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Angie Staudt
Public Health
Social Justice

What it’s like to be disabled now, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic

People who are disabled or have chronic illnesses have a different perspective on the limits we’re all living with today.

6 years ago

Plant manager Joe Glass poses with automotive parts manufactured by Catalus Corp. (Photo provided by Dave Parsons)
Keystone Crossroads
Economy
Pennsylvania
Public Health

COVID-19’s economic blow to rural Pa. far outstrips the pandemic. But reopening won’t be easy

Dependence on one industry, powdered metal, is part of the reason why this part of Pennsylvania has seen such a large drop in employment.

6 years ago

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Left: Finishing the George C. Platt Bridge, one of the mentally toughest stretches of the route. (Courtesy MIchael Gagliardi)
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly ultrarunner traces the city’s entire border with a perfect 76-mile run

Michael “Gagz” Gagliardi hopes the Philly Four Corners route will become a local institution.

6 years ago

A Barnegat Bay scene from 2012. (Courtesy of Jennifer Husar)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors
Public Health

N.J. State Police offer social distancing tips for safe boating

With New Jersey allowing marinas to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic, New Jersey State Police have issued tips on how boaters can properly socially distance. 

6 years ago

Rev. Melvin Floyd
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

Rev. Melvin Floyd, iconic anti-violence activist, preacher, filmmaker, dies at 85

The preacher who gave up life as a police officer to curb gang violence is best known for driving around in a van with a coffin on its roof.

6 years ago

An empty office
NPR
Business
Public Health

The office as we knew it isn’t coming back anytime soon. Maybe it’s changed forever.

Offices around the world are shut during the pandemic, making work from home the new normal for millions of white-collar employees.

6 years ago

The interior of NV My Eyewear and proprietor Tiffany Easley. (Facebook/NV My Eyewear)
Business
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

This West Philly biz owner is one of 550 who already got relief money from the city

Around 60% of awardees are people of color, and 34% are women.

6 years ago

Old Main on Penn State's University Park campus. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Business
Higher Education
Public Health

Penn State furloughs some employees with 50% pay, doesn’t rule out future layoffs

Facing major financial losses, Penn State has furloughed some employees, but will be paying them 50% starting May 4 through June.

6 years ago

Members of Bread & Roses Racial and Economic Justice Giving Project celebrating as they work to raise money for grassroots community organizing. (Bread and Roses)
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PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Health
Social Justice
Eyes on the Street

Why we need community organizers in the time of COVID-19

Grants are available to groups organizing around the pandemic and to those struggling to operate in a changed environment or generate lost revenue.

6 years ago

Rudolph Sutton poses with his son Rudolpho in a photo taken in 2015 at SCI-Graterford in Montgomery County, where Sutton was serving a life sentence. (Courtesy of Rudolpho Sutton)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

His father was the 1st Pa. inmate to die of COVID-19. Now, he’ll continue the fight to ‘clear his name’

The Pennsylvania Innocence Project concluded Rudolph Sutton was likely innocent, just as his health began to decline after serving 30 years behind bars.

6 years ago

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A rider stands next to an Indego station. (Indego/City of Philadelphia)
PlanPhilly
Streets & Roads
Sustainability
Transportation

Indego offers a 30-day discount to mark 5 years of blue bikes in Philly

The bike-share has logged more than 3.5 million rides and hit record numbers in 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic shut down the city.

6 years ago

A waterspout over the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday afternoon. (Photo courtesy of Michaela Murray/Jersey Shore Hurricane News)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

NWS: Tornado caused damage as it moved across N.J. barrier island

A tornado caused damage on a New Jersey barrier island during Tuesday afternoon's severe thunderstorms, the National Weather Service confirmed Thursday. 

6 years ago

Rev. Dr. Alyn E. Waller
Philadelphia
Public Health
Religion
The Philadelphia Tribune

Rev. Dr. Alyn E. Waller tests positive for COVID-19

Rev. Dr. Alyn E. Waller shared Thursday that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

6 years ago

U.S. Coast Guard Mid-Atlantic released these surveillance images of a missing man who rowed a boat into the Toms River on Tuesday. (Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Mid-Atlantic)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Safety

Coast Guard suspends search for Ocean County man last spotted in rowboat

The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a man who went missing after taking his rowboat into a southern New Jersey waterway before strong storms swept through the area.

6 years ago

Pendle Hill Quaker Fellowship
Public Health
Religion

In the age of social distancing, Quakers have quickly adapted to online worship

In the last month, many things once deemed impossible have suddenly become imaginable. That’s certainly true for the Religious Society of Friends.

6 years ago

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