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In this photo taken Thursday, April 4, 2019, the children of genocide survivors and perpetrators play together in the reconciliation village of Mbyo, near Nyamata, in Rwanda. Twenty-five years after the genocide the country has six
History
International
Military

25 years after genocide, can Rwanda heal? 6 villages try

Twenty-five years ago, Tasian Nkundiye murdered his neighbor with a machete. Today he lives near the widow of the man he killed. And somehow they are friends.

6 years ago

Vaughnda Hilton, founder of the indigenous dance troupe Native Nations Dance Theater, celebrates with audience members during a friendship dance (Angela Gervasi for WHYY)
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Philadelphia
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From Santa Fe to Philly, We Are the Seeds wants to make Indigenous artists more visible

Arts nonprofit We Are the Seeds hosted its inaugural local festival Saturday at Taller Puertorriqueño to showcase the culture and creations of Native communities.

6 years ago

Acme, 11th and Passyunk, Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Potential hepatitis A exposure from South Philly Acme employee, Health Department warns

A worker at the supermarket on East Passyunk Avenue has the hepatitis A virus. The city’s is advising some recent customers to get the vaccine.

6 years ago

The Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, Philadelphia Chapter, mosque while it was under construction in North Philadelphia. (Samaria Baliey/The Philadelphia Tribune)
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Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

We demand place in building trades

Roughly 6.9 percent of construction companies in Philadelphia are minority-owned, according to data from the U.S. Census.

6 years ago

US Steel's Clairton Coke Works, near Pittsburgh. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
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Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

U.S. Steel: Fire-damaged pollution controls at Clairton back on-line

U.S. Steel says the pollution controls at its Clairton Plant are fully operating again after a fire damaged them in December.

6 years ago

 Lucinda Hudson at the site where Starbucks plans to put a new location, a first for the neighborhood. (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
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Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

Parkside leaders welcome the neighborhood’s first Starbucks

The ‘community store’ version of the coffeeshop in Parkside will have space for local groups and hire from neighborhood.

6 years ago

PlanPhilly reporter Ryan Briggs (center) waits in line at City Hall with other Philadelphians to get a city ID. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia

New and longtime Philadelphians and returning citizens line up for city’s new municipal ID

Dozens of people waited in a line at City Hall on Thursday after Mayor Jim Kenney launched the long-awaited local government ID program.

6 years ago

Listen 1:46
A group of leaders from the local community speak out against plans for a supervised injection facility during a community meeting at the Heitzman Rec Center on Thursday night. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Addiction
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Philadelphia

Safehouse vows to take more community input on supervised injection site plans

Directors of the nonprofit that wants to open a supervised injection site in Philly told outraged residents they wouldn’t move forward without further input.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Uber driver consults her phone during a shift. (Jessica Kourkounis for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
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Philadelphia
Transportation
PlanPhilly

Philly parking czar wants to know who’s driving your Uber, says Pa. audit doesn’t go far enough

PPA director Scott Petri wants the authority to certify Uber and Lyft drivers as part of wide-ranging regulatory package aimed at making ride-hailing services safer.

6 years ago

In this April 2012 photo, three teens participate in beach sweeps sponsored by the Clean Ocean Action environmental group, removing thousands of items that were either left behind by beachgoers, or that washed up with the tides after being discarded elsewhere. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo, file)
Down the Shore
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New Jersey

‘Sweep’ volunteers removed 454,365 pieces of debris from N.J. beaches in 2018

More than 133,390 volunteers have removed nearly seven million pieces of litter over more than three decades.

6 years ago

Rainbow kites
Things To Do
Community Events
April 4 - 10, 2019

High-flying kites for all ages, fine art for everyone and Bollywood in N.J.

Revisit one of rock’s most enduring bands, browse an eclectic array of art or get out in the great outdoors to fly a kite this weekend.

6 years ago

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The flags of Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and the United States hang in the window of the Latino Hispanic American Community Center in Harrisburg. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Pennsylvania
Politics

Report outlines priorities for Latinos in Pa., focus on education, workforce development

Pennsylvania Latino Convention chairman Norman Bristol Colón said the overarching goal is to make sure the community is heading in the right direction.

6 years ago

After 20 years of teaching English as a second language and offering other classes, Bucks County nonprofit Welcoming the Stranger is recognized for its efforts to help immigrants. (Courtesy of Welcoming the Stranger)
Immigration

Bucks nonprofit dedicated to helping immigrants wins top national award

After 20 years of teaching English as a second language and offering other classes, Welcoming the Stranger is recognized for its efforts to help immigrants.

6 years ago

Ocean Bathing Area 1 in Island Beach State Park in July 2014. (Justin Auciello/JSHN)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors

N.J. offers online purchase of annual passes to 47 state parks

New Jersey is the first state to offer the online purchase of annual park passes, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe announced. 

6 years ago

Crews in the middle of the Brandywine River work to remove a 115-year-old dam that was built to allow Wilmington water pipes to cross the river. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
Environment
Outdoors

115-year-old Brandywine Creek dam removed to upgrade water pipes, restore fish migration

Work to demolish a 115-year-old dam in the Brandywine Creek in Wilmington should help restore the habitat of the American shad fish.

6 years ago

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