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Teen girls carrying the world. (LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
Environment

‘You need to act now’: Meet 4 girls working to save the warming world

A teenage girl, Greta Thunberg, has become the world-famous face of the climate strike movement.

6 years ago

Kimya Johnson (left) Spelman alumna and chair of the diversity and inclusion legal practice group at Ogletree Deakins, moderates a discussion during 'Conversations of King: Keep Moving from This Mountain’ event at WHYY studios. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
History
Race & Ethnicity

Unpacking Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘mountains’ 60 years after Spelman speech

Panelists at WHYY and NewCORE’s “Conversations of King” event consider the “mountains” of relativism, materialism, segregation and violence in 2020.

6 years ago

Martin Luther King Jr. stayed in the back bedroom of this house (left) on Walnut Street in Camden, according to the owner who inherited the property from her father-in-law. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Architecture & Design
New Jersey
Preservation

Time running out to save historic ‘MLK House’ in Camden

That structure is now on the verge of collapse in the face of indecision by local and state officials.

6 years ago

The Camden County-based Unity Choir has become a way to defy what many feel is mounting hatred towards the Black and Jewish communities. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Music
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

Interfaith choir keeps MLK’s voice alive as bias incidents rise in N.J.

The Camden County-based Unity Choir has become a way to defy what many feel is mounting hatred towards the Black and Jewish communities.

6 years ago

Children play in the snow Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, in Toksook Bay, Alaska. The first Americans to be counted in the 2020 Census starting Tuesday, Jan. 21, live in this Bering Sea coastal village. (Gregory Bull/AP Photo)
National
Policing

On the edge of America, census begins in a tiny Alaska town

There are no restaurants in Toksook Bay, Alaska. No motels or movie theater, either. There also aren't any factories. Or roads.

6 years ago

Saxophonist, composer and arranger Jimmy Heath.  (Lonnie Timmons III/Getty Images)
NPR
Music
Philadelphia

Jazz saxophone legend Jimmy Heath has died

Jimmy Heath, a prolific saxophonist, composer and bandleader who played alongside some of the biggest names of jazz, including Miles Davis and John Coltrane, has died.

6 years ago

Steve Gruzlovic (center) of the Statewide Independent Living Council testified Thursday. (NJTV News)
New Jersey
Transportation
NJ Spotlight

Sweeney’s N.J. Transit Panel Fields Complaints from Riders with Disabilities

Witnesses share stories about how NJ Transit services for people with physical and developmental challenges are reliably unreliable

6 years ago

Female regent honeyeater in Capertee National Park, New South Wales, Australia. There are only 300 to 400 of the birds left in the wild, says Ross Crates, an ecologist at Australia National Universit. (David Stowe/via AP Photo)
Biology
Environment
International

Scientists seek rare species survivors amid Australia flames

Australia’s unprecedented wildfires season has so far charred 40,000 square miles (104,000 square kilometers) of brushland, rainforests, and national parks.

6 years ago

Downingtown East High School students Chloe Baumann, Hope Hessler, Megan Beale, and Gabbi Chacko traveled to Philadelphia to attend the Women's March. (Becca Haydu for WHYY)
Gender
Philadelphia
Social Justice

‘We cannot wait:’ Philly area youth tackle gun violence, climate change at this year’s Women’s March

For many young people at the march, it was about showing the lawmakers and other people in power that they’re galvanized and ready for change.

6 years ago

Jeannine A. Cook is the owner of Harriet's Bookshop in Fishtown. (Michaela Winberg/Billy Penn)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

She was told not to open a Black-owned bookstore in Fishtown. She’s doing it anyway.

Harriet’s Bookshop is now welcoming customers to browse its woman-centric shelves.

6 years ago

In this image made from video taken on Dec. 22, 2019, and provided by Oakbank Balhannah CFS, a koala drinks water from a bottle given by a firefighter in Cudlee Creek, South Australia. (Oakbank Balhannah CFS via AP)
Community Events
Environment

Philly expat hosting benefit for Australia bushfire recovery at Khyber Pass Pub

Kylie Flett, a food and drink publicist, is organizing an Aussie-themed Bushfire Benefit on Jan. 25 at Old City’s Khyber Pass Pub for the country’s most at-risk creatures and

6 years ago

Julie Coker (photo provided)
Economic Development
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Julie Coker to leave Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau

Julie Coker is moving on after four years of leading the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau.

6 years ago

Oat Foundry's modern split-flap board COURTESY OAT FOUNDRY
Billy Penn

RIP Amtrak flippy board: Commemorate the anniversary of 30th Street’s loss with a modern solution

Thanks to Oat Foundry, you can get up close and personal with a split-flap display in Old City.

6 years ago

Indego's electric bike (Indego)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Policing
Transportation

City pulls Indego e-bikes from streets while police search for stolen electronic bicycles

Philadelphia police are hunting e-bikes as Indego works to make it harder to steal electric bikes from the city’s bike share system.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery on August 8, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Business
Energy
Environment

Future of PES refinery could be decided Friday behind closed doors

A New York law office will host the bankruptcy sale of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions complex, closed since June’s explosion and fire.

6 years ago

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