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Philly suburbs planning for pope-related congestion

Officials are projecting one to two million people will turn out for Pope Francis’ visit and papal mass on Benjamin Franklin Parkwa ...

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 Philadelphia mayoral candidate Jim Kenney issued a statement regarding a controversial firing at a Merion school. (Margie Winters image via NBC10; NewsWorks file art)

Kenney to Waldron Mercy Academy administrators: Reinstate Margie Winters

Jim Kenney, Philadelphia’s Democratic mayoral candidate, issued a brief statement on Thursday regarding the dismissal of Margie Win ...

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 A rainbow in the sky behind Wednesday night's vigil for homicide victim DeeAnna Riddle. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

At prayer vigil for N. Philly homicide victim, Bailey vows to address street violence

Holding white candles in small Styrofoam cups, they huddled under umbrellas at the corner of W. Ruscomb and N. Hutchinson streets Wednesd ...

10 years ago

 Pope Francis' hand touches the head of a boy through a fence as he blesses him upon his arrival at the San Gregorio Magno parish church in Rome last year. Mayor Michael Nutter says fencing will be part of Philadelphia's crowd control measures during the papal visit (Alessandra Tarantino/ in September. (AP file photo)
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Fencing will go up during papal visit, Nutter says

Rumors of a fence around parts of Center City during the papal visit in September are no longer rumors. Philadelphia Mayor Michael ...

10 years ago

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 Bishop Gene Robinson and Christ Church rector Timothy Safford are shown in Philadelphia on the 4th of July weekend, 2015. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Gene Robinson: LGBT movement has duty to bolster ‘justice for all’

Sometimes events in life converge in a way that tips over-the-top celebration and greater awareness into nothing less than genuine transf ...

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 Mark Zajak and his family are offering his house in the Art Museum area for $16,000 for the week of the World Meeting of Families (WMOF) and Pope Francis' visit in September of this year. (Emily Cohen/for NewsWorks)
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Has Philadelphia’s papal housing bubble burst?

If you’re thinking of renting out your home during Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia this fall, perhaps you should think ag ...

10 years ago

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 Josetta Krause asks the candidates what can be done about people parking illegally on sidewalks in her neighborhood. (Screen-grab image via the Next Mayor partnership)

Mayoral candidates address residents’ concerns about pollution, litter and illegal parking

In launching its “Street Level” series, The Next Mayor took questions about refinery pollution, “pervasive” litte ...

10 years ago

 This stretch of green along the Corinthian Avenue side of Eastern State Penitentiary has since been developed into a park called Corinthian Gardens. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks, file)
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Philly should prioritize fair neighborhood development, more green space

Philadelphia needs to be a town that is both affordable and well developed; everyone deserves to live in a neighborhood that meets their needs within their financial capacity.

10 years ago

 Pallbearers are shown releasing doves over the casket of Ethel Lance during her burial service on June 25, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. It was the first funeral for the nine people killed in the shooting at Emanuel AME Church, (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In a time of bad news and good, it helps to hold on with both hands

The last week of June was one humdinger: funerals of those killed in mind-shattering racist v ...

10 years ago

 The city Republican City Committee worries that mayoral candidate Melissa Murray Bailey (left) won't get the same level of coverage as a Kenney campaign 'organizing fellowship' (right). (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY; Next Mayor partnership file photo)

Philly GOP committee to press: Enough ‘free advertising’ for Kenney

In a weekend post on the Philadelphia Republ ...

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 Pope Francis will address the cardinals and bishops attending the World Meeting of Families at St. Martin's Chapel at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Pope’s itinerary for Philadelphia visit includes stops at prison, Independence Hall

More details are emerging about the papal visit. This morning, the Vatican confirms that Pope Francis will make several stops in Philadel ...

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Ambition: Good News Bad News

Determination, individualism – work hard you’ll get ahead and get a piece of the American pie. Those are hallmarks of our society ...

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Philly mayoral candidates react to Supreme Court decision on gay marriage

Mayoral candidates Jim Kenney and Melissa Murray Bailey both said Friday that they are pleased with the Supreme Court’s declaration ...

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  Jim Kenney's campaign manager Jane Slusser (left) and communications director Lauren Hitt (right) at campaign headquarters. (David Swanson via The Next Mayor partnership)

Top 5 quotes from Next Mayor profile of Kenney campaign’s ‘power women’

Over at The Next Mayor, the Daily News‘ Wendy Ruderman caught up with Jane Slusser and Lauren Hitt, respectively the campa ...

10 years ago

 A historical marker commemorates public demonstrations for gay and lesbian equality in view of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Modern progressive LGBT politics has roots in Revolutionary religion

The stories we tell about life are never static. Research and experience show us that telling our stories changes us. Each telling is a d ...

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