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A for sale sign is visible on a street in Fishtown, Philadelphia.
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Racial homeownership gap persists in Philly metro, analysis finds

The finding suggests the metro’s racial homeownership gap is the result of systemic roadblocks that go beyond income, according to a report released last week.

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File photo: Many trees were felled as part of the restoration and renovation of the Cobbs Creek golf course and community engagement center, as seen on Feb. 27, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Tiger Woods hires former West Philadelphia principal to run his TGR Lab at Cobbs Creek Golf Course

Meredith Foote, a veteran educator who taught school in Philadelphia and Newark, was named executive director of TGR Learning Lab in July.

1 year ago

Ottawa Senators goalie Patrick Lalime (40) and Philadelphia Flyers goalie Robert Esche join in the fight-filled final 1:45 of the third period of an NHL hockey game March 5, 2004, in Philadelphia.
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20 years since NHL’s record-setting Flyers-Senators brawl, fighting is down across the league but not going anywhere

There are still roughly 300 each season, or one every four to five games.

1 year ago

Rich Guffanti and Andrew Wheeler co-founded the volunteer clean-up effort in 2018.
Environment
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Philadelphia
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Billy Penn

Meet the Cobbs Creek Park Ambassadors

The volunteers are a formidable force wielding buckets, trash cans, wire cutters and even chainsaws in the fight against trash.

1 year ago

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Gun Violence
Philadelphia
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NBA G League player Terry Roberts shot outside bar in Olney section of Philadelphia

It was close at first, but doctors now say Roberts will survive. He was taken off a ventilator and was able to talk with his parents on Monday.

1 year ago

The autonomous vehicle (AV) shuttle at Philadelphia's Navy Yard.
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Technology
Transportation

Philadelphia Navy Yard begins autonomous, electric shuttle service

The Navy Yard’s AV shuttle can fit nine seated passengers and a wheelchair.

1 year ago

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Nikisha Bailey and Matthew Nam
Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

Black-owned roaster Win Win Coffee will soon start brewing in Kensington

The Philly entrepreneurs are building a network of coffee farmers across the African diaspora to build more Black wealth.

1 year ago

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Carla Sessions (second from right) and her neighbors have been fighting against a proposal to develop athletic fields and buildings on Haycock Camping Ministries.
Environment
Outdoors
Pennsylvania

Bucks County residents are fighting a youth camp development proposal near wetlands

In addition to concerns about traffic and increased noise, residents say they worry development might impact the environment.

1 year ago

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Groups are addressing the racial wealth gap in Philadelphia.
Economy
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Philly’s racial wealth gap is wider now than in 1960. Here are programs working to fix it

New initiatives want to stop persistent wealth discrepancies between people of color and their white counterparts.

1 year ago

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Pedestrians carry plastic bags in Philadelphia
Environment
Media
New Jersey

An industry study about New Jersey’s plastic bag ban is an example of how to stay vigilant against misinformation

A story that went viral was a one-sided study against New Jersey’s two-year-old ban on single-use plastic shopping bags.

1 year ago

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SEPTA Key card
Pennsylvania
Public Spaces
Transportation

SEPTA rolls out new multi-rider feature for Key card holders

Starting Monday, passengers with a SEPTA Key card can tap in up to five riders for the same trip.

1 year ago

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Jamaican Reggae singer Bob Marley performs on stage during a concert in Bourget, Paris, on July 3, 1980. (AP Photo/Str)
Delaware
Immigration
Music

Wilmington leans into Bob Marley connection with plans for museum to promote cultural awareness

Bob Marley's cousin Judy Malcolm is spearheading the effort to create a Jamaican Heritage and Reggae Museum in Wilmington to empower culture and revive unity.

1 year ago

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A woman places a piece of paper with words of grief for Alexei Navalny paying the last respect to him at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression in St. Petersburg, Russia,
International

The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed over to his mother, aide says

Navalny, 47, Russia’s most well-known opposition politician, unexpectedly died on Feb. 16 in an Arctic penal colony.

1 year ago

A person poses for a photo in a tree.
Environment
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Teams of adults and kids completing fun, quirky missions in Fairmount Park this weekend, during the WinTOUR Scavenger Hunt

While competing for prizes, participants learn about Philly history during the Fairmount Park scavenger hunt.

1 year ago

(Courtesy Temple Digital Collections)
History
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Before it was PHL, this patch of land was home to hogs and the world’s biggest shipyard

Hog Island transitioned from its farming past and the country’s industrial future.

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