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Race & Ethnicity

The long road to becoming Pa.’s first black-owned brewery

This weekend, Pittsburgh is slated to host the first festival of black craft beer brewers from around the country.

7 years ago

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Radio Times
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Amplifying voices of color

Guests: Michelle Saahene, Melissa DePino MICHELLE S ...

Air Date: August 9, 2018 10:00 am

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, August 8, 2018

After Parkland, some data suggests young Pennsylvanians are becoming more active voters, but there is room for skepticism. Inside a netwo ...

Air Date: August 8, 2018

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(Tuckerton Seaport image)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors
Transportation

Ferry service to Long Beach Island, mainland begins soon

Free ferry service will begin on August 19 and run through Sept. 30, connecting the Tuckerton Seaport and Beach Haven.

7 years ago

Alex Jones, shown here at a July 2016 rally in support of then-candidate Donald Trump, says he is being subjected to a
NPR
Media
Politics
Technology

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey explains why Alex Jones isn’t banned, in big tech exception

Jones is facing five defamation suits, most of them centering on comments about school shootings.

7 years ago

Local students from Philly (in white shirts) and New Jersey, in grey shirts, are joined by students from Parkland, FL and around the country during a March For Our Lives National Tour stop in Philadelphia, on Tuesday (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Social Justice

Parkland survivors, other student activists, barnstorm through Philly

The panel of eight spoke to an audience of a couple hundred at Universal Audenried High School, in an environment that felt more intimate than boisterous.

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, August 7, 2018

Advocates for New Jersey’s new bail system now question whether it too can lead to unequal racial outcomes.  In the Poconos, a con ...

Air Date: August 7, 2018

Listen 21:12
Early in the morning, Duquesne Light crews prepare their trucks for the day ahead installing new transformers, poles and auto-switches to reroute power around outages. (Amy Sisk / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Pennsylvania

As more storms roll in, how will power companies keep the lights on?

Utilities need to be acting now to better prepare for severe weather, an expert said

7 years ago

World War II veteran Charles Reddig, flying a mission over Japan, saw the atomic bomb explode over Hiroshima and the devastation it left behind. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
History
Military

When the Atomic Age began 73 years ago, this Pennsylvania man was there

Charlie Reddig happened to fly his plane over Hiroshima the same day U.S. forces hit it with an atomic bomb. 'What happened to all these people,' he wondered.

7 years ago

Listen 4:29
Members of the Progressive National Baptist Convention march for justice on Market Street in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Religion
Social Justice

Calling for justice, hundreds march in Philly to start off national Baptist conference

The main goal of Monday's march along Market Street was emphasizing the importance of registering to vote, organizers say.

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, August 6, 2018

The Broke in Philly team details the high cost of being poor.  A local WWII vet is one of the last alive who actually witnessed the bomb ...

Air Date: August 6, 2018

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This undated photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows police officer Jaison Potts, who was shot in the face Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, while helping fellow SWAT officers serve a warrant at a house in Philadelphia. A man who authorities say shot at the officers was critically wounded in the shootout early Monday. A woman at the home was also wounded. Officials say the person named in the warrant was not in the residence and remains at large. (Philadelphia Police Department via AP)
Philadelphia
Policing

Police commissioner calls deadly shootout ‘absolute tragedy’

A Philadelphia police officer was shot in the face and critically injured while helping fellow SWAT officers serve a warrant at a city home, authorities said Monday.

7 years ago

New construction rises over an empty field in Meridian, a suburb of Boise, Idaho. Today, home values have rebounded, but people who want to buy a new home are often priced out of the market.(Kyle Green for NPR)
NPR
Housing
National

The new housing crisis: shut out of the market

Ten years after the housing collapse during the Great Recession, a new and different housing crisis has emerged.

7 years ago

Built in the style of a Greek temple, Atlantic City's monument to the men who served in World War I was erected in 1922.
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Architecture & Design
Military
New Jersey

Monument stands sentry for Atlantic City, guards childhood memories

The names of battles in which Atlantic City men fought are carved in the top along with medallions of the armed forces.

7 years ago

Youngsters try out the new swings at Lanier Playground during a tour in advance of its official reopening. 
 Malcolm Burnley/PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
PlanPhilly

Grays Ferry’s long-closed Lanier Playground reopens, with new hope and new purpose

Located in the heart of Grays Ferry, Lanier Playground had been closed since 05, but memories of when it brimmed with activity stayed alive in longtime neighborhood residents

7 years ago

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