Permanent work from home is coming

Indefinite. Or even permanent. These are words companies are using about their employees working from home.

5 years ago

Johnson & Johnson has been one of a number of companies, such as L'Oreal, Procter & Gamble and Unilever, that sell these kinds of products. Here, a store keeper in Mumbai, India, is shown taking stock of beauty and whitening products.
NPR
Business
Race & Ethnicity

Johnson & Johnson to stop selling 2 lines of skin-lightening products popular in Asia

The consumer products giant says they will no longer sell the Neutrogena Fine Fairness line and the Clean & Clear Fairness line.

5 years ago

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