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Children board buses in the center city of an unknown location to go to outlying schools on Dec. 10, 1971. Busing children as a means of achieving school integration grew into one of 1971’s major domestic stories. (AP Photo)
The Why
Delaware
K-12
Race & Ethnicity

Did busing work in New Castle County schools?

Did New Castle County's busing program ultimately achieve racial integration and help close the achievement gap for black students there?

Air Date: July 23, 2019

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Down the Shore
Environment
Infrastructure
New Jersey

Fierce storms knock out power to around 200K utility customers at the Shore

More than 200,000 utility customers are without power at the Jersey Shore early Monday evening following a line of severe thunderstorms. 

6 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Business
Energy
Environment

Fire-damaged South Philadelphia refinery files for bankruptcy again

Damage pushes the refinery to file for Chapter 11 again. Philadelphia Energy Solutions expects to restructure with a $100 million financial agreement.

6 years ago

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Community Events
Income Inequality
Kids
Broke in Philly

‘Alexa, wake me up for camp!’: Philly summer writing program bursting at the seams

Applications to Mighty Writers surged more than 1000%.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross answers reporters questions about an investigation into racist Facebook posts by active duty police officers. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Radio Times
Criminal Justice
Homelessness

Regional Roundup – 07/22/19

This week; helping the homeless during the massive heatwave, Philly police officers fired for offensive Facebook posts, and the Delaware vertical farm employing ex-offenders.

Air Date: July 22, 2019 10:00 am

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The Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Complex in Philadelphia is shown Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Environment
Explainers
Public Safety

Refinery’s closure sparks calls for a ‘just transition’ in Philadelphia

Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ future is unclear and the debate over what should happen to it mirror a conversation that’s taking place across the U.S.

6 years ago

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Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Ocean City, N.J. mayor says seagulls have become ‘very aggressive’

The mayor of Ocean City, New Jersey says seagulls have become "very aggressive" in the municipality and warns that feeding the birds is against the law. 

6 years ago

Brandy Halladay, widow of Roy Halladay, speaks as he is inducted posthumously into the National Baseball Hall of Fame during an induction ceremony at the Clark Sports Center on Sunday, July 21, 2019, in Cooperstown, N.Y. (Hans Pennink/AP Photo)
Philadelphia
Sports

Phillies’ late Roy Halladay inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame

Halladay's widow, Brandy, fought back tears as she spoke. Halladay was 40 when he was killed in a plane crash in November 2017.

6 years ago

AP file photo
Down the Shore
New Jersey

In scorching heat, thousands without power at the Jersey Shore late Sunday afternoon

Thousands are without power at the Jersey Shore late Sunday afternoon in the midst of extreme heat.

6 years ago

Students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone in the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from Paris' Notre Dame cathedral. (Eleanor Beardsley/NPR)
NPR
Architecture & Design
History
International

Notre Dame fire revives demand for skilled stone carvers in France

"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We're also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve."

6 years ago

A group of community leaders gather at Baker's Playground for a peace rally on Saturday, July 20, 2019. (Miguel Martinez/WHYY)
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Public Safety

‘We are brave people’: Overbrook community won’t let gun violence define them

After a shooting at Baker Playground in Overbrook injured 7 people, the community organized a rally against gun violence exactly one week later.

6 years ago

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Business
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Why two former Anthropologie buyers created a lingerie store that celebrates all women

Hidden Intimates operates under the mantra that “comfortable is sexy.”

6 years ago

Lawncrest Pool. (Courtesy of Philadelphia Parks & Recreation)
PlanPhilly
Outdoors
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

A guide to keeping cool in Philly pools

Philadelphia’s 70+ indoor and outdoor public swimming pools represent our city at its best.

6 years ago

Kensington High School cheerleading coach Amber Rawls leads practice in the dance studio at Kensington High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (KCAPA) on June 6, 2019. (Photo by Maggie Loesch)
Philadelphia
Sports

Kensington cheerleaders: ‘We have a record to uphold, and we’re not going to fail for anybody’

The team is a reigning district champion, having won back-to-back District XII championships in the Philadelphia Public League’s small division.

6 years ago

Sheila Armstrong stands in the living room of her 13th floor apartment at the Harrison Plaza buidling at 1050 North 10th Street where she installed an A/C unit to deal with the summer heat. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Environment
Housing
Public Health
PlanPhilly

Should landlords be required to provide air conditioning?

As temperatures soar and Philly officials invite residents to cool off in air-conditioned city buildings, Maryland lawmakers want to mandate landlords provide AC at home.

6 years ago

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