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Alexis Akarolo and Zelnnetta Clark
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Rebuild the Block, started by two 23-year-olds, raises $200k for Black-owned businesses

Started at a moment’s notice in Philadelphia, the grassroots fundraiser has gone national.

6 years ago

The Wells Fargo Center
Elections
Philadelphia
Sports

Comcast offers Wells Fargo Center as polling place for November election

The Wells Fargo Center, home to both the Flyers and 76ers, will be available to the city for election activities as it deems appropriate.

6 years ago

José spent three months in the hospital being treated for COVID-19.
NPR
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Undocumented with COVID-19: Many face a long recovery, largely on their own

People can spend months recovering from COVID-19. That is especially hard for undocumented people, who often are in high-risk jobs without health insurance.

6 years ago

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More than 300 people have been murdered in Philly so far in 2020

Community activists, nonprofits and young people have mobilized against the rising tide of gun violence.

6 years ago

Leo Brundage, an “old Eastwick” native, returned to the neighborhood in the 1980s. (Kimberly Paynter/ WHYY)
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EPA: Isaias flooding did not spread toxins from Eastwick landfill

Preliminary results of water samples collected by the EPA from flood waters during and after the storm found “little to no contaminants.”

6 years ago

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Aging
Delaware
Public Health

‘It’s a Petri dish’: AARP urges better handling of COVID-19 at Delaware nursing homes

Delaware’s nursing home death rate related to the coronavirus is well above the national average. AARP is urging state leaders to take action.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Call for nominations: Suggest your favorite Philly peeps for the 2020 Billy Penn Awards

Who deserves recognition at the Billies this year?

6 years ago

A homeless protest encampment occupies Von Colln Field on the Ben Franklin Parkway
Homelessness
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

Philly issues new eviction notice to Parkway homeless-protest encampment

The notice says residents must leave by Sept. 9. It’s the first step toward evicting the group, following a judge’s ruling authorizing the city to do so.

6 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf (Commonwealth Media Services)
Housing
Income Inequality
Public Health

Wolf won’t extend state’s eviction moratorium, office says

Gov. Tom Wolf will not extend his executive order halting evictions and foreclosures in Pennsylvania because of legal limits that prevent him from taking further action.

6 years ago

Retired postal worker Glenda Morris protests postal cutbacks on Aug. 25, 2020, in New York. African Americans make up 27 percent of the Postal Service, about twice their share of the overall workforce. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
NPR
Economy
Income Inequality
Race & Ethnicity

Black Americans worry postal changes could disrupt history of secure jobs

Unions say that could disrupt an important role the Postal Service has played in providing generations of African Americans secure middle-class employment.

6 years ago

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NPR
Higher Education
National
Public Health

Preventing college parties? Shame and blame don’t work, but beer pong outside might

With desperate pleas and social contracts failing to curb college parties, schools have turned to punitive consequences. But are the students the ones to blame?

6 years ago

Philadelphia police academy cadets line up for graduation
Elections
Philadelphia
Policing
Billy Penn

Should Philly revamp its ‘beyond toothless’ police oversight commission? Your vote will decide

Critics have low expectations for the chronically underfunded watchdog group.

6 years ago

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K-12
Philadelphia

Regional Roundup – 08/31/20

This week; the flaws in Pa's rental assistance program, how remote learning affects special education, and hiking into fiction.

Air Date: August 31, 2020 10:00 am

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Business
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Restaurants may resume indoor dining Friday, with restrictions

Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday announced that restaurants will be able to open for indoor dining beginning Sept. 4 at 25% capacity, with social distancing between tables.

6 years ago

Football and other fall scholastic sports are canceled for now in Delaware. (Smyrna High School)
Delaware
Public Health
Sports

Protesters seek restoration of high school sports in Delaware

The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association voted 15-0 to postpone fall sports until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

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