Aaron Moselle covers housing and community development for WHYY’s PlanPhilly, filing stories for both radio and web. He’s a native of the city and calls South Philadelphia home.
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‘No one wants to say no’: Philly landlords work to resettle Afghan evacuees
In a region where affordable housing is scarce, resettlement agencies are asking landlords to offer up empty apartments.
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The grants, which range in size from $10,000 to $48,400, will go to 10 different community-based groups.
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Ex-Philly homicide detectives face perjury charges for testimony in retrial of innocent man
A grand jury is recommending criminal charges against the former homicide detectives who gave false testimony against Anthony Wright, an innocent man.
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Feeling sick? Philly urges residents to watch for signs of heatstroke and exhaustion
Philadelphia has declared a heat health emergency through 8 p.m. Friday. The city has recorded five heat-related deaths so far this year.
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Anti-violence advocate launches carpentry program for Philly teens
The goal is to give the teens, several of whom have criminal records, the knowledge and skills to go into business for themselves or join the city’s building trades unions.
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Listen 2:50Philly DA wants to hear from young people about the city’s gun violence epidemic
The series comes amid a historic and unrelenting surge in shootings and homicides in Philadelphia.
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Fighting back at gun violence, through lessons in martial arts and de-escalation
A summer program — Kicks Up, Guns Down — has this goal: to show kids there are better ways to handle conflict than shooting someone.
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Application window for Philly anti-violence grants starts Friday
The Anti-Violence Community Partnership program will announce its first recipients in early September.
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Allegheny County joins Philly in backlash to Shapiro’s opioid settlement deal
The DA’s of Pennsylvania’s two biggest counties say an opioid settlement deal brokered by Attorney General Josh Shapiro won’t provide enough relief.
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Philly Sheriff’s Office nabs dozens of violent fugitives during mass sweep
“Operation Priority Takedown” was initiated amid a historic surge in gun violence in Philadelphia.
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Pa. coronavirus update: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to mandate vaccines for all employees
While the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia had planned on waiting until the vaccine got “full FDA licensure,” the rising threat of the delta variant upended those plans.
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Philly pilot project seeks to halt ‘stop-and-frisk’ policing for quality-of-life offenses
The three-month project will require police officers to first ask people to stop engaging in prohibited behavior before they question or detain someone.
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