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Marion Johnson, active in the community for close to 40 years, goes in a head to head with a representative of VisionQuest during a community gathering hosted by Councilwoman Cherelle Parker, on Thursday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Immigration
Philadelphia

North Philly neighbors decry plans for immigrant youth shelter, citing track record

VisionQuest wants to open a 60-bed facility for unaccompanied immigrant youth in North Philadelphia's Logan neighborhood.

7 years ago

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Things To Do
March 28 - April 3, 2019

Raise a glass of wine, cheer on the Phils, or take your pick of jazz, rock, R&B

You can celebrate “The Crown” in Delaware, take in a baseball game or hear music from legends in the making − and legends taking their last bow.

7 years ago

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James Smith Jr. rents a room in Victor Pickney's rooming house. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Housing
Income Inequality
PlanPhilly

Rooms for rent: Inside Philadelphia’s shadow housing market

One year ago, a family died in a Philadelphia rooming house fire. City officials promised reform. Nothing has changed.

7 years ago

In this May 22, 2017 file photo shown is the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa.. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Energy
Environment
PA Post

40 years after Three Mile Island accident, debate over safety of nuclear energy still goes back and forth

Forty years after the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island changed the trajectory of nuclear energy in this country, the debate over its safety and viability continues.

7 years ago

A man is angered by the discussion of a proposed safe injection site, yelling as he leaves a meeting Tuesday evening that provided updates on the Philadelphia Resilience Project's efforts to combat the oipiod crisis. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Addiction
Philadelphia
Real Estate

Kensington neighbors angered by potential location of supervised injection site

Residents have been working with the city of Philadelphia for months, so they were surprised to learn about a potential site for an overdose-prevention facility.

7 years ago

Abdelmgeed Muhammad Elgamal inside of his produce market on Allegheny Avenue in Kensington Tuesday. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Economic Development
Neighborhoods

Grant aims to create economic opportunity in embattled Kensington

Through $5 million from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, a partnership will provide loans for residents to open small businesses, buy homes, and become real estate developers.

7 years ago

Exelon Corporation Three Mile Island nuclear generating station Unit 1 cooling towers in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County. May 22, 2017. (Dan Gleiter/PennLive)
Energy
Environment

Public will never know truth behind Three Mile Island, anti-nuclear energy advocates say

"Three Mile Island is an accident without an ending," TMI Alert’s Eric Epstein said.

7 years ago

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Movies

Short doc on N. Philly state Rep. Kenyatta’s historic win has East Coast premiere

Malcolm Kenyatta, Pennsylvania’s first openly gay lawmaker of color, is the subject of a short documentary called “Going Forward.”

7 years ago

Jorge Zapata, Jr., center, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, holds candles with his mother Lavinia Zapata, and father Jorge Zapata, Sr., during a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at the school, in Parkland, Fla., Thursd
Mental Health
Public Safety

Linked by pain: 2 school massacre survivors, dad kill selves

The father of a Sandy Hook victim killed himself Monday, just days after two Stoneman Douglas students also took their lives.

7 years ago

Members of Moms Bonded By Grief join close to 100 people at an anti-gun violence rally at LOVE Park, on Sunday, exactly one year after the nationwide student-led protests to call for gun reform following the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)

‘I just had to do what I could:’ First anniversary of March for Our Lives draws 100 protesters to Philly

Organizers said this year’s March for Our Lives is a way to keep the momentum going and continue the push for gun control.

7 years ago

Artwork by Christina Chung. (Christina Chung for NPR)
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Environment
National
Public Safety

What makes people heed a weather warning … or not?

Even an unprecedented twister can be predicted. The issue is how people interpret these warnings.

7 years ago

Attendees engage with each other during a discussion and workshop for city residents on how to have meaningful political debate with people they might disagree with. The event was hosted by The Penn Project for Civic Engagement and held at the Liberty Museum in Philadelphia on Saturday  (Provided)
Community Events
Philadelphia
Politics

‘Can We Talk?’ bridges gap between polarizing debates, constructive conversation

The Penn Project for Civic Engagement hosted a discussion and workshop for city residents on how to have meaningful political debate with people they might disagree with.

7 years ago

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Food & Drink
Income Inequality
Medicine
Broke in Philly

New MANNA Institute to lead ‘food is medicine’ push

Insurance companies don’t cover most meal plans — because there’s not enough research to prove they should.

7 years ago

A mourner comforts John Milne (center), the father of 14-year-old Sayyad Milne, during the boy's funeral in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Thursday. Sayyad Milne was one of 50 people killed at two mosques last Friday. (Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International

‘My heart was broken’: Mourners in New Zealand bury victims of mosque shootings

On Friday, a large crowd of New Zealanders listened to the Muslim call to prayer in a park across from Al Noor Mosque.

7 years ago

File photo: Sunoco's Mariner East 2 pipeline construction on Pennell Road in Middletown Township. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Energy
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
StateImpact Pennsylvania

New safety concerns over Sunoco’s Mariner East 2X pipeline

Pipeline safety advocates worry the pressure on the 16-inch Mariner East 2x would pose greater dangers.

7 years ago

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