Community
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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Listen 49:01Thankful 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.
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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.
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Things are so bad at the Church of the Advocate that the ceiling is literally falling down.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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