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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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Billy Penn

Eat Philly’s best BBQ with impressive young first responders — and no lines

The impressive group of first responders we showcased in the latest edition of Who’s Next.

6 years ago

Georgia state Rep. Erica Thomas speaks during a protest against recently passed abortion-ban bills at the state Capitol on May 21 in Atlanta. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)
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Poll: Majority want to keep abortion legal, but they also want restrictions

The poll comes as several states have pushed to limit abortions in hopes of getting the Supreme Court to reconsider the issue.

6 years ago

Home healthcare workers Stephanie Williams, (left), and Lolita Owens rally at the Frankford Transportation Center in February to pressure state lawmakers to increase the state minimum wage to $15 an hour. (Michael D’Onofrio/The Philadelphia Tribune)
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Personal Finance
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

It’s not enough to talk about ‘career pathways’

The minimum wage has been the same since 2009. Gov. Tom Wolf and his fellow Democrats want to more than double it. Though it looks like they are willing to settle for less.

6 years ago

Naloxone, commonly known by its brand name, Narcan (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Addiction
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. will offer overdose-reversing drug naloxone for free at pharmacies on June 18

It’s the latest salvo in the ongoing fight against the opioid crisis in New Jersey, which saw more than 3,100 drug-overdose deaths last year.

6 years ago

About 200 protesters gather at Philadelphia police headquarters to call for action against police officers who posted racist comments on Facebook. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
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Billy Penn

Hundreds protest at Philly police HQ, call for action on intolerant Facebook posts

Hundreds showed up at Philadelphia Police headquarters on Friday for a protest calling for a response to the city officers allegedly linked to hateful Facebook posts.

6 years ago

Ronsha Dickerson leads a tour of Camden, New Jersey, Thursday, June 6, 2019 (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
Economic Development
New Jersey
Taxes

Amid tax break fight, residents show top N.J. official the ‘real’ Camden

Economic development chief Kevin Quinn agreed to a four-hour tour of Camden, a gesture of good-will at a time of ratcheting tensions over tax breaks.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

These moms are coming to Philly Pride for everyone who needs a hug

There’s few things as comforting as a warm, maternal embrace.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia
Policing

Those Philly police with offensive Facebook posts? Some have a long history of complaints

Several of the officers named in the Facebook database, compiled by a group called the Plain View Project, have been targets of multiple misconduct probes in the past.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia
TV

Philly Pride is ready for its TV debut

On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Philadelphia’s Pride parade will be taped for a future broadcast.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia Police Department headquarters at 7th and Race streets (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing
Technology

NAACP calls for firing Philly police who made offensive social media posts

The Philadelphia NAACP is calling for the city police department to fire officers who are found to have posted racist, violent, or offensive content on social media.

6 years ago

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Delaware
Gender
Policing

Political veteran nominated as first woman to run Delaware prisons

Claire DeMatteis was senior counsel to Joe Biden when he was a U.S. Senator. Now she is Gov. Carney’s nominee to to lead Delaware’s prison system.

6 years ago

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Billy Penn

Philly’s Holocaust Memorial Plaza is ready for its closeup

The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, which has been working on the project since 2006, developed an app with free self-guided tours and first-person stories from

6 years ago

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History
Military

On D-Day a dentist helps a wounded engineer

The fake eye an Army dentist constructed for Capt. Arthur F. Hoffmann became one of the few positive things Hoffman shared with his family about D-Day.

6 years ago

In this June 3, 2019 photo the New York City skyline is in the background of the Raritan Bay as seen from Middletown, N.J.  New Jersey environmental officials are due to decide Wednesday, June 5 on key permits for a nearly $1 billion pipeline that would bring natural gas from Pennsylvania through New Jersey, out into Raritan Bay and into the ocean before reaching New York and Long Island. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Energy
Environment

Firm to reapply for permits to build northeast gas pipeline

An company says it will reapply to build a hotly contested pipeline that would carry natural gas from Pa. through N.J., and under a bay and the ocean to New York.

6 years ago

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Transportation

N.J. conducting hurricane evacuation drill

New Jersey transportation and emergency agencies are conducting an annual hurricane evacuation drill Thursday.

6 years ago

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