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While maintaining the civility and fairness that are the hallmarks of public radio, On the Media tackles sticky issues with a frankness and transparency that has built trust with listeners and earned it awards for its body of work.

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Extreme heat is cutting into recess for kids. Experts say that’s a problem

A heat wave at the start of the school year has educators scrambling to keep kids cool and safe.

3 years ago

Juntos Podemos ambassadors and volunteers march through South Philadelphia
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Meet the 19-year-old leading the next generation to find power at the polls in Philly

María Méndez is coordinator of Juntos Podemos, a new youth engagement effort from the longtime immigrant rights organization.

3 years ago

Justin Kemp, 17, author of “Dear,” a book about his mental health journey. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Health

How writing suicide notes helped save a teen’s life

In his new book, “Dear,” Justin Kemp writes about minority teens facing mental health issues and opens up about his own struggles.

3 years ago

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NAMI presenters visit eighth graders at Arbutus Middle School in Baltimore County to have an honest conversation about mental health concerns. (Mary Rose Madden/WHYY)
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Keeping it real with kids and their mental health

NAMI presenters visit eighth graders near Baltimore to have an honest conversation about mental health.

3 years ago

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Students walking in the hall at school.
Education

Students with disabilities in Pennsylvania will get more time in school under settlement

Under the new policy, students will be eligible to receive free services until they turn 22, rather than aging out of the program the summer after they turn 21.

3 years ago

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Education
Billy Penn

5-year Temple study aims to boost Philly students’ participation in free breakfast and lunch

To start the 5-year, NIH-funded study, researchers will collect feedback directly from students, something they say doesn’t usually happen.

3 years ago

Protesters hold up signs outside of the Denver Public Schools administration building to demand equity for students attending classes in excessively hot classrooms.
NPR
Education

As classes resume in sweltering heat, many Philly schools lack air conditioning

Amid sweltering heat waves, classes have resumed in many districts around the country that have outdated heating and cooling systems — or no air conditioning at all.

3 years ago

A shopkeeper watches a news channel airing news regarding people trapped in a cable car, at his shop in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. A cable car carrying six children and two adults dangled hundreds of meters (feet) above the ground in a remote part of Pakistan after it broke on Tuesday, trapping the occupants for hours before rescuers arrived in helicopters to try to free them.
Community

Rescuers save 8 people trapped in cable car dangling above canyon in Pakistan

The six children and two adults became trapped when a cable snapped while they were crossing a river canyon.

3 years ago

An electron micrograph of Respiratory Syncytial Virus, also known as RSV, which is the leading cause of hospitalizations among infants in the U.S.
NPR
Health

Pfizer’s RSV vaccine to protect babies gets greenlight from FDA

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first vaccine for expectant mothers to shield their babies from RSV.

3 years ago

Bryce Harper looks on before a baseball game against the Washington Nationals
Community

Kids Again: MLB makes strides in attracting younger fans, ticket buyers in growing the game

MLB says ticket-buyers are younger, more teens are watching the game and social media accounts, such as Jomboy Media, looking for snappy highlight breakdowns.

3 years ago

Rory Ehrlich being interviewed
Community
6abc

West Pottsgrove Township 6-year-old ‘Cheddar Whiz’ named 2023 Kids Mullet Champion

Rory Ehrlich says life has been pretty exciting since he entered the contest and became mullet-famous in Philadelphia.

3 years ago

The Philadelphia Phanatic, official mascot of the city’s MLB team, joined Media Borough residents and officials at Media Borough Hall as they cheered for their 12U baseball team that will complete in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., on Aug. 16, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

A Little League team from ‘Everybody’s Hometown’ goes to the World Series

Delaware County Council and Visit Delco gave a festive sendoff to the Media Little League team’s parents and supporters traveling to the first world series game.

3 years ago

A baseball is visible on the grass
Community
6abc

Delaware County team advances to Little League World Series with walk-off two-run homer

The Delaware County, Pennsylvania squad defeated Washington, D.C. in the Mid-Atlantic Regional championship Friday.

3 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline
Courts & Law

Archdiocese of Philadelphia settles child sex abuse case against a deceased priest for $3.5 million

The lawsuit said the church knew of similar reports about the priest dating back to the 1970s.

3 years ago

Jackson and his barber, Ree.
NPR
Community

A boy on the autism spectrum struggled with a haircut. His barber saved the day

Getting haircuts was one of Jackson's biggest fears. But one barber's patience and creativity made the ordeal something he now looks forward to.

3 years ago

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