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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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This is a Lyft logo being installed on a Lyft driver's car on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018 in Pittsburgh. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Health

Philly area health provider eying Lyft to get poor, pregnant patients to appointments

Keystone First plans to partner with Lyft to help low-income, pregnant patients get to appointments.

8 years ago

Young men gather for an afternoon basketball game at Vare Recreation Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Mayor Kenney announces first rec ‘rebuild’ as clash over union diversity heats up

The clash over Rebuild centers around an agreement between the mayor and building trades union leader John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty outlining union hiring plans

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale, speaks after he was sworn in for his second term at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017.
Politics & Policy

More funding sought for Pa. child welfare programs

A funding boost will be a hard sell in the spending-averse General Assembly, says state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale.

8 years ago

(Fahmida Azim for NPR)
NPR
Education

As ’13 Reasons Why’ returns, schools try to help students who are thinking of suicide

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for teenagers. And experts argue it's more than just an individual mental health issue. It's a public health issue.

8 years ago

The author's daughters/girlbosses standing in front of their jewelry in MonkeyFish.
Philly Parenting
Lifestyle

Girl bosses go retail

A year ago I was right here with you talking about the Loopholes Boutique Etsy shop my daughters had launched to sell their ...

8 years ago

In one Indiana prison, a program allows incarcerated moms to raise their newborns. (PBS)
PBS
Courts & Law

In one Indiana prison, a program allows incarcerated moms to raise their newborns

The U.S. incarcerates women at a higher rate than any other country and a majority of these women are mothers.

8 years ago

In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 photo, a 19-year-old transgender teen, who declined to be identified because she feared for her life after receiving death threats this summer at a halfway house, poses for a photo. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
WITF
Health

Study: Teen depression rates soared in recent years

Rates of major depression are up 63 percent among teens, and are up nearly 50 percent among young adults.

8 years ago

Meara Lim-Goyette, 11, (center) rehearses with Musicopia, for a performance of Mark Laycock's
Arts & Entertainment

New work for Philly youth orchestra allows every musician to shine

Philadelphia youth orchestra Musicopia will premiere a new composition written just for them.

8 years ago

Todd Zartman gives his 'Kiddynomics' presentation.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

With ‘Kiddynomics,’ an attempt to teach youngest learners how to manage money

The Federal Reserve Bank has developed a curriculum to teach children as young as 3 and 4 the basics of financial literacy.

8 years ago

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Jenaveve Mitzel, 17, a cystic fibrosis patient at CHOP, worked with students from Drexel University to direct and animate a film. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Making movies animates long-term Children’s Hospital patients

Drexel University students are teaming up with young patients at CHOP to create animated films.

8 years ago

Listen 2:02
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Director Jason Reitman on ‘Tully’

Guest: Jason Reitman In the new film Tully, Charlize Theron plays an already stressed-out mother who’s ...

Air Date: April 30, 2018 10:00 am

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When Gov. John Carney recently signed the alternate diploma bill into law, parents, educators, advocates and students were delighted. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Education

Disabled students can now check ‘diploma’ box on job applications

Delaware's alternate diploma will give students a major boost when it comes to job prospects in grocery stores, clerical work and so much more, advocates say.

8 years ago

The capitol building in Harrisburg
Courts & Law

Activists rally for changes to Pa. child custody laws

The efforts of the group, known as the National Parents Organization, have inspired fierce opposition from domestic violence organizations.

8 years ago

Voices in the Family

Can we teach character strengths to kids?

Research shows that character strengths are as important as I-Q and socioeconomic status to achievement and well-being in life. The ...

Air Date: April 23, 2018

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5,500 U.S. youths ages 12 to 17, about 6 percent say they've engaged in some sort of digital self-harm. More than half in that subgroup say they've bullied themselves this way more than once.
(Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

When teens cyberbully themselves

They're anonymously posting mean and derogatory comments about themselves on social media.

8 years ago

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