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Dee McDowell (left), who is experiencing homelessness, collects her mail from volunteer Chris Martin at Broad Street Ministry on Avenue of the Arts. (Anthony Pezzoti/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Homelessness
Income Inequality
Broke in Philly

Mail for the homeless: A local lifeline for people off the grid

Since 2010, Broad Street Ministry has served as a kind of post office for people experiencing homelessness. Those who comes in can claim the ministry’s address as their own.

6 years ago

Siobhan Reardon in the Parkway Central Library. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

Philly councilwoman calls for Free Library director to step down

Philadelphia Councilwoman Cindy Bass called for new leadership at the city’s library system following allegations of workplace bias and discrimination.

6 years ago

Food Bank workers prepare lunch inside the industrial kitchen at the new facility in Glasgow. The kitchen will be used for training in the expanded culinary program. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
Food & Drink
Income Inequality

Delaware food bank opens expanded facility to help meet needs of 114,000

The Food Bank of Delaware expands ability to help more than 114,000 residents in the state who struggle with food insecurity.

6 years ago

Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke filled the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash fell on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris. (Thibault Camus/AP Photo)
International
Public Safety
Religion

Massive fire engulfs beloved Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

Firefighters continue working as massive blaze in brought under control at the French capital's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral.

6 years ago

The Tree of Life synagogue is inviting young people worldwide to submit artwork in an art project called
Pennsylvania
Religion

Stricken Pittsburgh synagogue calls for art to cover fencing

Organizers said that Tree of Life synagogue is looking for "original, uplifting images and graphics" to be printed on windscreens that will cover the temporary fencing.

6 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline is pictured in a file photo.
Business
Media
Philadelphia

WHYY acquires local news site Billy Penn

WHYY has acquired the digital news startup Billy Penn from Spirited Media. Public media companies have snapped up several such sites in recent years.

6 years ago

A snapped tree in East Windsor, NJ Monday morning. (Image courtesy of Mary Keysper via JSHN/Facebook)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

NWS: Likely no tornado during line of overnight severe storms

New Jerseyans are cleaning up after severe weather roared through state, disrupting travel and knocking out power to thousands of utility customers.

6 years ago

Monsignor William Lynn was the first U.S. Catholic Church official to be convicted of covering up clergy sex abuse.  After Pennsylvania's Supreme Court vacated Lynn’s conviction, he faces another trial this year.  (AP file photo)
Religion

How the Catholic Church used treatment centers to protect priests accused of child abuse

At least 50 priests accused of molesting children in Pennsylvania were referred to a facility in Downingtown for evaluation and treatment.

6 years ago

The Philadelphia Theatre Company
Performing Arts
Race & Ethnicity

Open letter complains that Philadelphia Theatre Company is backsliding on diversity

People in Philadelphia’s theater community push back against Philadelphia Theater Company’s diversity claim.

6 years ago

U.S. Coast Guard image/file
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Coast Guard rescues sick woman from cruise ship off N.J.

The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of a 71-year-old woman who fell ill on a cruise ship off New Jersey early Sunday morning. 

6 years ago

Ariel Ramos, 50, is tearing out coca leaves to be processed into coca paste, a substance that can be smoked or used for making cocaine powder.
NPR
International

In Colombia’s coca heartland, photos and drawings show life between war and peace

A Venezuelan photographer travels to a Colombian coca-growing region and uses instant photography and drawings to portray a country in limbo.

6 years ago

Brayden Tiscio, 12, builds a lego truck at the 20th Annual Autism Awareness Day event at the Philadelphia Zoo.  Brayden was diagnosed with Autism when he was three. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Behavioral Health
Community Events
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Zoo marks 20 years of connecting the local autism community

Twenty years after the first Autism Awareness Day at the Philly Zoo, organizers say they’re shifting their efforts to promote inclusion and acceptance.

6 years ago

Tiger Woods reacts as he wins the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 14, 2019, in Augusta, Ga. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Sports

Tiger Woods makes Masters 15th and most improbable major

Tiger Woods had gone nearly 11 years since he won his last major, 14 years since that green jacket was slipped over his Sunday red shirt.

6 years ago

Yo-Yo Ma brought his Bach Project to the sister cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The project uses the music of Johann Sebastian Bach to explore connections between cultures. (Lauren A. Terrazas/Texas Public Radio)
NPR
Immigration
Music
National

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach in shadow of border crossing

The world-renowned cellist brought his Bach Project to the sister cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, on Saturday.

6 years ago

Volunteers at Sandy Hook for Clean Ocean Action's Spring Beach Sweep in April 2019. (Courtesy of Clean Ocean Action)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Single-use plastic remains top item in N.J. spring beach sweep

Under overcast skies, thousands of volunteers swept beaches from the Bayshore to Cape May County on Saturday as part of a New Jersey-based organization’s annual program.

6 years ago

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