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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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Government Accountability

In this Oct. 23, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Money

As the nation files taxes, Trump still hides his

Today is tax day, and millions of Americans will have to show the government everything — their salaries and their expenses, their profits, and their losses.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman (left) and Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (right) took turns discussing the rising cost of college education at Penn State's University Park campus on Thursday, April 11, 2019. (Min Xian / Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Fetterman, Corman seek solutions to the rising cost of higher education at student forum

In-state tuition and fees for Pennsylvania’s public four-year universities are among the highest in the nation.

7 years ago

City Councilman Bobby Henon attends a budget hearing on March 1, 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Indicted Councilman Henon pushes for more L&I inspectors, dominates budget hearing

Henon dominated the hearing with testimony in favor of a moonshot bill he introduced in January, which would almost quintuple the number of department inspectors.

7 years ago

The Pennsylvania state capitol building in Harrisburg  (AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania considering a constitutional amendment to overhaul its redistricting process

The state Senate has taken a first step toward overhauling Pennsylvania’s redistricting process — passing a bipartisan proposal out of committee.

7 years ago

Patricia Cahill (right) greets Sister Eileen Shaw, the nun she says sexually abused her, at an event at Paramus Catholic High School in 1970. (Courtesy of Patricia Cahill)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘Invisible’ victims: Survivors of sexual abuse by nuns demand to be counted

Last year's sweeping Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse did not investigate abuse by nuns.

7 years ago

Listen 4:59
Pennsylvania Rep. Tom Murt, R-Montgomery, was found by USA Today to have attached his name to more pieces of copycat legislation than any other lawmaker in the country. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmaker cited by national investigation defends role as ‘copycat’ legislator

State Rep. Thomas Murt says those bills represent just 1 percent of all bills he’s ever backed.

7 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney presents his budget to City Council. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Super PAC airs first TV ad of Philly mayor’s race

The first ad in the Philadelphia mayor’s race comes from a labor-backed super PAC supporting Mayor Jim Kenney’s re-election bid.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Stacey Abrams: her politics and her life

Stacey Abrams talks about her book, "Lead from the Outside" and about current politics, voting rights, and her personal story.

Air Date: April 5, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:31
Pennsylvania's congressional map as drawn in 2011. In 2018, it was deemed an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander by the Pa. Supreme Court (Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Creating a fairer map: Pa. Redistricting Reform Commission kicks off public input tour

The first of nine meetings drew more than 50 people in Williamsport Thursday evening.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Uber driver consults her phone during a shift. (Jessica Kourkounis for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Philly parking czar wants to know who’s driving your Uber, says Pa. audit doesn’t go far enough

PPA director Scott Petri wants the authority to certify Uber and Lyft drivers as part of wide-ranging regulatory package aimed at making ride-hailing services safer.

7 years ago

(Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money
The Philadelphia Tribune

Philadelphia reveals nearly all spending from 2017

Philadelphia’s checkbook is now publicly available. The city released a trove of data that details $4.2 billion in city payments for fiscal year 2017.

7 years ago

Smog fills Utah's Salt Lake Valley in January 2017. Winter weather in the area often traps air pollution that is bad for public health. (George Frey/Getty Images)
NPR
Science

EPA panel considering guidelines that upend basic air pollution science

At a public meeting, multiple members of the committee said they do not agree that breathing air polluted with soot can lead to an early death.

7 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall. (WHYY file photo)
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia fires, demotes 30 employees over ethics violations

From falsifying time sheets to working an outside job, 30 Philadelphia public employees were disciplined or fired in 2018 for unethical behavior.

7 years ago

Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs St. John's Episcopal Church, across from the White House, after attending morning services, in Washington, Sunday, March 24, 2019. Mueller closed his long and contentious Russia investigation with no new charges, ending the probe that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump's presidency. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Politics & Policy

Time for the Democrats to refocus

Just like John Gotti, nothing sticks to Donald Trump. That’s a shame, because anyone watching saw circumstances indicating that the Trump campaign had extensive ties to Russia

7 years ago

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sunday.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Next steps and big unanswered questions as the nation moves into post-Mueller era

Special counsel Robert Mueller's work is done, but the Russia imbroglio likely has a few more encores before the curtain closes.

7 years ago

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