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The Gale Force roller coaster at night. (Bill Barlow/for NewsWorks)
New Jersey

The Jersey Shore’s newest roller coasters

It looks like 2017 is the year of the roller coaster at the Jersey shore. A new coaster that has changed Ocean City’s skyline is ...

9 years ago

 Jacqueline Wiggins (center), a long time resident of the Temple University area, joins her neighbors and students in an April 2016 protest march against a proposed new football stadium. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philadelphia

Opposition to Temple stadium burns brightly one year on

“It is revolting to me that Temple would rather use their money to gentrify a historically black area than to lift them up,” proclaimed a Temple student.

9 years ago

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Voices in the Family

How marijuana use affects school performance

Smoking marijuana impacts school performance – that’s what a large, long-term study finds. It was done by researchers at the Universi ...

Air Date: May 30, 2017

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An Incognito Printshop Holds Steady on Baltimore Avenue, 19143

Lately, new businesses have been rapidly appearing on West Philly’s Baltimore Avenue. Fresh facades and signs seem to be popping up ove ...

9 years ago

a woman sits alone
Voices in the Family

Is Rejection Better than Nothing?

Hearing the word NO is better than getting no answer. And even unkind comments are better for well-being than being ignored by other peop ...

Air Date: May 22, 2017

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 Police and protesters clash at Rittenhouse Square after a winding march through Center City in November 2016. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
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Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Making real the racial faith, justice, and hope we talk about

A nightmare showed up to remind me that this is our time for struggle, and my voice is priceless. And silence won't make my dream come true. It has always been now.

9 years ago

 The author's father (Image courtesy of Marybeth Gasman)
Speak Easy
Race & Ethnicity

The shame of my father’s racism

It took me years to talk about the racism perpetuated by my father in public settings. I was ashamed and embarrassed by him most of my early life.

9 years ago

 Arthur Satterwhite, a senior manager with the American Bible Society, is one of the organizers for
Race & Ethnicity

Valuing experiences part of the the theme of ‘Courageous Conversations’ on race

Tonight, WHYY — in conjunction with WURD, the American Bible Society, and Philadelphia Media Network — will host “ ...

9 years ago

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a couple having an argument
Voices in the Family

Moving on from Betrayal

Betrayal in romantic relationships hurts, but it can cause psychological trauma – with long-lasting consequences. In their w ...

Air Date: May 8, 2017

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Hamlet
Voices in the Family

Shakespeare on the Couch: Hamlet

Dr. Dan Gottlieb returns as therapist to the complex characters of Shakespeare’s plays. Hamlet is the most studied, most p ...

Air Date: May 8, 2017

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The Summit is a high rise student apartment building on 36th Street and Lancaster Avenue in Univeristy City. (Brad Larrison for NewsWorks)
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History
Philadelphia

Exploring the past, future of Philly neighborhoods during annual Jane’s Walk

In the spirit of Pennsylvania-born author and urbanist Jane Jacobs, Philadelphians took to the streets of University City Friday to surve ...

9 years ago

Kevin Mulligan, a volunteer with the Navy Lakehurst Historical Society, tells tour-goers about a reproduction of the control gondola of the Hindenburg, which was created for a 1975 movie about the disaster. The historically accurate prop is housed in Hangar 1, and covered in a tarp to avoid potential damage from leaks.
History
New Jersey

See inside New Jersey’s hidden Hindenburg museum

It sounds like fantasy; an enormous, luxurious airship, filled with one of the most world’s flammable gases, shuttling the super-rich a ...

9 years ago

The triumphant Villanova women's 4-by-1500 relay team hold their plaque aloft after winning the event. (Jonathan Wilson for Newsworks)
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Philadelphia
Sports

Villanova women, Jamaican runners win big at Penn Relays

The Villanova women earned top honors in the 4-by-1500-meter race at the Penn Relays, officially known as the Penn Relay Carnival, which ...

9 years ago

Eagles players Terrill Watson (left) and Ron Brooks hold puppies during the Puppy Bowl draft at Morris Animal Refuge in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philadelphia Eagles help puppies get adopted

Fourteen puppies were adopted at Morris Animal Refuge in South Philadelphia during a “Puppy Bowl Draft” that featured players ...

9 years ago

Neil Butler maintains his mother’s grave and often volunteers to help upkeep Mt. Peace Cemetery in Lawnside, N.J. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
History
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

In South Jersey, a familiar fight to save a historic African-American cemetery

Many cemeteries boast residents whose fame followed them into the afterlife, making their gravesites a point of pilgrimage for those stil ...

9 years ago

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