Taylor Allen
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WHYY Community Conversation: The push for playgrounds brings people together
WHYY hosted “Uneven Play,” a community conversation with parents, school district representatives — and kids — to discuss playground inequity.
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Jamal Parker, poetry champion and published author at 22
“Black art has a sense of soul,” Jamal Parker said. “You can tell it comes from an authentic place.”
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Following the "humiliating" South Jersey wrestling haircut incident, a look at how people of color's natural hair can also be a source of empowerment.
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Big hits, reporter picks, and what you missed: WHYY News looks back on 2018
In 2018, WHYY reporters also dug into some of the most divisive, wonky, and underreported issues facing the region.
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Temple brings black men in medicine together to boost doctors of color
Temple University’s medical school gathered black physicians and young African-American men who are considering medicine.
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Why is this deer still here? And other things on I-95
Whose job is it clean up public roads in Philadelphia?
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Openness is secret ingredient in meal shared with strangers
Leon Caldwell, a socially minded real estate developer who was born and raised in West Philadelphia, spends a lot of time thinking about how neighborhoods grow and change.
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Vote That Jawn: Promoting youth civic engagement from top to bottom
Only half of the millennials voted during the last national election. Vote That Jawn, an initiative built and promoted by young Philadelphians, wants to change that.
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After 26 years, Philly Wing Bowl’s end met with cheers and regrets
The Philadelphia tradition is no more.
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Serena Williams headlines Pennsylvania Conference for Women in Philly
Tennis great calls attention to the risk of pregnancy-related deaths for black women.
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Lyft, Uber offers discounted or free rides to get to polls on Election Day
Midterm elections are fast approaching and Lyft and Uber are trying to make getting to the polls a whole lot easier.
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