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From street food in Thailand to a bakery in a Syrian refugee camp to how one scientist uses state of the art pollen analysis to track the origins of honey (and also to solve cold murder cases), Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio goes anywhere and everywhere to ask questions and get answers about cooking, food, culture, wine, farming, restaurants, literature, and the lives and cultures of the people who grow, produce, and create the food we eat.
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From street food in Thailand to a bakery in a Syrian refugee camp to how one scientist uses state of the art pollen analysis to track the origins of honey (and also to solve cold murder cases), Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio goes anywhere and everywhere to ask questions and get answers about cooking, food, culture, wine, farming, restaurants, literature, and the lives and cultures of the people who grow, produce, and create the food we eat.

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New Providence High School, New Providence, New Jersey (Google StreetView https://goo.gl/maps/ML8QPWAqMf62)
Education

Some N.J. districts discouraged students from participating in school walkout

Not all of the events in New Jersey occurred with the blessing of school administrators. Some didn’t occur at all.

7 years ago

Students at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Dover said they were disappointed in a town hall meeting about gun violence. (WHYY/Zoe Read)
Education

‘We do not feel safe:’ Delaware students tell lawmakers at post-walkout town hall

Following the walkout, students at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Del. attended a town hall forum that was dominated by state lawmakers.

7 years ago

Students at Charter School of Wilmington and Cab Calloway School of the Arts, in Wilmington, Delaware
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Community

Thousands of Philly-area students walk out of school over gun violence

Students from more than 50 schools in the region left their classrooms this morning for today’s National School Walkout.

7 years ago

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On April 20, 1999, unidentified young women head to a library near Columbine High School where students and faculty members were evacuated after two gunmen went on a shooting rampage in the school in the southwest Denver suburb of Littleton, Colorado.. Fifteen people, including the two shooters, died. (Kevin Higley/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Decades after Columbine, preventing school shootings still vexes security experts

A 1958 deadly fire at a Chicago school was the catalyst for life-saving fire drills. Experts say the 1999 Columbine shooting spurred school security changes at a slower pace.

7 years ago

Listen 4:48
Neil Bardham and Rebecca Salus of Philly Improv Theater promote a comedy show to benefit the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Salus, a graduate of Stoneman Douglas, will host
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Marjory Stoneman Douglas alumni in Philly create comedy show to benefit Parkland students

A nationwide network of Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school graduates are mobilizing for change. That includes using comedy.

7 years ago

Listen 2:20
Mastery Shoemaker Principal Sharif El-Mekki, 46. stamds at the entrance to the school with students Essi Gasonu (left) and Bryce Thompson.  (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Voices behind the walkout: Mastery Charter School

At Mastery Charter School’s Shoemaker campus in West Philly, activism is ingrained in the school culture: 8th graders take a social justice class for heir history requirement.

7 years ago

Close to a hundred students and members of the Philadelphia Student Union held a six-minutes 'Die-in' protest on the steps of the School District's North Broad Street headquarters. (Bas Slabbers/for WHYY, file)
Education

Philly students on school safety walkout: What took you so long?

In Philadelphia, the kids have been on fire for years — and violence has been a constant theme.

7 years ago

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey  
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Courts & Law

N.J. man pleads guilty in pressure-cooker bomb plot case

Twenty-one-year-old Gregory Lepsky pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.

7 years ago

Assembly Education Committee considers the panic alarm bill. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey considers mandating silent alarms for schools

The silent alarm would be activated during a shooting or other school emergency. Former Gov. Chris Christie vetoed similar legislation three times over five years.

7 years ago

Ethan Block, 16, of Pennington, New Jersey, makes a sign with the slogan
Community

Voices behind the walkout — New Jersey

Students weigh in on gun violence and the upcoming National School Walkout.

7 years ago

Caesar Rodney School District's public information officer recently removed comments critical of the superintendent's opposition to the upcoming student walkout. The ACLU cried foul, and the district has relented. (Caesar Rodney School District)
Education

ACLU to school district: Stop censoring student Facebook criticisms over gun violence walkout

After Caesar Rodney Schools chief prohibited students and teachers from taking part in the Wednesday walkout over gun violence, the district deleted online complaints.

7 years ago

Science Leadership Academy student activists (from left) Tamir Harper, Ella Burrows, Horace Ryans, Kaamil Jones and Zoey Tweh. (
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Voices behind the walkout: Science Leadership Academy

Students weigh in on gun violence and the upcoming National School Walkout.

7 years ago

Listen 3:04
Upper Darby Police Superintendent Mike Chitwood (AP, file)
Education

Upper Darby police chief proposes arming teachers, but school board pushes back

Less than a month after Upper Darby's outspoken police superintendent proposed arming teachers, the local school board passed a resolution saying it won't back the idea.

7 years ago

With bullet holes seen in a window, officers look for evidence at the scene of a shooting at an IHOP restaurant in Carson City, Nev. on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. Seven people were wounded after a gunman opened fire at the restaurant, authorities said. (Cathleen Allison/AP Photo)
Community

Gun background check system riddled with flaws

Many states still aren't meeting key benchmarks with their background check reporting.

7 years ago

A device called a
Politics & Policy

Justice Department proposes banning rapid-fire bump stocks

The Trump administration said Saturday it has taken the first step in the regulatory process to ban bump stocks.

7 years ago

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