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Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, and the biases that shape our choices.

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Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. officials revoked business waivers the night before publishing list of recipients

Just hours before the Wolf administration disclosed the first details about which businesses received waivers, officials were still revoking exemptions without explanation.

6 years ago

This Aug. 11, 2019 file photo shows credit cards in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Money

Why the prospect of deflation could pose a threat to US economy

The economic paralysis caused by the coronavirus led in April to the steepest month-to-month fall in U.S. consumer prices since the 2008 financial crisis — a 0.8% drop.

6 years ago

Scott Hoffman sits on his porch in Sunbury, Northumberland County, on April 29, 2020. (Ed Mahon / PA Post)
Health
PA Post

A Pa. company switched from sewing football jerseys to face masks. Workers walked off, saying the plan was unsafe

“It wasn’t about getting masks out to the public. It was about saving his company and making as much money as possible."

6 years ago

Thomas Alfinito is the owner of a Crossfit Hygge gym franchise in Mount Laurel, N.J. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Philly-area businesses say federal ‘Payroll Protection’ loans put them ‘at risk’

Small business owners hoped federal stimulus loans would provide a critical lifeline. But many say the funds won’t cover their most urgent costs.

6 years ago

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President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence
Politics & Policy

Trump faces virus risk at home amid push to ‘reopen’ nation

Images of top administration officials taking stepped-up protective measures come as states seek to loosen economic restrictions put in place to mitigate the virus’ spread.

6 years ago

Dr. Faoud Ishmael
Health
Spotlight PA

Workers in Pa. with preexisting health conditions fear a call to return to work

With no guarantee they can collect unemployment if they refuse to go to work, immunocompromised workers fear a near-impossible choice: Risk losing their jobs, or their life.

6 years ago

Nelis Rodriguez poses at her home in Chicago, Thursday, May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Money

A distinct possibility: ‘Temporary’ layoffs may be permanent

If most layoffs become permanent, the severe recession the economy has slid into would likely last longer and the recovery would be slower.

6 years ago

Businesses need employees to feel safe returning to offices, but plans to track their movements are raising fears about greater workplace surveillance. (Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Your boss may soon track you at work for coronavirus safety

Companies around the country are figuring out how to safely reopen office during the pandemic. The new normal might involve smartphone apps and badges to track employees.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov Tom Wolf
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Crayons, flowers, taxidermy: Wolf releases list of ‘life-sustaining’ business waivers

Gov. Wolf’s administration faced criticism that its business waiver process during the shutdown seemed arbitrary and its decision making was opaque.

6 years ago

Stylist Megan Baranowski
Community

Super-sanitized Delaware hair salon serves grateful customers

Gov. John Carney has taken “interim steps’ to allow limited reopening of non-essential businesses, but the takers were few Friday morning.

6 years ago

Ocean City beach
Community
NJ Spotlight

Jersey Shore towns begin to open up — cautiously: How ready are they?

Sustained by tourism, many Shore communities have seen off past crises. What’s in store for them in a summer season overshadowed by the pandemic? And, what are the stakes?

6 years ago

Nurses stand at a COVID testing area
Health

Coronavirus update: Delaware targets June 1 for phase one reopening

Delaware is on target to start the first phase of removing the coronavirus restrictions on June 1.

6 years ago

Man walks past closed business amid coronavirus pandemic.
Money

Jobless rate spikes to 14.7%, highest since Great Depression

Nearly all the job growth achieved during the 11-year recovery from the Great Recession has now been lost in one month.

6 years ago

Thousands of seedlings sprout in a hothouse on Ron Fox's farm in Pittsgrove, N.J. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Yes, we’re buying gifts for Mother’s Day. But not from them, small businesses worry

Philly area businesses, usually busy for the holiday celebrating moms, expect 2020 to be a wash, despite expectations Americans will spend more this year.

6 years ago

Ocean Resort Casino
Community

Its finances improved, Ocean Casino’s owners OK’d by N.J.

New Jersey gambling regulators are happy with the financial turnaround a once-troubled casino has made.

6 years ago

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