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Voices in the Family

After the trauma

After the loss of a loved one, an accident, a major trauma, many people just want the life back that they had before tragedy struck. In t ...

Air Date: April 25, 2016

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Every Zip Philadelphia
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An Undocumented Family Finds Relief From a Hack in Logan, 19141

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Passengers leave an Amtrak train following a deadly crash Sunday in Chester, Pennsylvania. The Amtrak train struck a piece of construction equipment just south of Philadelphia, killing two workers and causing a derailment.
Philadelphia

Amtrak ordered to retrain workers following deadly crash outside Philly

The mandate from the Federal Railroad Administration suggests the veteran Amtrak workers may not have known the track was being reopened to train traffic.

10 years ago

David Bradley (J.J. Tiziou)

Eroding the divide between ‘able’ and ‘disabled’ with atypical play

Theater director David Bradley has a long history of making theater that crosses boundaries. But in “ ...

10 years ago

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ZIP Photo Essay: College Kids, Main Street, and Everyday Life in Manayunk, 19127

I, like many people, immediately think of drunken college kids when I think of Manayunk. Students from La Salle University, Saint Joseph& ...

10 years ago

New Thankful Baptist
Every Zip Philadelphia
Philadelphia

ZIP Essay: Easter on the avenue, an enduring faith, and the best Sunday mornings of my life in 19121

(Photo: Laura Blanchard/Flickr) Easter always triggers memories of everything I love about the culture and communit ...

10 years ago

Finding the heart of Philadelphia by exploring around its edges

When photographer J.J. Tiziou describes his recent project of walking the perimeter of Philadelphia in under a week, it sounds like he ...

10 years ago

Finding the heart of Philadelphia by exploring around its edges

When photographer J.J. Tiziou describes his recent project of walking the perimeter of Philadelphia in under a week, it sounds like he ...

10 years ago

Jessie used to eat breakfast every Saturday morning at Little Pete's before moving to New Jersey. She vividly remembers a first date at the diner. (Neal Santos/WHYY)
Every Zip Philadelphia
Philadelphia

One Day at Little Pete’s in Center City, 19103

Little Pete’s restaurant has been the greasy spoon of choice for Center City residents and workers for over 37 years. At the corner ...

10 years ago

In February

Untangling what black women’s ‘rebellious’ hair says about identity at work

Work-life balance is usually about parsing out workplace and personal time. But for many African-American women, it also includes somethi ...

10 years ago

An urban techie defying Millennial expectations

Philadelphia has few better examples of how brilliantly our tech scene shines than a transplanted British millennial who walked into city ...

10 years ago

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Every Zip Philadelphia
Philadelphia

Reviving an old neighborhood name to help new life take root: Swampoodle, 19132

At the foot of West Silver Street sits an unremarkable vacant lot. Like hundreds of others across the city, it’s overgrown, trash strew ...

10 years ago

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Every Zip Philadelphia
Philadelphia

A Photographer and A Friar Find Common Ground in Chinatown, 19107

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10 years ago

Jim Kenney
Every Zip Philadelphia
Philadelphia

ZIP Audio Postcard: Jim Kenney, South Philly, 19148

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10 years ago

Ron Wilch
Every Zip Philadelphia
Philadelphia

ZIP Audio Postcard: Ron Wilch, Center City, 19102

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10 years ago

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