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Philadelphia Folk Festival founder Gene Shay tips his hat to an adoring audience. (Jonathan Wilson for NewsWorks)
Music
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly folk giant, former radio DJ Gene Shay dies at 85 from the coronavirus

Co-founder of the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Shay hosted a weekly show on several stations over a long career. WHYY-FM was his home for about 15 years.

6 years ago

Volunteers at Sandy Hook for Clean Ocean Action's Spring Beach Sweep in April 2019. (Courtesy of Clean Ocean Action)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Volunteers removed nearly 500,000 pieces of debris from N.J. beaches in 2019

According to the Sandy Hook-based organization’s 2019 Beach Sweeps annual report, 10,744 volunteers collected, tallied, and removed debris from New Jersey beaches.

6 years ago

Some homes in the 3700 block of North 15th Street, where six Philadelphia police officers were wounded during a shoot out in August, still have the bullet holes. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Economy
Income Inequality
Billy Penn

Stimulus could heighten racial economic inequality, historians warn

Like the New Deal and G.I. Bill before it, the latest federal attempt to juice the economy will play out unevenly.

6 years ago

First State Ballet Theatre company dancer and faculty member Jessi Eizember teaches a children's ballet class on Zoom. (Courtesy of Traci Eizember)
Delaware
Sports

Dance, fitness instructors help students adapt their homes to keep moving in quarantine

Dance, sports and fitness instructors are helping their students stay fit in quarantine with Zoom, dining room chairs and prizes to keep them motivated.

6 years ago

Alana Dean at Mill Creek Park In Willingboro, New Jersey. (Courtesy of Alana Dean)
New Jersey
Public Health

As coronavirus hits Willingboro hard in South Jersey, residents revamp daily life

The predominantly African American suburb has had more cases than much of South Jersey.

6 years ago

A produce market at 10th and Cherry streets is one of the few businesses still open in Chinatown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Immigration
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

Volunteers needed to translate coronavirus help for Philly area Asian Americans

Organizations that serve Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the Philly region want to connect 10,000 households in Pa. to resources.

6 years ago

Njeri Harris shops for produce at the Landisdale Farm stand at Clark Park on April 11, 2020. Harris says that the lines enforcing social distancing are
PlanPhilly
Food & Drink
Public Health

Farmers markets may be your safest bet for food shopping during the coronavirus pandemic

Health experts say the new rules governing Pa. farmers markets have made the open-air grocery destinations safer than other options.

6 years ago

Shoppers at the Whitman Plaza Shoprite in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Public Health

Grocery workers: ‘We didn’t sign up to be heroes’

The federal government has given little guidance on how grocery stores should operate during the pandemic, leaving a patchwork of protections from businesses and states.

Air Date: April 16, 2020

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Liquor store. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Business
Food & Drink
Public Health

Pennsylvania to use liquor stores for online fulfillment

Workers will be back on the job at more than 100 shuttered state-owned liquor stores to help process online orders, Pennsylvania's liquor agency said Thursday.

6 years ago

Joseph Ruffin at his home office in Nicetown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Business
Technology

Tech to the rescue: As business moves online, IT jobs more essential than ever — for now

Technology workers have been largely spared from coronavirus layoffs so far, stepping up as essential workers to make remote work possible.

6 years ago

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Baking Bread
Things To Do
Community Events
April 16 - 22, 2020

Cooking for comfort, must-see TV, National Library Week and Beethoven at home in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

The coronavirus has changed everything. But arts and cultural institutions have gamely continued to provide innovative ways to keep their audiences entertained.

6 years ago

Mira Patel and her sister Veda. (Courtesy of Dee Patel)
K-12

Coronavirus: The world has come together to flatten the curve. Can we stay united to tackle other crises?

Watching the world come together gives me hope for the future, writes Mira Patel, a high school junior.

6 years ago

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Health Care
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

#ThankYouPhilly: Giant posters turn boarded-up storefronts into essential worker tributes

The campaign shouts out everyone from doctors to utility workers.

6 years ago

In this May 7, 2018 photo, Philadelphia 76ers' co-owner Michael Rubin, center, talks with rappers Lil Uzi Vert, left, and Meek Mill during the first half of Game 4 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics in Philadelphia. Meek Mill had a string of high-profile names support him during a five-month campaign to be freed on bail from prison for probation violations. But the Philly rapper’s biggest advocate was one of his closest friends, the e-commerce entrepreneur who arranged for a helicopter to take Mill from prison to a Sixers' playoff game. Michael Rubin owns Fanatics and co-owns the Sixers and has vowed to tackle criminal justice reform. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Kevin Hart, Meek Mill, Ben Simmons join Sixers co-owner’s massive coronavirus fundraising challenge

Celebs and athletes are chipping in to Michael Rubin’s “All-In” fund.

6 years ago

The scene outside a partial building collapse in Strawberry Mansion on Monday INSTAGRAM / @NOGUNZONE
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Billy Penn

Storm destroys Philly warehouse wall, splattering bricks across the street

The Strawberry Mansion building had been sitting vacant for a while.

6 years ago

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