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History

 Dr. Priya Musunuri, a geriatric psychiatrist at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, prepares to administer electroconvulsive therapy. (Elana Gordon/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

How electroconvulsive therapy’s troubled past has colored its modern use

Elyse Hunt hit rock bottom last summer. She had pummeled deeply into an already serious depression, leaving her bedridden and contemplati ...

9 years ago

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A truck drives near the Mexico-U.S. border fence. Sens. John McCain and Chris. Coons formally introduced a bill that would grant permanent legal status to undocumented immigrants known as “Dreamers,” and start bolstering security along the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP file photo)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

The Mongols are coming! The Mongols are coming!

Donald Trump’s wall is sure to become a geo-political trivia question, which will likely be phrased, “What humongous ego tha ...

9 years ago

President-elect Donald Trump stands on stage as his pick for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a rally at DeltaPlex Arena
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

Trump’s vision of America’s past is bad for America’s future

When I was an undergrad at Temple, I was asked to create an illustration for an article about abortion to appear in the first issue of th ...

9 years ago

A part of the declassified version of the Intelligence Community Assessment on Russia's efforts to interfere with the U.S. political process is photographed in Washington
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Trump, the CIA, and the historical fallacy

Donald Trump is correct: The American intelligence community misled us about Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction. So that mean ...

9 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Public feedback sought on on Schuylkill River Swing Bridge project

9 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Keystone Crossroads: A 1940s documentary about housing and poverty in Philadelphia, and progress since then

9 years ago

Cherry Hill Farmhouse
Community

How Cherry Hill got its name

If you grew up in South Jersey, you probably already know that Cherry Hill, New Jersey, got its name from the Cherry Hill Farm.

9 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Acknowledging MOVE bombing’s enduring trauma, city wants to rebuild again

9 years ago

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) / (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Can we get from ‘Donald the Terrible’ to ‘Donald the Bearable’?

The history of kings and emperors and rulers is replete with tales of madness, illness and general unsuitability for office.

9 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Q&A with Jane Jacobs biographer Robert Kanigel

9 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Educational reuse being considered for Germantown’s vacant Loudoun Mansion

9 years ago

The authors of a new book about the life of 19th century civil rights activist Octavius Catto, Daniel Biddle (right) and Murray Dubin (left) are joined by Mayor Jim Kenney and Community College of Philadelphia President Donald Generals for a panel discussion on Catto's life. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly celebrates Octavius Catto who was assassinated on Election Day 1871 [photos]

To mark the last day voters can register in Pennsylvania, the mayor of Philadelphia joined a discussion about a little-known civil rights activist from the 19th century.

9 years ago

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Reels of film wait to be catalogued in one of the Library of Congress warehouses. (Irina Zhorov/The Pulse)
The Pulse
Science

Digital demands paradigm shift in film archiving

At the Library of Congress Packard Campus of Audio-Visual Conservation, vaults burrow into Mount Pony on a 45-acre campus surrounded by b ...

9 years ago

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A small group protests racism in the Gayborhood by shutting down the street in front of ICandy. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Speak Easy

Don’t trick yourself into thinking Gayborhood racism is new

Watching recent protests in the Gayborhood has brought on a strong case of déjà vu for me.

9 years ago

The author and his son on their Hobie Cat
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

Chasing family history and the tail end of summer on Little Egg Harbor Bay

I turned 50 this year. Feeling so young, I towed my sailboat to the Jersey Shore for the family vacation. It’s a Hobie Cat, ostensi ...

9 years ago

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