Skip to content
The latest news and information from the world's most respected news source. BBC World Service delivers up-to-the-minute news, expert analysis, commentary, features and interviews.

BBC World Service

Listen Live

Listen Live

NPR's Morning Edition takes listeners around the country and the world with two hours of multi-faceted stories and commentaries that inform, challenge and occasionally amuse. Morning Edition is the most listened-to news radio program in the country.
Next

Morning Edition

NPR's Morning Edition takes listeners around the country and the world with two hours of multi-faceted stories and commentaries that inform, challenge and occasionally amuse. Morning Edition is the most listened-to news radio program in the country.

WHYY
rewind
play
fast-forward
 
 
 
Radio Schedule
WHYY
  • DONATE
Primary Menu
  • News
  • Radio & Podcasts
    • Radio Schedule
    • Ways to Stream
    • WHYY Listen App
  • TV
    • WHYY TV Schedule
    • WHYY Watch App
    • Live TV
    • Watch on Demand
    • Stream PBS Kids
  • Arts
  • Events
  • Education
    • WHYY Media Labs
    • WHYY Early Education Programs
    • For Students
    • Pathways to Media Careers
    • Youth Media Awards
  • Support
    • Membership
    • WHYY Passport
    • WHYY Member Portal
    • Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donation Program
    • Volunteer
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE

Precious Places

SEPTA turnstiles (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Why not make SEPTA free — for everyone?

Ditching the high cost of a botched fare system gets us part of the way there, plus re-prioritizing $9.2 billion in anticipated federal funds.

3 years ago

Signs that read, ''I Buy Houses'' and ''We Buy Houses'' can be seen posted on a street pole in Philly
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

New Philly law cracks down on blockbusting ‘We Buy Houses’ solicitations

Steep penalties against unscrupulous investors aim to protect homeowners from being pressured into below-market sales.

3 years ago

In August 2019, hundreds of supporters rallied outside 1515 Arch St before the Zoning Board Adjustment to protest Streamline's proposal to tear down Hoa Binh Plaza. (Photo courtesy of VietLead)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Philadelphia made it possible for community shopping centers like Hoa Binh Plaza to be erased

For three years, VietLead has been advocating to save Hoa Binh Plaza from demolition. Residents can weigh in on the proposal on March 23.

3 years ago

Rowhouses line North 29th Street in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly has over 10,000 tangled titles. Here’s what residents need to know about them

City Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson and others aim to educate Philadelphians on how to find out if a title is tangled, and provide resources to fix it.

3 years ago

Will Tung and his daughter Juniper hold signs that say
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Scrapping the original city plan for Washington Ave. compromises safety

Philadelphia planners have reversed course on a plan for traffic flow on Washington Ave, and it’s going to compromise the safety of neighbors.

3 years ago

A rezoning of Ridge Avenue in Roxborough would block traditional urban infill development like that seen in this photograph of another section of Ridge Avenue. (Brian Hickey/WHYY, file)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

An obscure zoning bill threatens to outlaw new housing in growing Roxborough

A bill that passed in Philly City Council last week dramatically shifts the future of Ridge Avenue and Roxborough.

4 years ago

The exterior of Henry C. Lea Elementary school
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

If Penn wants to invest in a public school, Philly should invest in public housing

I own a home in the Lea Elementary catchment. My family will benefit from Penn’s proposed $5 million investment in the school. I don’t think it’s fair.

4 years ago

A photo of Julian Bond and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. casting their ballots to fill Bond's vacant seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in Atlanta, Ga., on Feb. 23, 1966.  (AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Equal access and equal voices: The eternal relevance of MLK’s ‘Give Us the Ballot’ speech

Equal voices and equal access continue to be more of a war to be waged than rights to be mutually shared, writes Rev. David Brown.

4 years ago

Nina Bryan of Sweet Nina's sells her banana pudding at Reading Terminal Market through the Market Day program.  (Courtesy of The Enterprise Center’s Dorrance H. Hamilton Center for Culinary Enterprises)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Reading Terminal Market offers a model for lifting entrepreneurs of color

Reading Terminal Market’s model for supporting entrepreneurs of color could ensure Black and brown entrepreneurs benefit from Biden’s infrastructure act.

4 years ago

People pray near the scene of a deadly rowhouse fire
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

My building has 18 tenants and no fire extinguishers. Preventing tragedy requires more affordable housing

People too often have no choice but to live in overcrowded and unsafe households to avoid homelessness. I know because it happened to me.

4 years ago

Collard grows at the Life Do Grow urban farm in North Philadelphia. (Photo courtesy of Urban Creators)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

At Life Do Grow farm, North Philly residents plant the seeds of a sovereign future

The farmers at Life Do Grow, a green oasis run by Urban Creators, a nonprofit, provide food for hundreds of North Philly families. They need support.

4 years ago

A Philadelphia Gas Works sign
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

On climate change, Philly’s gas utility is working against the city that owns it

Philadelphia is actively working to cut emissions with a goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The city’s own gas utility is sabotaging its efforts.

4 years ago

Will Tung in front of a residential development at 5000 Warrington Ave
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Why is West Philly trading 70 affordable homes for a parking lot?

Opinion writer Will Tung argues against the inclusion of a parking lot in a development proposed for his West Philadelphia neighborhood.

4 years ago

An aerial view of a low-rise grocery store
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

I’m a longtime Mt. Airy resident. Why does it feel like new development isn’t for me?

To me, the development happening now feels like it wasn’t conceived with the full gamut of Mount Airy residents in mind.

4 years ago

A tire fire in Southwest Philadelphia sends plumes of smoke across the city.
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

If you don’t trust the air you breathe, keep reading

A new city advisory group needs the input of people who know what it's like to smell a tire fire outside or breathe in highway fumes day in and day out.

4 years ago

Page 3 of 157«12345...»Last »

Get daily updates from WHYY News!

Subscribe to the free WHYY News Daily newsletter for important local stories, including coronavirus updates.

Subscribe

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal

Donate
Learn about WHYY Member benefits
Ways to Donate
WHYY

WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community.

WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyone’s stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. It’s how we live.

Contact Us

Philadelphia

215.351.1200
talkback@whyy.org

Delaware

302.516.7506
talkback@whyy.org

Our Programs

  • Albie’s Elevator
  • Art Outside
  • Billy Penn at WHYY
  • Check, Please! Philly
  • The Connection
  • Delishtory
  • Flicks
  • Fresh Air
  • Good Souls
  • The Infinite Art Hunt
  • Movers & Makers
  • On Stage at Curtis
  • Peak Travel
  • Philadelphia Revealed
  • PlanPhilly
  • The Pulse
  • Schooled
  • The Statue
  • Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist
  • Studio 2
  • Things To Do
  • Voices in the Family
  • WHYY News Climate Desk
  • You Oughta Know
  • Young Creators Studio
  • Young, Unhoused and Unseen
  • Your Democracy

Inside WHYY

  • About
    • Social Responsibility at WHYY
    • Board and Executives
    • Community Advisory Board
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Employment
    • Internships
    • Press Room
    • Meet Our Newsroom
    • WHYY News Style Guide
    • WHYY Productions
    • WHYY Spaces
    • Submissions
    • History
    • Directions
    • Coverage Area
    • Financial Statements
    • WHYY Community Report
    • Supporters
    • Privacy
  • Apps
  • Meet Our Newsroom
  • Employment
  • Lifelong Learning Award
  • N.I.C.E. Initiative
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsorship
  • Directions
  • FCC Public Files
  • FCC Applications

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Sign up for a Newsletter

© MMXXV WHYY

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use for WHYY.org