
Community
As clearance rate improves, families protest Philly’s unsolved murders
For three days this week, they’re protesting that last year only 44% of Philadelphia homicides were solved.
6 years ago
Local conference aims to educate the community about opportunities in cannabis market
While economic opportunities will be a key focus, conference organizers are also hoping to reduce the stigma around the usage of medical cannabis.
6 years ago
N.J. flood zone buyout program purchases 700th property
Officials say New Jersey's flood zone buyout program has closed on its 700th property.
6 years ago
Philly Fire Department personnel no longer at PES refinery site 24/7
Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said only trace amounts of dangerous hydrofluoric acid remain at the damaged Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery.
6 years ago
2020 Census workers trying to reach more rural immigrants, college students in Delaware
U.S. Census director Steven Dillingham got an update on Delaware's progress reaching "hard-to-count" groups ahead of the 2020 Census.
6 years ago
‘El Inquirer’: Philly’s paper of record rolls out a Spanish-language site
Philadelphia’s growing Latinx population has a new place to turn for news.
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This week: an explainer on Pa. gun laws and the efforts to expand them, the move to reform standardized testing in N.J, and Voicemail Poems.
Air Date: September 23, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 0:00Explore the home of Philly’s first independent mayor and George Washington’s abolitionist confidante
Elizabeth Willing Powel was an underappreciated architect of the United States.
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Colorblind videographer surprised on air with color-corrective glasses
A Neumann University student videographer was surprised during a live newscast with color-corrective glasses purchased by his classmates.
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Listen 2:11Delaware State pays homage to Tuskegee Airmen with new planes
A flight-training program that traces its lineage to the Tuskegee Airmen is expanding with new planes.
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‘Hamilton’ vs. the Eagles: I’m trading in football for theater with my fam
A story of internal conflict by a lifelong Birds fan.
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For a black woman in the military, harassment was its own battle
At StoryCorps, retired Col. Denise Baken says the challenges she faced as both a woman and an African American in the Army weighed her down over time, mentally and physically.
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A few hundred members of the Puerto Rican community came together Saturday to reflect on the resiliency of their homeland, two years after Hurricane Maria.
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Why is poverty increasing in Northeast Philly? Aging population, immigration, gentrification
The storied enclave of some 300,000 residents has seen poverty become a burgeoning and unwanted feature over the last generation
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Historic Philly Underground Railroad stop that freed 9,000 slaves is saved from brink of collapse
The Robert Purvis House is being repaired despite the property owner’s inaction.
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