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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Economy

Members of the artists' collective Space 1026 Maximillian Lawrence (left) and John Armstrong, stand in the new space they purchased on North Broad Street, a former hairdresser's shop. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

In a Philadelphia first, artist collective becomes property owner

Space 1026, being forced out of its current location, becomes the first artist collective in Philadelphia to buy a building.

7 years ago

Waste Management technicians clear plastic bags and plastic sheeting from a recycling center screen. Plastic bags and sheeting are a major challenge for recyclers, as they snarl sorting equipment, cause contamination, and drive up processing costs.
Science

Suburban Philly recycling programs address challenges as they settle into ‘new normal’

Programs in municipalities around Philly are adjusting as China’s stricter standards for recyclable materials appear permanent.

7 years ago

The Full City Challenge aims to fold in the resources of the partnership  — and the networks that both organizations bring to the table — to help the winning team execute its pilot and fulfill its mission. (Courtesy of Rebel Ventures)
PlanPhilly
Community

Rebel Ventures pitch youth-powered corner store at Full City Challenge

The feedback participants gave — “Don’t be afraid to project!” “It wasn’t clear to me how you’d spend that $5,000, make sure you specify,”  strengthened each project.

7 years ago

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Radio Times
Education

The student debt crisis

Student loan debt has more then doubled in the last decade to $1.5 trillion. We look at the causes, consequences and possible policy solutions for tackling student debt.

Air Date: February 15, 2019 10:00 am

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State and local government officials attend a ceremony for the raising of the final steel beam at Holtec International. on July 8, 2016. The company got $260 million in tax incentives to build its manufacturing plant in Camden.
The Why
Politics & Policy

Are N.J. tax breaks for companies worth the money? Why it’s hard to tell

The Economic Opportunity Act offered companies big tax breaks to move to or expand in N.J. It worked for Camden. Now critics say the program needs to change.

Air Date: February 7, 2019

Listen 14:41
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathy Kraninger speaks to media in Washington, D.C., in December 2018. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Consumer Protection Bureau aims to roll back rule for payday lending

Critics say the Consumer Protection Bureau is siding with the very industry it is supposed to regulate and is scrapping a rule that would have protected borrowers.

7 years ago

An aerial view of the N.J. General Assembly
Politics & Policy

New Jersey makes $15 minimum wage official

The Garden State is fourth to gradually increase its minimum wage to $15. By 2024, most minimum wage workers will be earning that hourly rate.

7 years ago

A man wears a cape made from a Puerto Rican during an event to remember the people who died in Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. The group of activists gathered on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Oct. 13, 2018. (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Judge approves massive Puerto Rico debt restructuring deal

"Puerto Rico has taken an important step toward its total financial recovery," Gov. Ricardo Rossello said in a statement.

7 years ago

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf puts on a Philadelphia Eagles hat to celebrate their Super Bowl win before he gives his budget address at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy
PA Post

In budget address, how ambitious will Gov. Tom Wolf be?

What to know and what to watch for on Tuesday

7 years ago

People walking in an orchard
Money
NJ Spotlight

N.J. invests public retirement funds in other states’ farms

N.J. pension officials are finalizing a $100 million stake in a private-equity fund to buy and lease farmland in West, Midwest and the Mississippi Delta.

7 years ago

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NPR
Money

Fed says U.S. growth is ‘solid,’ keeps interest rates unchanged

The economy is growing at a "solid rate" and inflation is hovering near the Federal Reserve's target, the central bank said Wednesday.

7 years ago

A sign at the entrance of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., says the museum will reopen Tuesday. The shutdown reduced federal spending by $18 billion, although most of that will be recouped now that the government has reopened, according to a new report.
(Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Government shutdown cut into economic growth, CBO Says

The report says that because of the shutdown, which lasted from Dec. 22 through last Friday, about $18 billion in discretionary government spending was delayed.

7 years ago

Even the Federal Reserve has noticed ghosting, which it defines as
NPR
Money

In a hot labor market, some employees are ‘ghosting’ bad bosses

The Fed defined ghosting on the job as "a situation where a worker stops coming to work without notice and then is impossible to contact."

7 years ago

Broke in Philly is listening.  (Steve Teare)
Community
PlanPhilly

We want your questions. Help drive our reporting on poverty and economic justice in Philly

Now it’s your turn, PlanPhilly readers. Join the conversation and help drive our reporting!

7 years ago

Rowhouse Grocery in Point Breeze (Alfred Lubrano/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Community

A grocery opens in Point Breeze to bring affordable food to supermarket desert

A corner store on a mission, Rowhouse Grocery in Point Breeze is a posh yet accessible oasis in a supermarket desert.

7 years ago

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