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Swarthmore College students gather at the Phi Psi fraternity house during a sit-in, Monday, April 29, 2019, in Swarthmore, Pa. (AP Photo)
Higher Education
Pennsylvania

Student protesters occupy Swarthmore fraternity house, want it closed

Students at Swarthmore College occupied a fraternity house after alleged documents describing some members' derogatory comments and sexual assault jokes were leaked.

6 years ago

Greenfield Elementary School playground. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Poetry

WHYY’s Morning Edition listeners honor National Poetry Month through haiku

WHYY's Morning Edition listeners celebrate their neighborhoods through haiku during National Poetry Month.

6 years ago

Rob Reed congratulates Devon Reed as she crosses home plate with help from Baily Otto, a volunteer from Stockton University, during opening day at The South Jersey Field of Dreams in Absecon, New Jersey. The Field of Dreams is a place where physically and mentally disabled children and adults can participate in the game of baseball. (Anthony Smedile for WHYY)
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Field of Dreams brings joy, baseball to Jersey shore town

Funded by donations and grants, the 16-year-old organization grew from an idea by Absecon resident Barry Hackett whose grandson Jacob is confined to a wheelchair.

6 years ago

Rowhomes at 34th and Spring Garden Street for sale or rent. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Housing
Income Inequality
Broke in Philly

Philly housing costs rising faster for poor and middle class than for the wealthy

Housing costs are growing for low-income renters but not higher-income renters and homeowners, worsening income inequality in the Philadelphia region and nationally.

6 years ago

Craig Johnson of Interpret Green and Helena Van Fliet of Bio Philly are pictured in Wissahickon Valley Park during the City Nature Challenge Sunday. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Environment
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Public Spaces

From catbirds to butterflies: Here’s what Philly’s finding in its first City Nature Challenge

Monday is the final day of the City Nature Challenge. Philly is competing with 100 other world cities to find and record the greatest number of living things.

6 years ago

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Changing Communities
Billy Penn

How a formerly homeless man’s letter turned into a meme and inspired a giant picnic

Philly’s furnace party, explained.

6 years ago

Solomon Jones, co-moderator, seated with a sub-panel, during Courageous Conversations: Reimagining Race and Education forum at Enon Tabernacle Church, on Thursday night. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Media
Philadelphia

Columnist Solomon Jones will return to WURD to host morning radio show

WHYY and Philly.com columnist and commentator Solomon Jones will host “Wake Up With WURD” starting May 6.

6 years ago

A group gathers outside the Tree of Life Synagogue for a vigil to honor the victims of the Saturday attack on synagogue in California Saturday April 27, 2019 in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. It is six months to the day that a gunman shot and killed 11 people while they worshipped at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Pennsylvania
Public Spaces
Religion

Pittsburgh synagogue: Violence ‘must end. Enough is enough!’

The Pittsburgh synagogue that six months ago was the site of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history held a vigil and offered its sympathy after another deadly shooting

6 years ago

Newsmen and spectators stand in front of the main gate of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Middletown, Penn., April 2, 1979. (Jack Kanthal/The Associated Press)
Energy
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Legacy of Three Mile Island accident, political power of gas industry makes nuclear subsidies an uphill battle in Pennsylvania

The nuclear industry argues the design of the power market is flawed.

6 years ago

Two people hug as another talks to a San Diego County Sheriff's deputy outside of the Chabad of Poway Synagogue Saturday, April 27, 2019, in Poway, Calif. Several people have been shot and injured at a synagogue in San Diego, California, on Saturday, said San Diego County authorities. (Denis Poroy/AP Photo)
National
Public Safety
Religion

Synagogue shooting kills 1, wounds 3 during Jewish holiday

There was no known threat after a man was detained in the shooting at the Chabad of Poway, but authorities boosted patrols at places of worship as a precaution.

6 years ago

Panelists discussed potential solutions to the rural broadband crisis as a part of the Influencers Project hosted by the Centre Daily Times at the State Theatre on April 24, 2019. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Technology

Pa. panel discusses broadband internet solutions, urges public-private collaboration

Private providers said expanding broadband to rural areas is too costly, but there’s potential in exploring technological alternatives in delivering internet access.

6 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Technology
Billy Penn

Online voter registration spikes in Pa., outpaces paper by 50 percent

Signups more than doubled last year, thanks to the internet.

6 years ago

A strong thunderstorm heading over Seaside Park in July 2013. (Photo: Justin Auciello)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

3 Shore counties under Tornado Watch as storm threat increases

The National Weather Service says a line of severe thunderstorms marching toward the New Jersey coast Friday afternoon could spawn an isolated tornado. 

6 years ago

A sign on Riegelsville Road in Holland Township, New Jersey, shows local opposition to the PennEast pipeline. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Energy
History
New Jersey

More delays possible for PennEast pipeline due to historic N.J. sites along route

Nine sites of potential historical significance are along the pipeline’s proposed route, presenting yet another challenge for the controversial project.

6 years ago

A community member writes a message on the back of her car to remember Sincere Howard and Shirleen Caban, who were killed on Sunday, April 21 at Von Nieda Park in Camden. A community rally was held to create safer environment for children on Thursday, April 25, 2019. (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
New Jersey
Public Safety

Camden mourns teenagers killed on Easter, decries the continuing violence

Community leaders and activists rallied Thursday at Von Nieda Park, where 17-year-old Sincere Howard and 19-year-old Shirleen Caban were fatally shot.

6 years ago

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