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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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Politics & Policy

Documents that U.S. health officials have released as part of some long-delayed specific guidance that schools, businesses, and other organizations can use as states reopen from coronavirus shutdowns are photographed Thursday, May 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
National
Public Health

Officials release edited coronavirus reopening guidance

Health officials on Thursday released some of their long-delayed guidance that schools, businesses and other organizations can use as states reopen from coronavirus shutdowns.

6 years ago

Governor John Carney tours State Health Operations Center with Director of Division of Public Health Dr. Karyl Thomas Rattay on Monday, March 16, 2020, at State Health Operations Center in Smyrna, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Delaware
Public Health

To extend states of emergency, Delaware lawmaker wants General Assembly’s approval

A Delaware lawmaker is proposing a bill that would give the General Assembly the authority to approve the renewal of a governor’s state of emergency.

6 years ago

Members of the White House Military Office clean the stair for Air Force One ahead of the arrival of President Donald Trump for a tour of Owens & Minor Inc., a medical supply company, Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
International
Public Health

Trump says he’ll restock stockpile for future pandemics

Trump says the pandemic highlights the importance of U.S. manufacturing and moving supply chains out of China, a rival he blames for not doing enough to slow the spread.

6 years ago

Aerial view of beachgoers on the shoreline of Atlantic City, N.J.
New Jersey
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Jersey Shore will be ‘open’ for Memorial Day Weekend

Visitors don’t have to skip their Shore vacations this year, even if some quintessential businesses will remain closed.

6 years ago

The Rehoboth Beach boardwalk (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Delaware
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Delaware beaches to open May 22

Delaware beaches and public pools will reopen next Friday to state residents only. Out of state visitors will only be allowed if they've been quarantined 14 days.

6 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Radio Times
Economy
Explainers
History

The battle over the United States Postal Service

The latest institution to face financial ruin in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is one of America's oldest and most popular agencies: The United States Postal Service.

Air Date: May 14, 2020

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Elections
Pennsylvania
Public Health

How to vote in Pennsylvania during a pandemic

Officials are scrambling to adapt the June 2 primary to a new, coronavirus-induced reality. Unknowns remain, but here’s a guide to navigating the process.

6 years ago

President Trump meets with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum in the White House Cabinet Room. (Pool/Getty Images)
NPR
National
Public Health

Trump accuses Dr. Fauci of wanting to ‘play all sides’ on reopening

Trump once again broke with Fauci's assessment of the pandemic, saying the doctor's observation that reopening too soon would lead to death was "not an acceptable answer."

6 years ago

(Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. counties abandon plans to buck Wolf, as GOP lawmakers continue pushing doomed reopening bills

The GOP-controlled state Senate approved a bill that would give counties the power to opt out of Gov. Tom Wolf’s business closure and stay-at-home orders.

6 years ago

Guatemalans deported from the U.S., wave from a bus.
Immigration
National
Race & Ethnicity

Trump ramps up expulsions of migrant youth, citing virus

U.S. border agencies quickly expelled 600 child migrants in April after federal agencies began prohibiting asylum claims at the southern border, citing the coronavirus.

6 years ago

Mayor Marty Small
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Atlantic City voters keep their government amid pandemic

Atlantic City’s mayor declared victory in a special election in which early returns showed voters rejecting a proposal to eliminate a mayor in favor of an appointed manager.

6 years ago

Polling place
Elections
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philly slashes polling places, 4 in 5 will not open for the June primary

Mail-in voting is the best way to go, election officials say.

6 years ago

(Heather Khalifa/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Business
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Pa. officials revoked business waivers the night before publishing list of recipients

Just hours before the Wolf administration disclosed the first details about which businesses received waivers, officials were still revoking exemptions without explanation.

6 years ago

Senators and staff listen to Dr. Robert Redfield director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention speak remotely during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on May 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)
National
Public Health

AP exclusive: CDC docs stress plans for more virus flareups

It contains the kinds of specifics that officials need to make informed decisions, some experts said.

6 years ago

In this March 12, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus in Wilmington, Del. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Elections
Public Health

Biden plans to stay home, testing limits of virtual campaign

Democrats aren't questioning his public health stance, but some of them wonder whether his digital-focused campaign is ready for a grueling battle against Donald Trump.

6 years ago

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