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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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This Tuesday, April 14, 2020 photo, shows the back side of the Lazaretto Quarantine Station that can be from the Delaware River in Tinicum Township, Pa.. The Lazaretto Quarantine Station was built in 1799 and was used as a quarantine station for immigrants and cargo entering the city of Philadelphia by way of the Delaware River. The building now serves as Tinicum Township's administration facility. (Tyger Williams/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
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Regional Roundup – 05/11/20

This week; NJ Congressman Andy Kim, the centuries old quarantine station in Pa., tracking coronavirus through wastewater in Delaware.

Air Date: May 11, 2020 10:00 am

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MOVE family
History
Philadelphia
Policing
Billy Penn

MOVE 101: Why, 35 years ago, Philadelphia dropped a bomb on itself

How did an attempt to arrest MOVE members turn into a fiery inferno that killed 11 people and destroyed a neighborhood of more than 60 homes?

6 years ago

Larry Skvir volunteers at NJ food bank
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

South Jersey food bank highlights growing demand from the newly unemployed

As jobless claims rise again, food banks expect the high need to persist for months.

6 years ago

This March 23, 2018 file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith)
Housing
National
Race & Ethnicity

US census stirs uncertainty for those displaced by virus

The pandemic has fostered sudden, unexpected dislocation, making a typically easy question confusing for the newly displaced.

6 years ago

Millions of jobs have evaporated, particularly from businesses that employ a large number of Hispanics -- like hotels, restaurants, bars, building services. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Economic Development
Race & Ethnicity

Why a historic wave of Latino prosperity is under threat now

A few months ago, things were looking up for Latinos. Wages were rising and unemployment had hit a record low. Now, that historic wave of prosperity appears to be at risk.

6 years ago

Facebook's Local News Membership Accelerators
Media
Philadelphia
Sustainability
Billy Penn

Facebook just gave Philly media $465k to focus on what’ll really save local news: you

This relief money isn’t a bailout. It’s a bet on sustainable futures.

6 years ago

Former Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr.
Philadelphia
Policing

Former Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr.: Philly must apologize for MOVE bombing 35 years ago

Former Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr. is calling on the city to issue a “formal apology” 35 years after the MOVE bombing that killed 11 people.

6 years ago

El Bar: Sims edition
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Technology
Billy Penn

El Bar, Monkey Bar, Lost Bar: Classic Philly dives join the virtual city flourishing online

Constructing familiar places in Minecraft or Sims is bringing comfort during quarantine.

6 years ago

A memorial at the spot where Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed in Brunswick, Ga.
History
National
Race & Ethnicity

Ahmaud Arbery’s death raises echoes of US racial terror legacy

It took more than two months for Arbery's pursuers — who told police they suspected he was a burglar — to be arrested and taken into custody.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Zoo Andean geese
Philadelphia

Shuttered Philadelphia Zoo celebrates new baby critters in Mother’s Day video

The zoo may be closed to humans during the pandemic, but that hasn't stopped animal moms and their newborns from celebrating this Mother's Day.

6 years ago

(ESPN/Billy Penn illustration)
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

The ‘Last Dance’ connection to Iverson, Haverford and how it all comes back to Philly sports

The producer of the Michael Jordan docuseries grew up in the region, and his dad was a local basketball star.

6 years ago

Little Richard performs at the 93rd birthday and 88th year in show business gala celebration for Milton Berle
Music
National

Little Richard, rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dead at 87

Pastor Bill Minson, a close friend of Little Richard's, told The Associated Press that Little Richard died Saturday morning.

6 years ago

Yvanna, 13, (right), and Emilia, 12, (left) play with soccer balls on their block. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Outdoors

How to survive a summer without city pools? Open streets for play, says Philly Parks Commissioner

With city pools closed, Philly’s parks commissioner wants to expand Playstreets, a summer program that closes neighborhood streets to traffic.

6 years ago

Listen 1:51
Stylist Megan Baranowski
Business
Delaware
Economy
Public Health

Super-sanitized Delaware hair salon serves grateful customers

Gov. John Carney has taken “interim steps’ to allow limited reopening of non-essential businesses, but the takers were few Friday morning.

6 years ago

Reopen Philly coronavirus protest
Philadelphia
Public Health

Protesters pressing for reopening encircle Philly City Hall

Calling for Philadelphia businesses to re-open during the coronavirus pandemic, the protesters circling in their cars were met by counter-protesters.

6 years ago

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