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Sonya Dixon (center), whose two grandsons were murdered in 2017 and 2018, weeps during a demonstration outside the Philadelphia Police headquarters to call attention to unsolved murders. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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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

Cherron Perry-Thomas, director of Social Impact at the Diasporic Alliance for Cannabis Opportunities, speaks during the announcement of the cannabis conference (Abdul Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
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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

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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

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Energy
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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

U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham (right) met with U.S. Sen. Tom Carper and members of the Delaware Complete Count Commission in Georgetown Monday morning. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
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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

Jesenia De Moya Correa in the Inquirer newsroom (Courtesy Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

‘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.

6 years ago

In Pennsylvania, the issue of whether to regulate guns more closely is typically seen as partisan. (Seth Perlman/AP Photo)
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K-12
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Regional Roundup – 09/23/19

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

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History
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Explore 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.

6 years ago

A Neumann University student videographer was surprised during a live newscast with color-corrective glasses purchased by his classmates. (Courtesy of Neumann Media)
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Pennsylvania

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.

6 years ago

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Delaware
History

Delaware 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.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

‘Hamilton’ vs. the Eagles: I’m trading in football for theater with my fam

A story of internal conflict by a lifelong Birds fan.

6 years ago

At StoryCorps in Baltimore last month, retired Col. Denise Baken (center) told her children, Christian Yingling and Richard Yingling, about the discrimination she faced as a black woman in the Army. (Emilyn Sosa for StoryCorps)
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Military
Race & Ethnicity

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.

6 years ago

Puerto Ricans from the region came together two years after Hurricane Maria caused massive devastation on the island at a rally and march on the Parkway. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
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‘This year is about moving forward’: Two years after Maria, Puerto Rican community sends a message in Philly

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.

6 years ago

Somerton Interfaith Food Bank at St. Andrew's In-The-Field Episcopal Church
Changing Communities
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

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

6 years ago

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Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

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.

6 years ago

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