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Say goodbye to dashboard receipts — PPA to install pay-by-plate parking kiosks

The Philadelphia Parking Authority plans to install new solar-powered parking kiosks in Center City next week.

6 years ago

Steven Ruggles, director of the Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation at the University of Minnesota, poses next to a Census Bureau poster. (Jim Mone/AP Photo)
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Broke in Philly

Census errs again, makes mistakes measuring poverty nationwide

In response, a census spokesperson said, “We are confident in the resources we have to conduct the census and continue the work on our ongoing surveys.”

6 years ago

Nuisance tidal flooding in Seaside Park, N.J. (Dominick Solazzo)
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NWS: Coastal flooding possible during several high tide cycles this week

Forecasters say coastal residents in New Jersey should be ready for potentially several high tide cycles of coastal flooding this week.

6 years ago

Octavia Abney watches her son Dylan, 4, sit on a Philadelphia Police Department motorbike during the Love Peace and Soul Fest block party on Sunday October 5, 2019 at the site of the August Police shooting and stand off in the Nicetown-Tioga section of Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
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Policing
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On a ‘loving and caring’ Nicetown-Tioga block, neighbors come together to heal after trauma

Nicetown-Tioga neighbors never expected a trauma in their community like the police shootout that happened in August. Together, they are moving forward.

6 years ago

Crashed cars with airbags deployed are shown to visitors as part of the display of Toyota Motor Corp.'s safety performance standards, called
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Philly cops are getting inside the ‘black box’ of city’s rising traffic fatality problem

Philadelphia police are getting access to the black boxes behind car crashes in the city. The data will help investigators understand why collisions happen.

6 years ago

Community meal in North Philadelphia. (Pheed Philly/Instagram)
Billy Penn
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Dancing, DJs and art: Waterfront day party raises money for Philadelphians experiencing homelessness

The inaugural Hands Up Music Fest is coming to Penn Treaty Park.

6 years ago

(AP Photo/Mary Esch, File)
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Regional Roundup – 10/07/19

This week: Judge approves safe injection sites in Philadelphia, how different districts are dealing with 'lunch debt,' and a UPenn prof who translates the classics from Greek.

Air Date: October 7, 2019

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Thankful Baptist Church pastor, the Rev. Gregory Ross and his wife, first lady Beatrice Ross. (Marissa Weekes Mason/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Philadelphia
Religion
The Philadelphia Tribune

Thankful Baptist Church: A legacy of care and mission

Thankful Baptist Church celebrated its 96th anniversary last month, marking a journey centered on taking care of each other and the community as family.

6 years ago

It has been two years since the start of the #MeToo movement, with many powerful men accused of sexual misconduct. Some are now attempting comebacks, raising questions about rehabilitation, redemption and reentry. (Matt Chinworth for NPR)
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Is redemption possible in the aftermath of #MeToo?

"We have to grapple with this question of who can come back and who can't," says Tarana Burke, the activist who coined the term "Me Too" years before it went viral in 2017.

6 years ago

The Church of the Advocate at 1801 W. Diamond St. (PHLCVB)
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This historic North Philly church needs $7 million in repairs. Can its ‘mother tiger’ reverend find a way?

Things are so bad at the Church of the Advocate that the ceiling is literally falling down.

6 years ago

In this Sept. 2, 2019 photo, seven-year-old Emilia Tembe pulls back on her hand-crafted toy bow and arrow made of sticks and leaves as she stands on a fallen tree, in the Ka 'a kyr village, Para state, Brazil. “This part used to be a native forest. This was primary jungle. But the fire arrived and it cleared the land,” said Emidio Tembe, Emilia’s grandfather and the Ka’ a kyr chieftain who named the village. (Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)
Changing Communities
International

Arrows and smartphones: Daily life of Amazon Tembe tribe

They hunt with bows and arrows, fish for piranhas and gather wild plants, while some watch soap operas on TV or check the internet on phones inside thatch-roof huts.

6 years ago

Attendees during the first meeting of the Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative (Jensen Toussaint/AL DÍA News)
Economic Development
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

Solutions to North Philly’s poverty level: New initiative aims to connect more North Philadelphians to employment

The Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative will bring together more than a dozen collaborating partners in an effort to reduce the 9% unemployment rate in the area.

6 years ago

(Emma Lee/WHYY)
Media

WHYY staffers file for union election

A group of 85 WHYY staffers have filed a petition with the NLRB asking that a vote be taken to see if those employees want to join the SAG-AFTRA union.

6 years ago

Father and son artists, Vince Ito (left) and Willie Ito, at their StoryCorps interview in Los Angeles last month. (Rochelle Hoi-Yiu Kwan/StoryCorps)
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Visual Arts

Before he animated for Disney, he sketched cartoons in an internment camp

Willie Ito, 85, wanted to be an animator from the moment he first saw Snow White in theaters as a young boy.

6 years ago

FILE: A herd of Holstein cows on dairy farm in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bowe)
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Pennsylvania

U.S. Agriculture Secretary says small farms are in trouble. But Pa. advocates have hope.

The U.S. Agriculture Secretary caused some indignation on a recent visit to Wisconsin after saying small dairy farms may not survive a changing market.

6 years ago

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