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Lifestyle

How to fix youth sports

Guests: Beth Devine, Travis Dorsch, Tom Farrey Participation in youth sports is declining, particularly among low ...

Air Date: September 10, 2018 10:00 am

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Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Anand Giridharadas on predatory philanthropy

Guest: Anand Giridharadas Do-gooder billionaires–people like Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Michael Bloo ...

Air Date: September 6, 2018 10:00 am

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Jennifer Bryant looks over the debris from her family business destroyed by Hurricane Harvey Saturday, smashing homes and businesses and lashing the shore with wind and rain so intense that drivers were forced off the road because they could not see in front of them. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Community
The Conversation

Hurricane season not only brings destruction and death but rising inequality too

Hurricane Lane, which is bearing down on Hawaii, is a reminder of the devastation hurricane season can bring.

7 years ago

A woman packs crates at a  weekly free food pantry in the Bronx in New York City. The Trump administration is considering penalizing legal immigrants for using government benefits such as Medicaid and food stamps
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump administration moves to penalize immigrants for using government benefits

For months, the Trump administration has been taking steps to limit how much immigrants use welfare programs.

7 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline is seen along the banks of the Delaware River.
Community
Broke in Philly

Comcast’s $10 internet for low-income Americans is exploding in popularity

Nearly 200,000 Philadelphians take advantage of Internet Essentials, along with six million users nationwide.

7 years ago

Listen 5:59
(Steve Teare for Broke In Philly/WHYY)
Money

The high cost of being broke: Dental care

Delayed dental care can lead to infection, costly surgery.

7 years ago

Listen 2:36
(Steve Teare for Broke In Philly/WHYY)
Community

The high cost of being broke: Diapers

For single mom Sheri Milton, getting basic necessities for her three children, a four year-old son and one-year-old twin daughters, can b ...

7 years ago

(Steve Teare for Broke In Philly/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

The high cost of being broke: Transportation

On the 11th floor of a Center City office building, Rian Franks and Jacqueline Chapman sit just a few feet away from each other. B ...

7 years ago

File photo: A row of houses on North 27th Street in North Philadelphia.  (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Old homes, high poverty make Philadelphia housing less than affordable for some

Poor-quality houses and unusually high poverty tilt the equation so that demand far outstrips supply here, making affordable homes hard to obtain and difficult to manage.

7 years ago

Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale, Pa. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

With policy change, nearly a third of Pennsylvanians live in ‘environmental justice’ areas

EJ areas are now defined as a census block group with a 30 percent or greater minority population or 20 percent or greater population at or below the poverty level.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Treasurer Joe Torsella launches the Keystone Scholars program in Elk County, putting $100 in a college savings account for every child born or adopted there. Gov. Tom Wolf recently signed a law extending the program to all of Pennsylvania.
Education

New Pennsylvania college savings plan targets newborns

The purpose of providing the starter deposit is to raise awareness about the children’s savings accounts, known as 529 accounts.

7 years ago

Cows graze at the Cedar Dreams farm in Peach Bottom, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

From dump-bound to table: Philabundance turns surplus milk into cheese and yogurt for hungry Philadelphians

While new technologies have allowed farms to produce more milk, fewer people are consuming it, causing milk prices to plummet and creating a surplus that often ends up wasted.

7 years ago

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Sign-carrying participants march on the southern leg of the Poor People's Campaign May 10, 1968, in Atlanta. (AP file photo)
Community

Philly-region activists heading to D.C. for mass rally against poverty

The event on the National Mall kicks off the next phase of the new Poor People’s Campaign to continue – and build upon – the original campaign started by MLK

7 years ago

Joan Cashin volunteered to help organize and prepare the Mule Train. (Courtesy of Roland Freeman)
NPR
Community

In 1968, poor Americans came to D.C. to protest, some by mule

The Mule Train left the Mississippi Delta, for Washington, D.C. It was part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s last major effort to mobilize impoverished Americans.

7 years ago

City Councilwoman Helen Gym
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia could become the next city to pass a scheduling law for retail and fast-food companies

Across the country, retail and fast-food employees have said that unpredictable work schedules, the kind churned out by computer programs, wreak havoc on their lives.

7 years ago

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