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A sign indicates a store that accepts the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program or SNAP, the official name of the food stamp program. (File photo/The Columbus Dispatch/TNS)
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Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

America’s poverty rate falls while household incomes remain the same

Poverty in America declined last year, continuing a trend that began in 2014.

7 years ago

Debris left by Hurricane Dorian in Marsh Harbour after it decimated much of the Abaco Islands. (Cheryl Diaz Meyer for NPR)
NPR
International

How to help Hurricane Dorian survivors in the Bahamas

"Cash is king. For us to rebuild these communities, we need funds," the president of Rotary International says.

7 years ago

The Royal Theater. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
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7 ‘Green Book’ sites to discover in Philly

A guide to Philadelphia’s “Green Book” sites in South Philly and Center City that highlight the area’s black history during the Jim Crow era.

7 years ago

Willie Nelson performs at the Heartbreaker Banquet on Thursday, March 19, 2015, in Spicewood, TX. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
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Community Events
September 12 - 18, 2019

Outlaws, scarecrows and Center City Restaurant Week in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

The Delaware Valley boasts music from Meek Mill and Willie Nelson, and fall favorites like the Scarecrow Festival this weekend.

7 years ago

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One of the Plastic Army Women that toy company BMC Toys will be introducing next year after a six-year-old girl from Arkansas wrote a letter to the company wondering why there were no female soldiers. (Courtesy of BMC Toys)
NPR
Gender
Kids
Pennsylvania

Her own toy story: How a 6-year-old girl’s letter launched ‘Plastic Army Women’

The Green Army Women figurines will now be available by Christmas 2020 in four different military poses.

7 years ago

People queue up during a food giveaway at Dobbins High School in North Philadelphia this summer. (Avi Steinhardt/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

Hunger declines, but some fear Trump proposals could reverse the trend

According to the research, 11.1% of U.S. households — about 14 million — were food insecure in 2018, down from 11.8% in 2017.

7 years ago

Representatives of Philadelphia's police, fire, and prisons departments line up on 2nd Street for the annual 9/11 remembrance procession. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Public Safety

At 9/11 remembrance in Old City, a hope for future generations

Representatives from Philly's police, fire and prisons departments gathered in Old City to mark the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and remember the first responders.

7 years ago

(Phil Gregory/WHYY file photo)
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New Jersey
Outdoors

Surfer rescues swimmer caught in rip current off N.J. beach

A quick-thinking surfer rescued a swimmer in distress off a Monmouth County beach late Wednesday morning.

7 years ago

The Creative Vision Factory is a peer-run drop-in center that aims to use art and a welcoming atmosphere to help people struggling with mental illness, homelessness and addiction. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Addiction
Changing Communities
Delaware
Homelessness

Upgrading the neighborhood makes a treasured arts spot uneasy

The Wilmington arts center has been fostering creativity and soothing minds for nine years, but the character of the neighborhood around it is changing.

7 years ago

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Dr. Cory Simpson, dermatologist, screens Diocelina Zabalo for skin cancer at Philadelphia’s Mexican consulate. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health Care
Immigration
Public Health

Skin cancer prevention still a struggle among Latinx communities in the region

At a free event set up by the Mexican consulate in Philadelphia, checking for the damaging effects of exposure to the sun got the spotlight.

7 years ago

Refinery employee Shawn Tolomeo argues that the Philadelphia Energy Solutions property in South Philadelphia should remain a refinery. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Energy
Environment
Philadelphia

Bonuses paid to PES refinery executives infuriate ex-workers and environmentalists

Laid-off employees, who got no severance pay, expressed outrage at the $4.5 million paid out to Philadelphia Energy Solutions officials pre-bankruptcy.

7 years ago

A transit police officer keeps watch on the Market-Frankford line. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Transportation

SEPTA police to get new service weapons after Sig pistol accidentally fires

The Philadelphia Police Department is investigating an incident in which a SEPTA police officer’s service weapon fired without manipulation while holstered.

7 years ago

Runners head through downtown Wilmington on their way from the Pentagon to Ground Zero in New York City as part of the 243-mile 9/11 Promise Run. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
History
National

9/11 memorial runners promise to remember: ‘It’s our job as folks that lived through it to keep that memory alive’

There’s no celebration at the end of this run. After running 243 miles from the Pentagon to Ground Zero in three days, it’s a sobering finish line for the 9/11 Promise Run.

7 years ago

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2019 Atlantic hurricane season summary map as of Sept. 10. (Image: wikipedia.org)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Hurricane season peaks today

Today marks the statistical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season.

7 years ago

National

At 9/11 memorial, new recognition for a longer-term toll

The new 9/11 Memorial Glade gives their loved ones a place in the landscape of remembrance at ground zero.

7 years ago

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