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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a cover of a 1964 Cheltenham Township Adult School catalog
Community

60 years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech at Cheltenham High School

King visited as part of the Cheltenham Township Adult School’s 5-Star Forum series on April 15, 1964. Other speakers included Art Buchwald, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis.

1 year ago

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Robert MacNeil
Community

Robert MacNeil, co-founder of PBS NewsHour, dies at 93

His connection to PBS began in 1971, when he was hired to co-anchor NPACT, the National Public Affairs Center for Television.

1 year ago

An election worker continues the process of counting ballots for the 2022 Pennsylvania primary election in Mercer, Pa.
Studio 2
Politics & Policy

Should Pennsylvania Have Open Primaries?, Local ‘Rosie the Riveters’ Honored, Ancient Wine

We'll talk about the pros and cons of open primaries and ask whether or not party members alone should have a say in their candidate.

Air Date: April 10, 2024 12:00 pm

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Some of the students representing Princeton High School in the Samsung Electronics Solve For Tomorrow STEM competition with their teacher, Mark Eastburn (center)
Science

Princeton High School students are national finalists in STEM competition for efforts to preserve vulnerable language

Their project involves an AI-powered stuffed animal that allows people to practice Mam, a Mayan language spoken in Guatemala.

1 year ago

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Jesse Crooks, projectionist Renew Theaters
Arts & Entertainment

The dying art of 35mm cinema: How the Ambler Theater is keeping ‘one of the closest things we have to magic’ alive

From April 12–14, the theater is holding its annual 35mm Film Festival to showcase nine classic features, such as “The Wizard of Oz,” “Evil Dead II” and “Rififi.”

1 year ago

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An engineering team placed the Bicentennial Bell, which had been in storage since 2013, in its new home in the Bicentennial Bell Garden on 3rd and Walnut streets on April 6, 2024. (Emily Neil/WHYY)
Community

The Bicentennial Bell returns to public view in Philadelphia

Project leaders said the Bicentennial Bell Garden would be completed and open to the public by mid to late June.

1 year ago

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Nina Jablonski
Health

Finding our family’s roots through the ‘sepia rainbow’

Genealogy often looks like thumbing through old documents and pictures, but what story does skin color tell about family lineage?

1 year ago

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the Old Barracks Museum in Trenton, N.J.
Arts & Entertainment

‘An exciting time in history’: Old Barracks Museum in Trenton gets accreditation ahead of U.S. Semiquincentennial

The museum, housed in buildings dating from 1758, is one of two new museums to receive accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums.

1 year ago

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a student at Temple University
Health

A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It’s finally changing

The U.S. transplant system ordered hospitals to quit using a test that made Black patients' kidneys appear healthier than they really were.

1 year ago

Harvard
Community

Harvard says it’s removed human skin from binding of 19th century book

The school says the text was given to a physician who, without consent, bound it with the skin of a deceased female patient in a hospital where he worked.

1 year ago

An American flag flies on a moored boat as the container ship Dali rests against wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, as seen from Pasadena, Md.
Community

In Key Bridge collapse, Baltimore lost a piece of its cultural identity

The deadly collapse of the historic bridge has shaken the city and challenged its cultural identity as a port city dating back to before the U.S. declared its independence.

1 year ago

A basket of decorated eggs
Arts & Entertainment

How did Pa. become the ‘gateway’ to Easter egg decorating? A Glencairn Museum exhibit explains

The art form introduced by the Pennsylvania Dutch and shared by other German and Eastern European immigrants continues to be practiced by Pennsylvania artists today.

1 year ago

Aerial photo of University City
PlanPhilly
Community

Wagner course explores architecture and history of West Philadelphia

The course covers West Philly from its days as a separate municipality only accessible by ferry to the ongoing ripple effects of urban renewal.

1 year ago

Just a few hundred feet from I-95, water flows over the dam built in 1792 to power the mill at Cooch's Bridge near Newark, Delaware.
Community

Delaware historians are fighting to preserve historic Cooch’s Bridge site

DelDOT's decision to address the site’s deficiencies has stirred concerns among residents regarding its historic value.

1 year ago

Listen 1:41
Community
Billy Penn

These are the coolest things made in Philly

The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry is hosting its second-annual “Coolest Thing Made in PA” competition. Here’s our picks for the best “Made in Philly.”

1 year ago

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