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At least 10 Black-owned businesses in Philly receive threatening, racist emails

“My heart dropped,” Shanti Mayers, owner of The Sable Collective, said of receiving an email threatening violence against Black business owners like her.

6 years ago

(Dan Nott/Spotlight PA)
Aging
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Nursing home COVID-19 case, death data still missing from Pa.’s public reports

More than six months after COVID-19 arrived in Pa., the public still doesn’t have a full picture of how many people have died or been sickened by the virus in nursing homes.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump turns around after talking with law enforcement officials Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, as he tours an area damaged during demonstrations after a police officer shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. At left, Attorney General William Barr and acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf talk with police officers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Policing
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Social Justice

Trump spins baseless tale of ‘thugs’ flying to protests

He has repeated conspiracy theories that recent protests have been orchestrated by powerful people in “dark shadows” intent on undermining his reelection prospects.

6 years ago

Boelson Cottage at the Belmont Mansion became a critical stop on the underground railroad in Philadelphia. (Provided by Belmont Mansion)
The Why
History
Philadelphia

The Underground Railroad stop in Philly’s Fairmount Park

In the final installment of our series "Why didn't I go there?" take a virtual tour of Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park, once a stop on the Underground Railroad.

Air Date: September 1, 2020

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Healthcare workers at a COVID-19 testing site
Home & Family
Public Health

A Zoom Thanksgiving? Summer could give way to a bleaker fall

Public health scientists say it’s easier to forecast the weather on Thanksgiving Day than to predict how the American coronavirus crisis will play out this autumn.

6 years ago

City officials, police officers from the 18th district, and neighborhood residents pose in front of the Sgt. Robert Wilson III mural
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Spaces

‘A slap in the face’: West Philadelphians, police decry vandalism of mural honoring slain sergeant

The incident has outraged Sgt. Robert Wilson III’s fellow officers and community members — even those who are distrustful of law enforcement.

6 years ago

High school football players in Delaware
Delaware
Public Health
Sports

Del. coronavirus recovery: Sports tournaments restricted based on risk of COVID spread

School sports are already postponed for the fall, but Delaware is now classifying sports as high, medium and low risk, with specific rules for each classification.

6 years ago

Alexis Akarolo and Zelnnetta Clark
Business
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

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
Immigration
National

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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Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Social Justice

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)
PlanPhilly
Environment
Public Health
Sustainability

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

Coronavirus test sample
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

The 2019 Billies trophies were custom-made in Kensington by FKB Studios DANYA HENNINGER / BILLY PENN
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

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