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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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Members of the Four Seasons Total Landscaping team pose for a photo
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

The inside story of the documentary on Four Seasons Total Landscaping, a surprisingly touching tale of small business success

It was quite a year for the Northeast Philly lawn care operation.

5 years ago

Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, left, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, center, and LeRoy Jones, chairman of the state's Democratic committee, right, celebrate at Convention Hall after Murphy won the gubernatorial race against Jack Ciattarelli, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, in Asbury Park, N.J. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
Politics & Policy

Democrats facing tough slog in 2022 governor’s races

Republicans are increasingly optimistic about flipping governor’s offices in key battleground states next year.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden smiles as he speaks about the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden’s infrastructure win gives him some momentum. Here’s why he needs that

5 years ago

File Photo: Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, left, listens as Attorney General Jeff Landry, right, speaks about medicines being donated by drug companies to help the fight against COVID-19 at the Governor's Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management, April 6, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. A federal appeals court has temporarily halted the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement for businesses with 100 or more workers. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, granted an emergency stay of the requirement by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration that those workers be vaccinated by Jan. 4, or face mask requirements and weekly tests. Landry said the court action halts President Biden’s administration from “moving forward with his unlawful overreach.”
Health

Appeals court stays Biden administration’s vaccine mandate on larger businesses

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican, said the court action halts Biden’s administration from “moving forward with his unlawful overreach.”

5 years ago

A person drops off a mail-in ballot at an election ballot return box in Willow Grove, Pa., Monday, Oct. 25, 2021.
Politics & Policy

For Pa.’s statewide candidates, 2021 lessons are in the eye of the beholder

Takeaways often had more to do with candidates’ existing campaign strategies, rather than sober analysis of electoral trends.

5 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives to lead Democrats in advancing President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion-and-growing domestic policy package, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. The hard-fought social policy and climate-change legislation will still have to clear the 50-50-Senate, where revisions are likely and Biden has no votes to spare
Politics & Policy

House Dems delay huge social bill, plan infrastructure vote

The Democrats' long struggle to balance demands from progressives and moderates once again dogged that pillar of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda.

5 years ago

New Jersey State Senator-elect Edward Durr. (Facebook)
Politics & Policy

Edward Durr, GOP novice who unseated Sweeney, responds to backlash over Islamophobic tweet

After the Islamophobic and xenophobic tweet resurfaced Thursday, Muslim advocacy groups called on Durr to apologize or resign.

5 years ago

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A closeup of Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Corruption trial continues as Councilmember Bobby Henon’s lawyer drills into fundraising

Among the character witnesses called for Henon were former nurses union president Patricia Eakin and Michael Bresnan, president of the firefighters and paramedics union.

5 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks to supporters from a podium
Politics & Policy

Phil Murphy narrowly reelected governor in New Jersey

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has won reelection over Republican Jack Ciattarelli.

5 years ago

Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin, right, gives his wife Suzanne, a high five during a rally in Chesterfield, Va., Monday, Nov. 1, 2021
Politics & Policy

Youngkin wins Virginia governor’s race, jolting Democrats

Republican former business executive Glenn Youngkin has won Virginia’s governor’s race, a major political turnabout in a state that had been trending increasingly blue.

5 years ago

Lawyer Michael Puppio discusses issues with mail-in ballots in Delaware County following a hearing on October 30, 2021. (6abc)
Politics & Policy
6abc

Delaware County mail-in ballot issues caused by third-party vendor, lawyer says

On Saturday, lawyer Michael Puppio who is representing two candidates running for Delaware County Council said a third-party vendor is responsible for the issues.

5 years ago

Mail ballots
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Beware the ‘naked ballot’: Follow these steps to make sure your mail vote counts

If you don’t know about the rule, it’s easy to mess this up.

5 years ago

Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora and Council President Kathy McBride
Politics & Policy

‘Do your damn job’: Trentonians tired of infighting between mayor and city council

The fight over what to do with the city’s emergency radio system is just the latest rift between Trenton’s mayor and city council, and residents are sick of it.

5 years ago

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, speaks with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021
Politics & Policy

Big, messy, complicated: Biden’s plan churns in Congress

Fallout was brutal Friday after Biden’s announcement of a $1.75 trillion framework still failed to produce ironclad support from two key holdout senators.

5 years ago

Willie Brown, president of TWU Local 234
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

SEPTA union president Willie Brown — the ‘most hated man in Philadelphia’ — has a new job

A labor agreement that averted a possible strike by SEPTA’s largest union will likely be the last helmed by TWU Local 234 President Willie Brown.

5 years ago

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