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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
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Sports in America

Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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Economy

Pumpjacks work in a New Mexico field. (Charlie Riedel/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Oil prices hit a new low. Here’s why that might be a bad thing

The cost of a barrel dropped below $60, a decrease of more than 20 percent from its peak last month.

7 years ago

a sign advertises a program that allows food stamp recipients to use their EBT cards to shop at a farmer's market
Community

Families with immigrant members report doing without food stamps in Philadelphia

Ever since the Trump administration took a tougher stand on immigration policies, service providers report immigrants are avoiding school visits and doctor offices.

7 years ago

The London skyline, shown in March 2017, is still shining bright. But the U.K. is using noticeably less energy than it did more than a decade ago. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

The U.K. economy is growing — but its energy use is shrinking

In the global fight against climate change, the United Kingdom has quietly notched an unusual — and somewhat mystifying — victory.

7 years ago

An Eagles fan takes in the city from the top of the steps to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, also known as the Rocky steps. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Money

Talkin’ ’bout agglomeration

Philadelphia didn't get the nod for the location of Amazon's second headquarters. But that doesn't mean that the city's 100-page bid was a complete waste of time.

Air Date: November 19, 2018

Listen 13:42
Supporters attend a hearing at Philadelphia City Hall on fair workweek legislation. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Politics & Policy

How’s your schedule looking?

Philly could be the next city to pass a bill to help fix a nagging problem impacting about 20 percent of the city's workforce: their often unpredictable work schedules.

Air Date: November 14, 2018

Listen 12:38
Amazon has wrapped its search for HQ2. (Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Amazon’s grand search for 2nd headquarters ends with split: NYC and D.C. suburb

Amazon's HQ2 is getting divided by two.

7 years ago

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Fair Workweek legislation

Guests: Helen Gym, Earlene Bly, Mark Price, Melissa Bova Hourly workers in the hotel, retail and fast-food indust ...

Air Date: November 13, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:49
Don Skidmore stands in front of a sign for United Auto Workers Local 735, the union chapter he represented as president when he was a General Motors employee. (Ari Shapiro/NPR)
NPR
Community

Life after GM: A family upended by auto plant closure took divergent paths

Three members of a Michigan family had all worked at a General Motors plant near Detroit before it closed in 2010, as the economy and the auto industry collapsed around them.

7 years ago

In this 2017 photo, an assembly line laborer works alongside a collaborative robot, left, on a chainsaw production line. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PlanPhilly
Money
PlanPhilly

Philadelphia safer from job-stealing robots than peer cities, report says

If you work in Philadelphia, your job may be safe from the robots that pundits predict could put one-third of U.S. workers out of a job by 2030.

7 years ago

Drug addiction is a big concern to rural Americans, according to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
NPR
Health

NPR poll: Rural Americans are worried about addiction and jobs, but remain optimistic

7 years ago

NPR
Politics & Policy

Federal deficit jumps 17 percent as tax cuts eat into government revenue

7 years ago

Hawa Hamadi serves up an order at Ivar's Fish Bar, the to-go section of Ivar's on the waterfront pier, on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 in Seattle, Washington. Ivar's is one of the local businesses affected by Seattle's Secure Scheduling Ordinance, which took effect in July 2017, aiming to establish more predictable work schedules for employees of large retail and food establishments. (Lindsey Wasson for the Inquirer)
Money
Broke In Philly

As Philly considers copying Seattle law making hourly workers’ schedules easier, here’s how it’s working there

If passed in Philadelphia, backers say it would help 130,000 employees — most of them part-time chain retail and fast-food workers — or 20 percent of the city's workforce.

7 years ago

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For its production of
Arts & Entertainment

With ‘Sweat,’ Philadelphia Theatre Company comes back online

The Philadelphia Theatre Company jumps back in the game with the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Sweat.'

7 years ago

U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello, who represents a suburban area west of Philadelphia, voted in favor of the
Politics & Policy

While nation watched Kavanaugh hearings, House passed ‘Tax Cuts 2.0’

Running on tax cuts would normally unite Republicans, but 2018 is not turning out to be a normal year.

7 years ago

Alyssa Collins, Director of the Penn State Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center, holds hemp seeds grown as part of a research crop. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
Science

Research in Pa. could inform future hemp production in Mid-Atlantic

Farmers and researchers in 23 Pennsylvania counties have been studying industrial hemp in trial crops this year.

7 years ago

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