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Martin Luther King Jr. National Park reopens for holiday, thanks to a private grant
The deal allows the park to avoid the awkward possibility that it would be closed on the federal holiday honoring King.
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Keep off the partially frozen Barnegat Bay, police warn
Portions of the Barnegat Bay have frozen over the current Arctic blast, and that’s worrisome for officials.
6 years ago
For Girard College’s MLK Day of Service, a focus on solutions to gun violence
The 24th annual Martin Luther King Day of Service at Girard College brought 4 to 5,000 volunteers to the historic school in North Philadelphia.
6 years ago
After racist taunts, Quakertown students hold first MLK Day of service
Last year, Quakertown students taunted and threw rocks at students from the majority-black Cheltenham district. As a response, the district held its first MLK Day of Service.
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Remembering Martin Luther King’s gift of rhetoric
As I prepared to celebrate the Martin Luther King holiday, I listened to a sermon King delivered in a little Baptist church in Chicago in 1967.
6 years ago
Three stories of eloquence and activism
Marty speaks with poet laureate Tracy K. Smith. Then we hear from a pediatrician about the Flint water crisis. Finally, we'll hear about the effects of childhood adversity.
Air Date: January 21, 2019
Listen 50:06Bon Jovi’s restaurant to provide meals for furloughed federal workers, families
A restaurant owned by musician and New Jersey native Jon Bon Jovi is providing free meals to government workers and their families during the federal government shutdown.
6 years ago
Government shutdown cancels annual Liberty Bell MLK ceremony
Sponsored by the Philadelphia Martin Luther King Jr. Association for Nonviolence, the symbolic bell ringing usually attracts up to 500 people.
6 years ago
Remembering MLK’s visit to Philly’s Girard College, efforts to desegregate the school
Martin Luther King, Jr. visited Girard College in wake of demonstrations to integrate the school founded in Philadelphia for white orphan boys.
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As temperatures drop, Philly water department steps up
Last January, the Philadelphia Water Department had more than 300 water main breaks. So far this year, it has responded to only about 40.
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Video of Kentucky students mocking Native American man draws outcry
A crowd of students surrounds the Native American man, laughing and filming on cell phones.
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Central Pa. Food Bank feeding hundreds of furloughed federal workers
Hundreds of furloughed federal workers are turning to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank to help make ends meet as the partial federal government shutdown drags on.
6 years ago
Thousands brace cold for 2019 Women’s March in Philadelphia
For the third year in a row Philadelphia’s streets were flooded with thousands of rally goers supporting a renewed women’s movement.
6 years ago
‘The Forward,’ storied Jewish paper, shutters print edition after 121 years
Founded as a Yiddish-language daily in 1897, the newspaper once known as The Jewish Daily Forward is ending its print operation to "become a digitally focused publisher."
6 years ago
Comcast, Aramark and Campbell’s rank among Fortune 500s for boardroom diversity
In a multiyear study Comcast Corp., Aramark and Campbell Soup Company all ranked in the top 35 among the Fortune 500 firms for boardroom diversity.
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