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Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, and the biases that shape our choices.

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Melissa Coleman walks toward the stage at Pottstown High School to the sound of Pomp and Circumstance. Four members of her family were allowed to attend the mini-cermony, which was repeated for each member of the graduating class. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

‘Headed to another part of life’: High school graduates walk in Pottstown, alone and adored

The 230 seniors will walk across the stage, one every 15 minutes, during the social-distanced procession.

6 years ago

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MaryLouise Patterson and her friend
Community

Can we still be friends? Coronavirus means working at formerly easy relationships

Friendships can wax and wane over time. But with everyone struggling with something right now, it’s a new and different layer of stress.

6 years ago

(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

How is your congressional representative responding to COVID-19?

Members of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation skew Democratic. But the ways that they’ve responded to COVID-19 have varied widely.

6 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., smiles during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

History in the making as House casts proxy votes in pandemic

To mark the history-making moment, Republicans sued to stop the majority from using the system, in which absent lawmakers can instruct those present to vote for them.

6 years ago

A volunteer artist sets up a memorial in Brooklyn on May 20. Artists and volunteer organizers across New York City put up physical memorials throughout the five boroughs in connection with Naming the Lost to honor the lives lost to COVID-19. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

‘We all feel at risk’: 100,000 people dead from COVID-19 in the U.S.

Public health experts say the coronavirus has exposed the vulnerability of a wide range of Americans and the shortcomings of a U.S. health care system faced with a deadly pand

6 years ago

School buses are parked at a depot Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Zelienople, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Schools relieved as Pa. budget poised to avoid education cuts, for now

Most of the Pa. budget will be settled in November, but schools got a welcome dose of stability. There will be no major cuts this year.

6 years ago

The Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Kalim A. Bhatti/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. House Democrats say they were in the dark for a week about Republican’s positive coronavirus test

State Rep. Andrew Lewis (R., Dauphin) said in a statement that he tested positive for COVID-19 last week and immediately began self-isolation.

6 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Biden says Wolf’s reopening plan for Pa. is a model for the nation

Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, received Wolf’s official endorsement on Wednesday and joined the governor for a virtual campaign event.

6 years ago

A person wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks past a shuttered business in Philadelphia, Thursday, May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Coronavirus update: Gov. Wolf announces guidance for reopening businesses 

Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday details of his economic reopening plan for counties in the green and yellow phases.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Jerry Jordan. (Greg Windle)
Education
The Notebook

City teachers wary of opening schools without contact tracing and a vaccine

More than 6,000 teachers participated in PFT survey. They worry that it will be nearly impossible to enforce social distancing or teach with masks on.

6 years ago

(Mark Henninger / Imagic Digital)
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Megabus restarts Philly service amid confusion over roadwork behind 30th Street Station

You can get tickets to D.C. now and NYC next week — and the bus will pick you up in the regular spot, officials say.

6 years ago

Willie Johnson, right, a resident of senior housing, gets tested for COVID-19 in Paterson, N.J., Friday, May 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. military, overseas ballots delayed; testing hits 20,000 goal

Software issues have delayed the mailing of military and overseas ballots for the July 7 primary.

6 years ago

Delaware State Representatives met for the first time in history via a virtual session on Tuesday. (courtesy House Democratic Caucus)
Health

Coronavirus update: State lawmakers launch virtual session

State Reps voted 39-2 to approve holding their legislative session virtually. The Senate is expected to follow suit today.

6 years ago

Open fire hydrant during heatwave in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

A deadly hot summer is coming. Philly doesn’t yet have a plan.

The communities hit hardest by the coronavirus are also the most at risk during the extreme heat expected to come this summer, epidemiologists say.

6 years ago

Protesters demonstrate at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, April 20, 2020, demanding that Gov. Tom Wolf reopen Pennsylvania's economy even as new social-distancing mandates took effect at stores and other commercial buildings. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Radio Times
Health

Protests, masks and public health: where do my rights end and yours begin?

A medical ethicist asks if anti-lockdown protesters "have a moral duty to forgo medical care in favor of those who follow the rules?"

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