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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, on May 2. Sinkholes that opened in the area prompted the state's Public Utility Commission to order that an existing pipeline nearby, the Mariner East 1, be shut down until it could be determined that the sinkholes didn't threaten its safety. PUC on May 3 approved a re-start of Mariner East 1. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PUC’s review of pipeline safety regulation prompts attacks by residents, groups and lawmakers

Some argued for no added regulations, but most urged tighter curbs on the pipeline industry.

7 years ago

Rapper Robert Rihmeek Williams “Meek Mill” with his son, Rihmeek Williams. Mill appeared in Superior Court Tuesday. His lawyers are arguing for a retrial. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

What the end of Meek Mill’s probation means for his life

13 things the Philly rapper can do now that he’s no longer entangled with the criminal justice system.

7 years ago

The Sandy Hook lighthouse, first built in 1764, stands Jan. 22, 2002, behind buildings that were once part of the Army's Fort Hancock, located on Sandy Hook, N.J. (Mike Derer/AP Photo)
Gender
History

‘Mind the light’: Women lighthouse keepers’ little-known stories shared through historical records, public memory

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn spoke with lighthouse researcher Shauna MacDonald about the little-known women in history who ran them.

7 years ago

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Women officers are graduated from the Philadelphia Police Academy on October 9, 1976. (James A. Craig/Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA)
The Why
Gender
Government Accountability
Policing

Female cops face a blue wall of silence when reporting sexual harassment

Richard Ross resigned after ignoring sexual harassment claims filed by a female officer. Could there be a systemic problem within the Philadelphia Police Department?

Air Date: August 28, 2019

Listen 17:05
(Photo by Casper Folsing / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Technology
Broke in Philly

Can cheap internet close the digital divide?

Internet Essentials offers a broadband connection for under $10 per month.

7 years ago

Ahmaj Jackson, 14, wheels fresh produce around the Ruth Bennett Community Farm in Chester, Pennsylvania. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
View Finders
Environment
Food & Drink
Income Inequality

Chester farm feeds the body and soul of a community

Chester's Ruth Bennett Community Farm is a vibrant oasis in a desert of dull brick and lifeless concrete.

7 years ago

Cruz Eduardo Tinoco-Salvador stands with his arm around is daughter. (Provided by attorney Christopher Casazza)
Keystone Crossroads
Immigration
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Deported from Montco, dead in Mexico: ‘What [he] feared is exactly what happened’

The story illustrates the life-or-death stakes that can be inherent in immigration case law.

7 years ago

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Kyle Shenandoah (Facebook)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Death of Grays Ferry community leader Kyle Shenandoah leaves many in mourning

The ardent advocate for more public transportation and walkability in his South Philadelphia neighborhood was fatally struck by a car last week.

7 years ago

Rahjiah McBride, of Chester, Pa., (right), helps her relatives, Newark residents Elnora and Bowdell Goodwin, center and second right, as Goodwin's son pitches in carrying bottled water from the Boylan Street Recreation Center, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, in Newark, N.J. (Kathy Willens/AP Photo)
Infrastructure
New Jersey
Public Health

Newark to speed replacing of pipes blamed for lead in water

New Jersey's biggest city on Monday announced a plan to borrow $120M to dramatically cut the time it will take to replace pipes causing elevated lead levels in drinking water.

7 years ago

(Instagram/@bryceharper3)
Home & Family
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

Bryce Harper gave his son a name that’s rarer than his wealth

“Krew” is most common in Utah, a Mormon stronghold.

7 years ago

New Penn Book Center owners Diana Bellonby and Matthew Duques (Courtesy Matthew Duques/Mark Nagel Portraits)
Books
Business
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

West Philly’s Penn Book Store finds new owners, will not shut down

The couple taking over the beloved indie bookshop hope to keep it open “at least 100 years.”

7 years ago

(photo credit: Ray Gilbert)
Radio Times
Housing
Law

Regional Roundup – 08/26/19

This week; Philly's City Controller reacts to the scandal at the Police Department, a the history of Newark's water crisis, and scaring away NJ's seagulls using falcons.

Air Date: August 26, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:02
(Courtesy of Layla Jones)
Billy Penn

Layla Jones is Billy Penn’s newest reporter

The Temple alum fills out the four-person local news team, now part of WHYY.

7 years ago

South Seaside Park in September 2015
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Outdoors

Swimmers beware: High risk of N.J. rip currents Monday

Anyone entering the ocean Monday could face potentially life-threatening conditions, forecasters warn.

7 years ago

Vintage military vehicles and reenactors take part in a reenactment of the liberation of Paris from German occupation to celebrate its 75th anniversary, in Paris, France, August 25, 2019.  REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RC18C82A7B40
History
International
Military
PBS NewsHour

Paris celebrates its liberation from Nazis, 75 years on

The liberation of Paris was both joyous and chaotic

7 years ago

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