Skip to content
The latest news and information from the world's most respected news source. BBC World Service delivers up-to-the-minute news, expert analysis, commentary, features and interviews.

BBC World Service

Listen Live

Listen Live

NPR's Morning Edition takes listeners around the country and the world with two hours of multi-faceted stories and commentaries that inform, challenge and occasionally amuse. Morning Edition is the most listened-to news radio program in the country.
Next

Morning Edition

NPR's Morning Edition takes listeners around the country and the world with two hours of multi-faceted stories and commentaries that inform, challenge and occasionally amuse. Morning Edition is the most listened-to news radio program in the country.

WHYY
rewind
play
fast-forward
 
 
 
Schedule
WHYY
  • Donate
Primary Menu
  • News
    • Coronavirus
      • COVID-19 Vaccines
      • Health Desk Help Desk
      • Daily Newsletter
      • FAQ: COVID Apps
    • PlanPhilly
    • Politics & Policy
    • Community
    • Arts & Entertainment
    • Education
    • Health & Science
    • Courts & Law
    • Money
    • Lifestyle
  • Radio & Podcasts
    • Radio Schedule
    • Ways to Listen
    • WHYY App
  • TV
    • Live TV
    • TV Schedule
    • Watch on Demand
    • WHYY Passport
      • Activation Assistance and FAQ
      • Free PBS Video App
      • Become a WHYY Passport Member
  • Arts
  • Events
    • Email Alerts
    • Updates on Postponed Events
    • Contact Us
  • Education
    • Your Learning Neighborhood
      • Learning at Home
        • PBS LearningMedia
        • Watch PBS Kids Online
        • WHYY Learning Shorts
      • Learning at School
      • Learning in Your Community
    • Youth Media Toolkit
    • Youth Media Awards Application
    • Summer Camps
    • For Students
      • Summer Camps
      • Summer Reading
    • Pathways to Media Careers
    • Student Work
    • WHYY Media Labs
  • LIVE TV
  • For Kids
  • Support
    • Vehicle Donation
    • Volunteer
    • Legacy Society
      • Member Benefits
        • WHYY Passport
          • The Great Fall Feast
            • Sign up for the newsletter
          • Ardently Austen
            • WHYY Passport
            • Watch Sense and Sensibility
            • Become a Passport member
        • Museums & Education Discounts
        • Music & Theater Discounts
        • Food & Dining Discounts
        • Retail & More Discounts
  • Donate

Money

A Starbucks sign
Business
Employment
Philadelphia

Two Starbucks locations in Philadelphia file petitions to unionize

The Philly workers join a wave of others attempting to unionize the national coffee chain’s shops as the pandemic economy has bolstered organizing efforts.

7 months ago

(Pixabay)
NPR
Business
Employment

The Great Resignation? More like The Great Renegotiation

Americans are not en masse rejecting consumerism, moving off the grid, and living off the land. Most still need money.

7 months ago

(Photo by Laurel and Michael Evans on Unsplash)
Economy
Employment
Technology

U.S. warns that chip shortage could shut down factories

The U.S. supply of computer chips has fallen to alarmingly low levels, raising the prospect of factory shutdowns, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

7 months ago

Ethan Miller works on his taxes at home in Silver Spring, Md., Friday, Jan., 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Government Accountability
Personal Finance
Taxes

Taxpayers face overloaded IRS as filing season opens Monday

“The IRS right now has unacceptable backlogs and the customer service that people are receiving is not what the American public deserves.”

7 months ago

(Oak Leaf Media/ Courtesy University City District)
PlanPhilly
Employment
Philadelphia
Transportation

Wanted: After pandemic hiring crunch, SEPTA hiring hundreds of people to fill open jobs

The transit agency is on a hiring binge that it hopes will restore its workforce after two years of pandemic-related attrition and hiring freezes.

7 months ago

The Activision Blizzard Booth is shown during the Electronic Entertainment Expo
Business
Media
Technology

Microsoft buys game maker Activision Blizzard for about $70B

Activision Blizzard is the maker of Candy Crush’ and ‘Call of Duty.’

7 months ago

Sonia Lewis (center) promoting her company “The Student Loan Doctor.” (courtesy of Sonia Lewis)

‘The Student Loan Doctor,’ on making the most of the pandemic to tackle student loan debt

WHYY host Cherri Gregg speaks with Sonia Lewis, aka ‘The Student Loan Doctor,’ about using the ‘pandemic pause’ to move forward financially.

7 months ago

Listen 6:58
Sean Forman, president of Sports Reference LLC. (Courtesy of Sean Forman)
Business
Philadelphia
Sports

Why a Philly business decided to sit out the sports betting boom

Sports Reference LLC could have parlayed its millions of users into millions of dollars from sportsbooks. The company’s president explains why it didn’t.

7 months ago

Listen 5:59
Three of Deepwater Wind's five turbines stand in the water off Block Island
Energy
New Jersey

Huge offshore wind energy lease sale announced for New Jersey and New York

Six parcels encompass almost a half-million acres of ocean off the Jersey and New York coasts, to generate enough wind energy to power 2 million homes.

7 months ago

The Maya Angelou quarter is the first in the American Women Quarters Program, which will feature other prominent women in U.S. history. The other quarters in the series will begin rolling out later this year and through 2025, according to the U.S. Mint.
(Burwell and Burwell Photography/United States Mint image)
NPR
History
Race & Ethnicity

The poet Maya Angelou is the first Black woman to be featured on a U.S. quarter

The Maya Angelou design is the first quarter in the "American Women Quarters Program," a four-year program that will include coins featuring prominent women in U.S. history.

7 months ago

Vehicles are parked in front of a CVS Pharmacy in Mount Lebanon, Pa., on Monday May 3, 2021. CVS Health will close hundreds of drugstores over the next three years, as the retail giant adjusts to changing customer needs and converts to new store formats. The company said Thursday, Nov. 18, that it will close about 300 stores a year for the next three years as it looks to reduce store count density in some locations.
Business
Health Care

Rite Aid and CVS to close stores in 2022. What is driving the downturn?

This year saw the consolidation of big pharmacy chains around the country, even as they played a crucial role in COVID-19 testing and vaccination.

8 months ago

FILE - This July 8, 2018 photo shows Tesla 2018 Model 3 sedans sit on display outside a Tesla showroom in Littleton, Colo. Late last year, Tesla Inc. was fully charged and cruising down the highway on Autopilot. Shares were trading above $370 each, sales of the Model 3 small electric car were strong and the company had appointed a new board chair to rein in the antics of CEO Elon Musk. But around the middle of December 2018, investors started having doubts about the Wall Street darling’s prospects for continued growth. The stock started a gyrating fall that was among the worst in company history
NPR
Streets & Roads
Technology
Transportation

Tesla recalls nearly half a million cars over possible safety issues

Defects in some models leading to problems with the rearview camera and front hood, which could lead to serious accidents, triggered two separate recalls of the electric cars.

8 months ago

A waiter takes the order of customers inside a restaurant
Employment
Income Inequality
New Jersey

N.J. minimum wage goes up again on Jan. 1 amid rising inflation

One economist said what was intended to be a boost for workers when Gov. Murphy signed the minimum wage law in 2019 has now become a “catch-up game.”

8 months ago

Jagdeep Nayyar, owner and chef at My Taste of India, stands in front of the register stand that's made from the front panel of a real Tata truck — the best-selling brand in India. (Joel Rose/Joel Rose)
NPR
Economy
Employment
Immigration

Fewer immigrant workers are coming to fill key jobs. That has slowed the U.S. economy

Fewer immigrants are coming to fill those jobs — particularly in some key industries that keep the economy moving.

8 months ago

Aamir Khan, who runs a cart at 33rd and Market streets, is glad students are back NOEL CHACKO, JACOB SMOLLEN, KAVEEN HAROHALLI
Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Halal cart prices rise slightly as Philly street vendors try to adapt

A platter that was once $6 might now set you back $8 — but that doesn’t reflect the reality of much higher wholesale costs.

8 months ago

Page 7 of 145« First«...56789...»Last »
Arts & Entertainment Community Courts & Law Education Health Lifestyle Money Politics & Policy Science Urban Planning Weather
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Top Stories

  • Elementary school students play on the playground
    Education

    Philly schools announce admissions changes as part of ongoing equity work

  • DA Larry Krasner speaking at Shepard Rec Center in West Philly on August 17, 2022. (Sammy Caiola / WHYY)
    Gun Violence Prevention

    ‘The victims are children’: Shooters spray 96 bullets near West Philly rec center, injuring five and worrying hundreds

  • A hydraulic fracturing drill rig in Bradford County
    Health

    Children living near Pa. fracking sites are at increased risk of leukemia, study finds

  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal

Donate
Learn about WHYY Member benefits
Ways to Donate
WHYY

WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community.

WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyone’s stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. It’s how we live.

Contact Us

Philadelphia

215.351.1200
talkback@whyy.org

Delaware

302.516.7506
talkback@whyy.org

Our Programs

  • A.I. Nation
  • Billy Penn
  • Check, Please! Philly
  • Community Conversations
  • Consider This
  • Delishtory
  • Eleanor Amplified
  • Flicks
  • Fresh Air
  • Good Souls
  • Half Vaxxed
  • House Concert Series
  • Keystone Crossroads
  • March On
  • Movers & Makers
  • On Stage at Curtis
  • PlanPhilly
  • The Pulse
  • Radio Times
  • Real Black History
  • Schooled
  • Serum
  • StateImpact
  • Things To Do
  • Voices in the Family
  • You Oughta Know
  • Young Creators Studio
  • Your Democracy

Inside WHYY

  • About
    • Meet Our Newsroom
    • Press Room
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • WHYY Productions
    • WHYY Spaces
    • WHYY News Style Guide
    • Social Responsibility at WHYY
    • Employment
    • Submissions
    • History
    • Directions
    • Coverage Area
    • Financial Statements
    • Board and Executives
    • Internships
    • Community Advisory Board
    • WHYY Community Report
    • Supporters
    • Privacy
  • Meet Our Newsroom
  • Employment
  • Sounding Board
  • N.I.C.E. Initiative
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsorship
  • Directions
  • FCC Public Files

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Sign up for a Newsletter

© WHYY MMXXII

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use for WHYY.org

WHYY is partnered with