Emily Rizzo
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‘Lawn and Order’: Four Seasons markets merch across party lines
Its internet savvy is paying off: On Tuesday, the company posted on Facebook that it was suspending sales of most of its items due to lack of stock.
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Listen 2:37Just one third of elementary classrooms in Philly meet minimum ventilation standards
Our analysis shows one-fifth of city elementary schools don't have a single classroom that can accommodate 15 people while meeting air circulation standards.
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Staff, students at Philly ‘access centers’ juggle academic needs with COVID concerns
As Philly begins offering in-person classes, city-run access centers provide a glimpse into what it takes to bring students together during the pandemic.
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Listen 2:15Philly learning centers bring working parents both relief and anxiety
City officials say the centers will be safe for students and workers because of strict guidelines including temperature checks, social distancing and mask wearing.
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Wolf defends charter school cuts, doubles down on opposition to supervised injection sites
Wolf spoke with reporters as part of Keystone Crossroads' "Ask Governor Wolf" program, recorded live at WHYY just a few days after his 2020-21 budget address.
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Listen 53:00Unpacking Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘mountains’ 60 years after Spelman speech
Panelists at WHYY and NewCORE’s “Conversations of King” event consider the “mountains” of relativism, materialism, segregation and violence in 2020.
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Robert Costa on political reporting, history in the making, and `bewilderment’ in the Capitol
The Washington Post reporter and host of `Washington Week’ offered a Philadelphia audience his take on Trump, Pelosi and power.
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Pa. residents brace for Trump administration’s proposed cuts to food stamps
Pennsylvania is among the states that would be especially hurt because utility costs are significantly higher than the national average.
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Listen 1:43Coming Home: Telling reentry stories through hip-hop and comedy
First Person Arts hosted a night of performances by men of color telling stories of reentry, featuring Ali Siddiq, Peedi Crakk, and Chris Cotton.
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‘Two singular voices’: WURD radio hosts conversation on Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass
Scholars Erica Armstrong Dunbar and C. James Trotman talked about the lives of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass at the Barnes Foundation.
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Pa. quietly reverses ‘lunch shaming’ ban as school district debt grows
Language within this year’s school code bill allows districts to withhold hot meals from students who accrue more than $50 in lunch debt.
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Listen 3:24As clearance rate improves, families protest Philly’s unsolved murders
For three days this week, they’re protesting that last year only 44% of Philadelphia homicides were solved.
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