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Keystone Crossroads

Changing Communities

The Center for Rural Pennsylvania hosted a public hearing in Tioga County on Thursday, hearing from providers and consumers about the lack of broadband access in rural areas.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Rural Pa. demands broadband access; providers cite logistical difficulties

About six percent of Pennsylvanians don't have access to broadband internet, but providers say providing service in rural areas are economically burdening.

7 years ago

In this stock photo, black and white Holstein dairy cows are in their stalls in Penn State's research barn.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. dairy farms scrambling due to major contract termination

One of the nation’s largest dairy distributors is ending its contract with dozens of Pennsylvania dairy farms at the end of May.

7 years ago

James Earl Davis, a Professor of Urban Education at Temple University and his golden Doodle, Baldwin, pictured in his home in East Germantown.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Black middle class finds refuge in East Germantown’s diversity, gentrifying on their own terms

“I can’t reverse gentrification with one bookstore. But what I can do is model alternatives to what gentrification looks like,” said Hill.

7 years ago

Tonetta Graham on her Strawberry Mansion porch (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘We want to see growth’ too: Why Tonnetta Graham isn’t worried about Philly hipsters moving into her neighborhood

Graham wants the main beneficiaries to be people like herself, residents who stuck with the neighborhood during its darkest moments.

7 years ago

Listen 5:59
Claudia Sherrod (left) and Haley Dervinis (right) in front of their homes in Point Breeze.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

The surprising truth behind the racial dynamics of gentrification in Philly

While it may be harder to tell, data suggests white neighborhoods in Philly are actually gentrifying faster than black neighborhoods.

7 years ago

Listen 7:37
After more than a decade spent in a state financial oversight program, Pittsburgh regained its fiscal independence last month. More than a dozen Pennsylvania cities remain in the program.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

In leaving state oversight, Pittsburgh says it’s prepared for the risk

On a Monday morning last month people packed the Pittsburgh mayor’s conference room to witness the city’s successful transition to fi ...

7 years ago

Kayakers paddle past downtown Pittsburgh on the Allegheny River in this September 4, 2015 photo. (AP File Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pittsburgh sheds distressed city status as fiscal health improves

On Monday, Pittsburgh became the second city to exit Act 47, the state’s oversight program for financia ...

7 years ago

Matt Rooke sits outside of his home in State College, Pennsylvania. A former resident at the Hilltop Mobile Home Park, Rooke said his experience of being displaced gave him insights of the affordable housing problem in the area. (Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Urban Planning

Closure of mobile-home parks in fast-developing State College sparks conversation about gentrification, affordable housing

State College has boomed in recent years due to the presence of Penn State's main campus. But what does that mean for low-income residents?

7 years ago

Listen 5:30
 A bird’s eye view of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Johnstown residents bristle over town’s portrayal in recent viral article on Trump supporters

A widely shared article used Johnstown, Pennsylvania as a lens to showcase the loyalty of President Trump’s supporters. But local residents are balking at the portrait.

8 years ago

Community members held signs in support of a DREAM act and DACA recipients outside Rep. Glenn Thompson's Centre County office in September. (Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Local leaders in State College urge congressman to support DREAM Act

State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham asked Congressman Thompson to support the passage of a DREAM act.

8 years ago

Erin Dunphy, 16, has raised almost $2,500 to distribute signs to her neighbors. (Annette John-Hall/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. teen takes action against hate mail

A Montgomery County teen was admittedly curious when she came home from school this month and sorted through the mail. But that curiosity soon turned to outrage.

8 years ago

Listen 4:24
Four of the five Angama women in bright colors
Keystone Crossroads
Lifestyle

South Philly family of refugees leaves trauma behind for hard work in America

Anyone who thinks refugees in America get a golden ticket hasn’t met Tatiana Angama.

8 years ago

(AP file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Lifestyle

Alt-right flyers posted throughout three Pennsylvania college campuses

More college campuses in Pennsylvania recently got a visit from a group identified as a white nationalist hate group by the Southern Pove ...

8 years ago

 The Pennsylvania Economy League ranked municipalities according to their tax base (high is good) and tax burden (low is good), then combined scores and used the resulting list to divide them into quintiles. Quintile 1 indicates a larger tax base and lower tax burden per household; 5 indicates the least tax base and most tax burden per household. (Source: Pennsylvania Economy League)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Municipal distress getting worse in Pennsylvania, new data show

The Pennsylvania Economy League released a report on Tuesday showing predictions in its last study have borne out. That’s no ...

8 years ago

 Workers keep a careful watch on the open hearth furnaces at the Bethlehem Steel Co. plant. (Image courtesy of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Bethlehem then and now, from steel town to arts community

On a recent summer evening, hundreds of people - lawn chairs and blankets in tow flocked to SteelStacks, a premiere arts campus at the former Bethlehem Steel Corporation plant

11 years ago

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