
Aaron Moselle covers housing and community development for WHYY’s PlanPhilly, filing stories for both radio and web. He’s a city native and calls South Philadelphia home.
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Killers of Philly cop take plea deal to avoid death penalty
Family members of Sgt. Robert Wilson III were told late Friday about the plea deal for brothers Carlton Hipps and Ramone Williams that offered life plus 50 to 100 years.
7 years ago
Listen 1:57Philly-region activists heading to D.C. for mass rally against poverty
The event on the National Mall kicks off the next phase of the new Poor People’s Campaign to continue – and build upon – the original campaign started by MLK
7 years ago
Philly: ‘Dark horse’ or shoo-in for World Cup 2026?
FIFA is expected to choose 16 host cities for 2026. A handful of them will be in Canada or Mexico. The rest will be in the U.S.
7 years ago
Listen 4:05Parents’ scars from childhood trauma can affect their kids’ health, researchers find
The research showed that with each additional ACE that a parent experienced, a child had 17 percent higher odds of having been diagnosed with asthma.
7 years ago
Listen 2:57‘You aren’t listening:’ Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins reacts to Trump snub with handwritten signs
For the first time since President Donald Trump disinvited the team from celebrating its Super Bowl win at the White House, the Philadelphia Eagles are opening their practice
7 years ago
Five years after Philly building collapse, memorial park dedicated to honor victims
An 8-foot sculpture is engraved with the names of those killed when an unsupported building wall crushed a popular Salvation Army thrift store.
7 years ago
Listen 2:10Anti-bias training day for Starbucks
The identical, 4-hour sessions will happen inside 8,000 company-owned stores. It’ll be part history lesson, part personal exploration, part refresher course on company policy.
7 years ago
Listen 4:59Effort to clear out some Philly homeless encampments drawing to a close
This time next week, Philadelphia police will officially shut down half of the homeless encampments in Kensington, ground zero of the city’s opioid epidemic.
7 years ago
As Graterford inmates move to new prison, prospect of sharing cells worries some
Officials with Pennsylvania's Department of Corrections say more men will be doubling up in single cells at Phoenix, a 3,830-bed facility.
7 years ago
Poor People’s Campaign seeks to revive MLK’s vision
Activists are reigniting Martin Luther King Jr.’s unfinished fight against poverty.
7 years ago
Listen 10:53Fetterman supporters ‘feel the Bern’ during Philly endorsement rally
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders visits Philadelphia to back fellow progressive John Fetterman who's seeking Democratic nomination to run for Pennsylvania lieutenant governor
7 years ago
City seizing blighted Germantown complex owned by nightmare landlord
For years, an abandoned townhome development on East Collom Street has sat open to squatters and vermin.
7 years ago