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Economy

Producers have kept pumping oil, even if they're not making money, partly because wells — once shut down — can be difficult to get back up and running. Here, a pump jack operates at Willow Springs Park in Long Beach, Calif. (Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

Why the world is still pumping so much oil even as demand drops away

The ongoing pandemic means the world is using far less oil. But pumps are still going, creating a huge oversupply. Companies are often willing to operate at a loss — for now.

6 years ago

(Commonwealth Media Services)
Health
Spotlight PA

Tight housing, lack of health care put migrant workers on Pa. farms at high risk for the coronavirus

Advocates say requirements with enforcement and penalties, not recommendations without teeth, are needed to keep these workers safe.

6 years ago

Bob Russikoff wears a mask and gloves to vote in the  March 2020 special election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives in Bensalem. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Community

Tension over how to hold Pa.’s primary

Pa. Republicans are pushing back on calls for an all-mail-in primary to keep voters and poll workers safe — despite supporting recent efforts to expand vote-by-mail.

Air Date: April 21, 2020

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Noelia Ramírez and her daughter Carmen Arroyo, a factory worker, picked up boxes of free food during the coronavirus shutdowns that have students out of schools and workers unemployed. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Radio Times
Money

Unemployment soars under coronavirus

The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the economy, causing the unemployment numbers to reach 18%. What will this mean in the long run for the workforce?

Air Date: April 20, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 48:58
Chickens leave their enclosure at Dauphin and Waterloo streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science

Warmer, wetter weather to bring more chicken farms to Pennsylvania

The Department of Environmental Protection released its recent Climate Change Impact Assessment report, which focuses on livestock and watersheds.

6 years ago

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Close up of 'unemployment' dictionary entry (photo via bigstock)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Confusion, frustration for freelancers and gig workers seeking unemployment in Pa.

A federal program expanded unemployment benefits to workers who are usually ineligible, such as temps, freelancers and the self-employed, including gig workers.

6 years ago

No work, no service at this restaurant. (Credit: Daniel Case via Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0)
Community
NJ Spotlight

Last week’s 140,000 unemployment claims ‘mercifully’ low, but total exceeds 700,000 since mid-March

New filings ramping up faster than even during Great Depression, as residents in all but a few industries stay at home as directed

6 years ago

(Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

See the 6 keys to reopening Pennsylvania under Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan

Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday announced the broad outline of his plan for reopening Pennsylvania as the state continues to grapple with the coronavirus.

6 years ago

Some homes in the 3700 block of North 15th Street, where six Philadelphia police officers were wounded during a shoot out in August, still have the bullet holes. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

Stimulus could heighten racial economic inequality, historians warn

Like the New Deal and G.I. Bill before it, the latest federal attempt to juice the economy will play out unevenly.

6 years ago

(Heather Khalifa/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Money
Spotlight PA

Desperate for cash, self-employed Pennsylvanians face high-stakes choice between loans and unemployment benefits

Some fear making the wrong decision or running afoul of rules amid changing program guidelines and confusing instructions.

6 years ago

Resisting productivity culture and letting yourself be bored can do a lot for your cognitive health. (Chinnapong/Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Health

Why ‘stillness’ is crucial for your brain during this pandemic

The idea that you should be optimizing your quarantine time is everywhere. But resisting productivity culture and letting yourself be bored is essential to your well-being.

6 years ago

Listen 13:15
A man looks at the closed sign in front of Illinois Department of Employment Security in Chicago, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. More than 500,000 Illinois residents filed unemployment claims in just a five-week span during COVID-19 pandemic.  (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Money

Record 22 million have sought U.S. jobless aid since virus

The wave of layoffs that has engulfed the U.S. economy since the coronavirus struck forced 5.2 million more people to seek unemployment benefits last week.

6 years ago

Rebecca Foxman at her outpost Fox and Son Fancy Corn Dogs in Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal Market. (Courtesy of Rebecca Foxman)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

From making rent to ‘found money’: Philly residents share their stimulus cash stories

The money — most adults will get $1,200, with an additional $500 per qualifying child — is meant to help Americans weather the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus.

6 years ago

Listen 5:17
University of Pennsylvania campus
Education
Billy Penn

$95 million for Philly colleges: How much each school gets under the stimulus

A full 50% of the grant must directly help students.

6 years ago

Philly skyline
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Home desks won’t replace Philly’s high-rise office towers anytime soon, analysts say

Philadelphia’s office market might fare better post-coronavirus than those of other U.S. cities, CBRE analysts said in a new report.

6 years ago

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