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A woman waits in line with her child outside the migrant processing center in San Antonio. (Bonnie Petrie/Texas Public Radio)
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Immigration
International
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African migrants are becoming a new face of the U.S. border crisis

Like the families from Central America, they are traveling great distances after seeing thousands gain entry to the United States in recent months.

7 years ago

CEO Kevin Thompson and COO Naim Statham present their fleet of close to a hundred Verve E-scooters, stored at a former hamburger take-out restaurant located at the corner of Roosevelt Blvd and F Street, on June 15, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Innovation
Philadelphia
Transportation
PlanPhilly

Philly natives enter the e-scooter wars with $100k homegrown startup, Verve S

Two Philly natives have invested $100,000 in dockless e-scooters. Now they just need their hometown and state to legalize them.

7 years ago

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Crews battled a fire at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery on Monday night (NBC10)
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Energy
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philadelphians deserve a voice in debate over future of local refineries

Residents in Eastwick live next to the single largest generator of particulate emission air pollution in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

A police officer stands by a sheet covering the remains of a young child and a baby stroller at the scene of a fatal accident on Roosevelt Boulevard in the Olney section of Philadelphia on Tuesday July 16, 2013. (Joseph Kaczmarek/AP Photo)
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Philadelphia
Public Safety
Streets & Roads
PlanPhilly

City: Roosevelt Boulevard speed cameras to be live by end of year

The speed cameras are coming to a 12-mile stretch of Roosevelt between 9th Street and the Bucks County boundary line — a section of road that ranks as the city’s deadliest.

7 years ago

Westville residents (from right) Amberly Lynn, Jay Gray and Lamar Majette, wade through flood waters on Broadway. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Transportation

Severe weather spurs flooding, disrupts rail service in Pa., N.J.

The flooding forced the closures of several roads. PATCO service between Philadelphia and New Jersey was also suspended due to storm damage.

7 years ago

Boxing judge Lynne Carter was honored Wednesday at City Hall for her career in boxing. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Sports
The Philadelphia Tribune

Philadelphia honors trailblazing female boxing judge Lynne Carter

Carter, the first African-American woman to officiate professional fights in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey, was honored with the presentation of a City Liberty Bell.

7 years ago

Kathryn Ott-Lovell (left) and Anuj Gupta each won $150,000 to innovate Philly's public spaces. (Danya Henninger and the Knight Foundation)
Neighborhoods
Billy Penn

Can rec centers be business incubators? $300,000 Knight grant could make it happen

Two Philly leaders got some extra funding for cool public space ideas.

7 years ago

We held Philly Quizzo at the Common in University City , a pretty sweet-looking space (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

June Philly Quizzo: How well do you know this city’s past, present and future?

How well do you keep up with what goes on in this city? That’s what we find out at our monthly Billy Penn Philly Quizzo nights.

7 years ago

Kristina Amell and Grace Berry attend to clients at Starshine Salon, located on Manayunk's Main Street. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Gender
Philadelphia

Hair stylists often hear stories of abuse from clients. Why not offer help at the salon?

A St. Joseph’s University study found stylists learned about abuse from their clients, especially in immigrant communities. It suggests salons could help offer resources.

7 years ago

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A float travels through Center City during the annual Juneteenth parade. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Juneteenth parade organizers want to draw as many people as the Mummers

Juneteenth organizers are confident they can attract thousands of more people this Saturday to the new West Philly parade route ending at Malcolm X Park.

7 years ago

(Princeton High School Spectacle Theatre‎ Facebook page)
The Why
K-12
Performing Arts
Race & Ethnicity

Confronting racist stereotypes in Princeton’s high school musical

Princeton High School's production of "Anything Goes" featured racist stereotypes of Asians that sparked a debate about how to handle older plays.

Air Date: June 19, 2019

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The New Jersey Avenue bay beach in Long Beach Township. (Google Maps)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

For second week in a row, high fecal bacteria levels discovered at 2 N.J. beaches

For the second consecutive week, two New Jersey beaches are under swimming advisories issued Tuesday afternoon due to unacceptable fecal bacteria levels, state officials said.

7 years ago

A great white shark grabs a bag filled with bait off the New Jersey coast on Monday. (Courtesy of Jeff Crilly)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Outdoors

N.J. fishermen have close encounter with great white shark

A group of New Jersey fishermen received a once-in-a-lifetime thrill while off the state's coastline Monday.

7 years ago

Iesha Harper, (right), answers a question during a news conference as she is joined by her fiancee Dravon Ames, (left), at Phoenix City Hall, Monday, June 17, 2019, in Phoenix. Ames and his pregnant fiancée, Harper, who had guns aimed at them by Phoenix police during a response to a shoplifting report, say they don't accept the apologies of the city's police chief and mayor and want the officers involved to be fired. (Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo)
The Philadelphia Experiment
National
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Experiment

Making communities safer takes more than changing policing

What can a 4-year-old do that would make police pull guns on her pregnant mother?

7 years ago

Sephora closiedng its U.S. stores for an hour Wednesday, June 5, 2019. to host inclusion workshops for its employees. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Radio Times
Business
Gender
LGBTQ
Race & Ethnicity

How effective is diversity training?

Many companies require diversity training, but changing people's attitudes and behaviors is challenging. We'll talk about implicit bias, and making inclusive workplaces.

Air Date: June 18, 2019 10:00 am

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