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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Politics

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf talks with Misericordia University student and mother Rochelle Jade Scott and her daughter Sky as he visited Misericordia University in Dallas, Pa., Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, to tour the Ruth Matthews Bourger Women with Children Program and to outline his bold budget plan to create the strongest workforce in the nation. (Mark Moran/The Citizens' Voice via AP)
Education

Pennsylvania’s school funding fight exits spotlight

For years, Pennsylvania's school-funding system has stuck out nationally, occasionally flagged as one of the least equitable.

6 years ago

A sculpture of an oil pump held by a human hand stands outside the headquarters of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company. (Fernando Llano/AP Photo)
Money
The Conversation

Why Venezuela’s oil money could keep undermining its economy and democracy

As political and economic crises threaten to topple Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, political scientists like us are not surprised that he has run into trouble.

6 years ago

Philadelphia officials have decided to sell the city property at 4601 Market St. for $10 million. The sale had been held up for months. (PlanPhilly file)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia councilwoman delayed major city land deal to help a developer

Philadelphia Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell froze the sale of 4601 Market to help developer and Belmont Charter School Network CEO Michael Karp.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania's House Labor and Industry Committee held a hearing Wednesday at the Harrisburg Capitol on Gov. Tom Wolf's plan for gradually increasing the minimum wage to $15. (ShutterStock)
Money

Skeptical GOP, economists review Wolf plan to raise minimum wage

Republicans say they’re keeping an open mind — but their initial reactions indicate a gradual hike to $15 may may be a pipe dream in Pennsylvania.

6 years ago

(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais), (AP Photo/John Amis)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Evaluating Trump’s State of the Union Address

Marty and her panel of guests will evaluate Trump's second State of the Union Address, delivered Tuesday night.

Air Date: February 6, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Demonstrators hold signs and chant outside the Governors Mansion at the Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, Saturday, calling for Gov. Ralph Northam to resign. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Community

Why we keep looking at the Northam photo

How many people who are currently flaying Ralph Northam engaged in routine racist behavior when they were younger?

6 years ago

The state Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Courts & Law

Voters may be asked to weigh in on victims’ rights this year

The ACLU says the amendment could make it harder for defendants to get the information they need to defend themselves.

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilman Bobby Henon wears a Local 98 T-shirt at the Labor Day parade. Henon's office at City Council was searched by the FBI a month before. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law
PlanPhilly

Councilman indicted on union corruption charges introduces contractor review bill

Bobby Henon did not attend Council because of his arraignment but Councilman Bill Greenlee introduced the bills on his behalf.

6 years ago

Left to right: Dan Coates  (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana), Nicolas Maduro (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos), Taliban fighter (AP Photos/Allauddin Khan, File)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The week in foreign policy

Today, Marty and her guests discuss President Trump's combativeness with his own intelligence agencies, the power struggle in Venezuela, and peace talks with the Taliban.

Air Date: January 31, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Philabundance volunteer Craig McCann hands out grapes as part of the Emergency Market for federal employees effected by the government shutdown. (Courtesy of Jonathan Gonzalez for Philabundance)
Community

Federal workers stock up at Philly food pantry as they wait for paychecks

Food insecurity is still gripping federal workers in Philly as they wait for their paychecks and brace for the possibility of another shutdown.

6 years ago

A file photo of former ZBA chair James Moylan (Moylan Chiropractic website)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law
PlanPhilly

Feds: Former ZBA head embezzled from nonprofits

James Moylan, former head of Philadelphia’s Zoning Board of Adjustment, was indicted Tuesday by federal authorities on embezzlement charges.

6 years ago

Contributors may fear blowback from employees or customers if their support for the organization became public, some nonprofits say. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Money

Issue advocacy groups say N.J. ‘dark money’ bill unfairly targets their private donors

Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey are pushing a bill that would require “dark money” groups that support political candidates or causes to disclose their donors.

6 years ago

Former Deputy Executive Director at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Bill Baroni outside Newark Federal Court following his arraignment. (Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
Courts & Law

‘Bridgegate’ co-conspirator to be resentenced next month

Bill Baroni is scheduled to appear in court in Newark on Feb. 26, according to an order filed by a federal judge last week.

6 years ago

In this file photo, a woman shouts while marching with service workers asking for $15 minimum wage pay during a rally at Newark Liberty International Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in Newark, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Money

N.J. plan for raising minimum wage to $15 headed for final votes

Most hourly N.J. workers could be earning at least $15 by 2024 under a plan nearing final votes.

6 years ago

Unmarked boxes taken from John 'Johnny Doc' Dougherty's home during a raid in 2016. (Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
Courts & Law

N.J. contractor pleads guilty to union bribes linked to Local 98 probe

The charges are linked to a years-long federal probe into the operations of Local 98, Philadelphia’s powerful electricians' union.

6 years ago

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