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Community

‘Lighting a fuse’: Amazon vote may spark more union pushes

The two sides are fully aware that it's not just the Bessemer warehouse on the line. Organizers hope what happens there will inspire workers nationwide to consider unionizing.

6 years ago

Workers at Amazon's fulfillment center in Staten Island, N.Y., gather outside to protest work condition
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Urban Planning

Primed: New Amazon warehouse derails land deal for SEPTA trolley facility

SEPTA’s trolley modernization project faces a setback after Amazon outbid the agency on a Southwest Philadelphia parcel it wanted to turn into a trolley barn.

6 years ago

A jogger can be seen in the distance running in Wilmington
Health

Carney to expand Del. vaccine eligibility to residents 16 and older; outdoor restrictions eased amid rise in cases

Carney is opening up registration well ahead of President Joe Biden’s deadline. He’s also easing outdoor restrictions as cases and hospitalizations rise.

6 years ago

Performance of the play 'Hairspray' at the Kimmel Center
Arts & Entertainment

The Kimmel Center plans to bring Broadway shows back this fall

Shuttered by the pandemic, the downtown cultural campus announces its 2021-2022 lineup of Broadway shows. More programming is expected to be announced in the coming months.

6 years ago

High-resolution satellite imagery shows the Suez Canal and the container ship Ever Given that remains stuck north of the city of Suez, Egypt. ScapeWare3d/DigitalGlobe/Getty Images
NPR
Money

Here’s how a long shutdown of the Suez Canal might roil the global economy

One of the world's largest container ships is solidly lodged in the Suez Canal, blocking billions of dollars' worth of commerce each day.

6 years ago

Radio Times
Lifestyle

Adam Grant on “Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know”

Wharton School psychologist Adam Grant talks about his new book, "Think Again," on the importance of challenging and re-evaluating our beliefs.

Air Date: March 26, 2021 10:00 am

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The 52nd Street commercial corridor in West Philadelphia
Keystone Crossroads
Money

COVID pushed Black unemployment higher in Pa. than anywhere in the nation, report says

Nearly one in five Black Pennsylvanians was unemployed as 2020 ended, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning D.C. think tank.

6 years ago

Awak Awak rides a mountain bike
NPR
Lifestyle

The pandemic pushed people outside. Now, some companies hope they stay there

Millions of people headed outside for recreation during the pandemic. Now, those companies hope to lock in their newly expanded markets.

6 years ago

A Philly Style Bagel offering
Community
Billy Penn

Philly Style Bagels expands, bringing ‘best in America’ bagels to Old City

The original Fishtown location is also now back in business.

6 years ago

A Fresh Grocer employee in Upper Darby threw away thousands of flood-damaged food items due to a flood in August 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘Be a better listener’: Philly business owners share their pandemic lessons

The pandemic forced business owners that have had the same routines for years to reexamine their values and priorities.

6 years ago

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Ange Branca had to close her restaurant Saté Kampar because of high rent. She hopes restaurant relief can help her new venture Kampar Kitchen thrive. (Courtesy of Ange Branca)
Money

A ‘new lease on life’ for restaurants: Philly-area restaurateurs praise relief efforts

Philadelphia and Delaware restaurant owners said new financial relief will help them adapt to the changing world of the restaurant industry.

6 years ago

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Leroy Robinson Jr. tends to a customer at Leroy's Barbershop on Lancaster Avenue. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Community

‘They are here to stay and they’re fighting’: Lancaster Avenue is pulling together to survive

Small businesses on Lancaster Avenue northwest of University City are supporting one another as they work to move past the struggles of 2020.

6 years ago

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Community
Billy Penn

Elaborate ‘Pride and Prejudice’ cake is a sign of better times to come for Mt. Airy bakeshop

The team at Night Kitchen Bakery is keenly awaiting the return of special occasion events.

6 years ago

Chef Yia Vang's restaurant in Minneapolis is getting ready to open amid a fierce debate within the restaurant industry about the minimum wage. The restaurant will ban tipping.
NPR
Money

So how should your favorite restaurant pay its servers? Well, it’s complicated

A fierce debate is taking shape within the restaurant industry as a push to raise the minimum wage threatens to upend the tipped wage structures for servers.

6 years ago

Kathleen Rana can now seat up to 22 customers at her Hamilton Township restaurant, Jersey Girl Cafe, since New Jersey has relaxed its pandemic restriction to 50% capacity. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Lifestyle

‘Every increase in percentage helps’: N.J. restaurants can now open to 50% capacity

As of 6 a.m. Friday, New Jersey restaurants, gyms, barbershops, and salons can welcome more patrons into their spaces.

6 years ago

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