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Art students led by Marcy Morris display drawings with a
Arts & Entertainment

Camden IDEA center offers kids an arts oasis during the pandemic

The pandemic delayed, but did not stop, the IDEA center in Camden from offering young people ways to create art.

6 years ago

Woman holding a toy skeleton
Community

Families find creative ways to trick or treat in Delaware, but Sea Witch extravaganza is off

The governor’s coronavirus restrictions are quashing many traditional events and door-to-door candy grabs are discouraged.

6 years ago

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Patricia Stamper, with her 5-year-old son
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Education

‘I’m only 1 person’: Teachers feel torn between their students and their own kids

Educators around the U.S. told us they're facing heartbreaking choices between the needs of their students and the needs of their own children.

6 years ago

Kids at Today’s Child day care
Community
Spotlight PA

Hundreds of Pa. child-care centers have closed, and some fear it will get worse

Between March and the beginning of September, more than 260 licensed child-care programs across Pennsylvania permanently closed.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles defenders warm up during NFL training camp
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 10/5/20

This week; furloughs in the airline industry, aging out of foster care in a pandemic, and what's wrong with Philly sports?

Air Date: October 5, 2020 12:00 am

Listen 49:29
Norma McCorvey,
Courts & Law

N.J. moves to codify abortion rights into state law ahead of Supreme Court vote

With another conservative nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy moves to codify abortion rights into state law.

6 years ago

(Margo Reed/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Education
Spotlight PA

Hershey School proposes $350 million network of six early childhood centers in Pa.

The Hershey School, the nation's richest private school, agrees under pressure from state Attorney General Josh Shapiro to expand across Pennsylvania.

6 years ago

The obstacles and hardships facing working mothers are not new, but the pandemic has given them more visibility.
NPR
Community

‘This is too much’: Working moms are reaching the breaking point during the pandemic

The coronavirus did not create the struggles that working mothers face daily. But it has exacerbated them and made them more visible, forcing women to make hard choices.

6 years ago

A teacher leads her students into PS 179 elementary school
Education

COVID-19 cases rising among US children as schools reopen

Children of all ages now make up 10% of all U.S cases, up from 2% in April, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported Tuesday.

6 years ago

In this Sept. 9, 2020 photo, students wear protective masks as they arrive for classes at the Immaculate Conception School while observing COVID-19 prevention protocols in The Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Radio Times
Health

Covid-19 checkup: vaccine progress and kids in school

Where do the vaccine candidates stand and how are politics complicating it all? Also, what are we learning about infections in schools that have reopened?

Air Date: September 29, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:47
NPR
Politics & Policy

Young activist pushes to lower voting age to 16 as ‘the logical next step’ for Gen Z

Young adults are known for taking to the streets in protest. Now, there's a youth-driven push to bring more of them to the ballot box.

6 years ago

A Devereux facility in Devon, Pa.
Community

Philly removes children from Devereux facilities after sex abuse revelations

After 25 years of child sex abuse at Devereux facilities were uncovered in August, Philly is removing 53 children still in the nonprofit’s care.

6 years ago

Members of the Juvenile Law Center’s Youth Fostering Change pose in Harrisburg in better days
Community
Broke in Philly

Who did the pandemic hit worst? Young adults aging out of foster care got slammed, new survey shows

Advocates in Pa. say there are ways to mitigate the disaster, but officials must act.

6 years ago

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines for a safe Halloween during the COVID-19 pandemic include new methods of doing classic spooky activities. (ArtMarie/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

CDC’s Halloween guidelines warn against typical trick-or-treating

Door-to-door trick-or-treating and crowded costume parties are out, and haunted forests and outdoor movie nights are in.

6 years ago

Cigarettes and other tobacco products
Courts & Law

Three flavored cigar companies sue Philly over law restricting sales to kids

The companies are suing Philadelphia over a law passed last year limiting sales of flavored cigars and cigarillos to adult-only stores.

6 years ago

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