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Life’s nice in the Nordic ice: Finland, neighbors top U.N. happiness index; America slides
The U.S. dropped four spots from last year to No. 18, just above the U.K. and the U.A.E. In fact, the explanation for the American slide gets an entire chapter.
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Black middle class finds refuge in East Germantown’s diversity, gentrifying on their own terms
“I can’t reverse gentrification with one bookstore. But what I can do is model alternatives to what gentrification looks like,” said Hill.
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NewsWorks Tonight, March 14, 2018
We visit several of the schools in our region that participated in the national student walkout to protest gun violence. Movita Johnson-H ...
Air Date: March 14, 2018
Listen 17:133 maps that explain gentrification in Philadelphia
“Gentrification” is a word that gets tossed around a lot, especially in Philadelphia, a city where some neighborhoods are experiencing rapid demographic shifts.
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In Cosby Unraveled, Season 2 we prepare for Cosby’s retrial set against the backdrop of the #MeToo moment.
Air Date: March 14, 2018
Listen 2:30Remembering the 1967 Philadelphia student walkout
Nov. 17 marks the 50th anniversary of the Philadelphia city-wide Black-Student Walkout. Tribune Digital Editor Nicki Mayo spoke with protest organizer Walter D. Palmer.
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Thousands of Philly-area students walk out of school over gun violence
Students from more than 50 schools in the region left their classrooms this morning for today’s National School Walkout.
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Listen 5:13Delmarva Power test to lead to four hour power outage in Middletown
Middletown will go dark for four hours on Thursday morning.
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Voices behind the walkout: Mastery Charter School
At Mastery Charter School’s Shoemaker campus in West Philly, activism is ingrained in the school culture: 8th graders take a social justice class for heir history requirement.
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Graham wants the main beneficiaries to be people like herself, residents who stuck with the neighborhood during its darkest moments.
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Listen 5:59The student walkout for gun control
Students across the country will be participating in a walk-out today to show their solidarity with the survivors of the Stoneman Douglas ...
Air Date: March 14, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 13:59From prison, Meek Mill vows to champion changes in Pa. criminal justice system
Penn hosts discussion of Philadelphia rapper's case as emblematic of a system clouded with racial bias.
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Despite long odds, Brady sponsoring private bill to keep immigrant family in U.S.
'It lets ICE know that we’re paying attention here,' says U.S. Rep. Bob Brady of private bill he's sponsoring.
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Listen 2:32NewsWorks Tonight, March 13, 2018
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy lays out his first bud ...
Air Date: March 13, 2018
Listen 22:37Here's how much snow fell at the Shore
A powerful coastal storm that lashed New England Tuesday only grazed the Jersey Shore but dropped moderate snow accumulations in some are ...
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