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Jamie Wyeth, then in his early 20s, works from a stepladder while creating the mural for the Delaware Air National Guard. (Courtesy of Jamie Wyeth)
Delaware
Military
Visual Arts

Bare buttocks of Adam and Eve in Wyeth mural trigger military art controversy

The Wyeth mural has been on display at the Delaware Air National Guard for a half-century. The artist calls the notion of covering up the bare cheeks ‘absurd.’

6 years ago

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American Federation of Government Employees officials protest the new contract which requires them to vacate their offices in EPA headquarters across the country this week. (Susan Phillips/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Business
Environment
Government Accountability

Outside Philly HQ, union officials protest their ouster from EPA offices

A new contract requires American Federation of Government Employees officials to vacate their offices in EPA headquarters across the country this week.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery on August 8, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Energy
Environment
Public Health
PlanPhilly

Eliminating the PES refinery’s deadliest chemical will be a 24/7 job for weeks

The Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery has started neutralizing and eliminating a highly toxic chemical still present at the site. It will take weeks.

6 years ago

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Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Public Health

Officials: Dog feces at least one source of water contamination at N.J. beach

New Jersey officials say dog waste is at least one source of ongoing water contamination at an Ocean County bay beach. 

6 years ago

Sesame Place in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. (Google Maps)
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

‘Sesame Place Sallie’: White woman tells Black woman at Sesame Place to ‘go back where you came from’

A white woman was recorded using racist language, cursing at and raising her middle finger toward a Black woman at Sesame Place in Bucks County on Monday.

6 years ago

Debris from a small plane crash sets in backyards of a residential neighborhood in Upper Moreland, Pa., Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019.  Upper Moreland Police Chief Michael Murphy says the plane hit several trees before it finally came to rest. He said everyone aboard the plane was killed. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Public Safety
Transportation

3 killed when small plane crashes in backyard of Willow Grove home

The single-engine plane went down around 6:20 a.m. Thursday in Willow Grove, shortly after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport.

6 years ago

(Google Maps)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Public Health

Officials: Avoid contact with Manasquan Reservoir due to ‘harmful’ algal bloom

Tests revealing high levels of a harmful algal-like bacteria have prompted state and county officials to warn the public to avoid all contact with the Manasquan Reservoir.

6 years ago

The Beer Summit on Race is an annual conversation held at the Reading Terminal Market on race and racism. (Courtesy of Global Citizen)
Politics

Seeing each other’s humanity – through the lens of a glass

Professor David W. Brown argues that the best way to overcome the nation’s racial divide is if people with polar opposite views find a way to talk to each other.

6 years ago

Haydee Durán says her 1-year-old tree makes her smile when she's feeling sad.  (Catalina Jaramillo/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Environment
Outdoors
Public Spaces
PlanPhilly

Not in my sidewalk: Debunking Philly tree myths

Philadelphia needs more trees. Here is a guide to understanding why there aren’t more trees and what can be done about it.

6 years ago

A troop of gorillas play on their treehouse at the Philadelphia Zoo. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Philly’s newest $100,000 house has some really hairy residents

This house won’t be another crash pad for millennials. Instead, the sturdy white oak, black locust, and cedarwood “treehouse” at the Philadelphia Zoo is for gorillas.

6 years ago

Adam Friedman, 19, a youth organizer with the Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence, holds a sign saying
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

New Jersey sees a rise in bias incidents perpetrated by young people

New Jersey is noticing that many of the so-called bias incidents are being committed by minors.

6 years ago

A fire burns at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery hours after a series of early morning explosions on June 21, 2019. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Business
Energy
Environment
Eyes On The Street

The 1,000 refinery workers that were laid off deserve access to green energy jobs

PES and our elected officials must do more to make sure workers have the opportunity to develop new skills and find meaningful work in our country’s evolving energy sector.

6 years ago

Fence-line resident Sylvia Bennett, with Philly Thrive speaks during the first public meeting of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery advisory group   (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Energy
Environment
PlanPhilly

Who will decide the future of the South Philly refinery?

Philadelphia residents concerned about health and environmental impacts dominated the first public meeting of the city’s refinery advisory group.

6 years ago

(Facebook/Jaime Alvarez)
Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

After protests and staff walkout, two West Philly restaurants close for bias training

Clarkville and Local 44 owners deny the charges of racism, and say they want to use this as a learning opportunity.

6 years ago

Alida Garcia’s son lost his life in 2015 when a gunman fired into his car with a semi-automatic weapon. She demanded leadership ban assault weapons. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Public Safety

Philly mother decries ‘a slow-moving massacre in our city’ after latest mass shootings

Aleida Garcia’s son was murdered in 2015. She spoke at Tuesday’s anti-violence rally in LOVE Park following two mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

6 years ago

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