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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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The U.N.-chartered vessel MV Valsamitis is loaded to deliver 25,000 tons of Ukrainian wheat to Kenya and 5,000 tons to Ethiopia. It is pictured at the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk in February.
NPR
International
Military
Transportation

Russia agrees to extend the Ukraine grain deal again

Brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, the deal allows Ukraine to ship food and fertilizer through a humanitarian corridor from Black Sea ports.

3 years ago

Shopper-In-Grocery-Store
NPR
Economy
Food & Drink
Income Inequality
National

‘Back to one meal a day’: SNAP benefits drop as food prices climb

A lot of people don't think twice about buying milk, says Teresa Calderez. "But there are lots of us out here who can't buy a gallon of milk when we need it."

3 years ago

Wilimngton, Del. Mayor Mike Purzycki
Delaware
Economy
Government

Higher water fees and a new ticket tax: Wilmington mayor unveils 2024 budget proposal

Purzycki says the additional revenue he wants City Council to approve is needed for when “the bills come due” in two years.

3 years ago

The Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Economy
Government
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Politics

Philly State House delegation pushes for more funding, gun regulations from Harrisburg

Their goal is everything from drivers licenses for undocumented people to more funding for crime fighting and schools.

3 years ago

Dead Humpback Whale on Offshore New Jersey Beach
Animals
Environment
Government
New Jersey

GOP congressmen: Halt offshore wind, probe whale deaths

Thursday's hearing in Wildwood could be the beginning of an expected campaign by the GOP-controlled House to investigate the Biden administration’s clean energy plans.

3 years ago

U.S. soldiers stand guard in Fallujah, May 2003. Congress will vote on whether to repeal the authorization for the use of military force orders passed in 1991 and in 2002 for two separate armed conflicts in Iraq. (Murad Sezer/Associated Press)
NPR
Government
Government Accountability
Military

Senate advances a bill to repeal Iraq war authorizations

A bill ending Iraq war authorizations has cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate and is expected to be taken up by the chamber for a final vote next week.

3 years ago

Apartment owners and residents protested outside City Hall against a council bill that would mandate automatic sprinklers systems in high-rise buildings ahead of a City Council session
PlanPhilly
Government
Housing
Infrastructure
Law
Philadelphia
Protests

Philly property owners push City Council to kill sprinkler bill for high-rise buildings

The measure would require automatic sprinkler systems in existing high-rise buildings that are above 75 feet.

3 years ago

The Horn & Hardart coffee can awaits its pivotal role in City Hall. (Kira Wang/Billy Penn)
Elections
Government
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The Horn & Hardart ‘coffee can of destiny’ is still ruling Philly elections

Drawing numbers from a tin to determine ballot order is one of the city’s decades-old traditions. Not everyone appreciates the idiosyncrasy.

3 years ago

The Biden administration is demanding that TikTok be sold away from Beijing-based ByteDance, rejecting the company's plan before U.S. national security officials. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
NPR
Business
International
Media
Technology

The Biden administration demands that TikTok be sold, or risk a nationwide ban

It is the first time the Biden administration has explicitly threatened to ban TikTok.

3 years ago

N.J. Sen. Ron Rice (NJ Spotlight)
Government
New Jersey

Ron Rice, New Jersey’s longest-serving Black lawmaker, dies at 77

Rice was a staunch advocate for social justice. Gov. Phil Murphy announced he will sign an executive order requiring flags to fly at half-staff in Rice’s honor.

3 years ago

Mayoral candidate Rebecca Rhynhart stands at the podium.
Elections
Philadelphia
Politics

‘It’s about time’: Michael Nutter endorses Rebecca Rhynhart in Philadelphia’s mayoral race

Rhynhart is one of four women running to be Philadelphia’s next mayor. Nutter said “it’s about time” a woman is in charge of the city.

3 years ago

Former Councilmember Marian Tasco draws number 2 ballot slot for mayoral candidate Cherelle Parker. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)

Coffee can helps relatively unknown candidate nab top ballot spot in Philly mayoral race

John Wood has scored prime ballot real estate, but some of the other candidates aren’t worried.

3 years ago

A woman looking at her cell phone
Government
Pennsylvania
Taxes
Spotlight PA

Breaking down Shapiro’s plan to eliminate two of Pa.’s cell phone taxes

As part of his first budget proposal, Gov. Shapiro wants to eliminate both the sales and use tax and the gross receipts tax on cell phone services.

3 years ago

Donny Benjamin asks Philly mayoral candidates a question at a forum at Gloria Casarez Elementary
Elections
Philadelphia

At Kensington forum, elementary school students ask mayoral candidates for solutions

Students of Casarez Elementary stressed the impacts of rampant drug use and violence in the neighborhood.

3 years ago

Listen 1:23
ATF officials announced two federal indictments of 14 individuals charged with trafficking about 500 firearms from the Southern states of Georgia and South Carolina to sell in Philadelphia, at a press conference on April 11, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
Religion
WITF

Religious leaders call for stricter gun laws in Pennsylvania

A new group — the Saving Lives: Ending Gun Violence Committee — led by Pennsylvania’s Episcopal Diocese, is calling for tougher gun laws.

3 years ago

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