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Every week listeners hear stories about race and identity that expand their minds, and learn practical ways to make their lives better. It's lifelong learning that ranges from the big picture to tiny details and everything in between.

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Kids exploring the Wissahickon creek near the historic Evans-Mumbower Mill. (Photo by Julie Watt)
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Community
Eyes on the Street

Quarantine inspired us to explore parks. Science suggests the habit could stick.

Park and trail use skyrocketed during our stay-at-home period. Social science gives us reason to believe these healthy habits will stick.

6 years ago

Rides at Funland amusement park
Arts & Entertainment

‘This is about survival’: How Rehoboth’s Funland plans to reopen this weekend

As the rides at Delaware’s only amusement park come back Friday night, visitors will find some new protocols that are even more stringent than others.

6 years ago

Cohen Thompson is trying to turn West Philadelphia’s Granahan Playground into “Skate University.” (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Community

West Philly’s roller skating medical worker is turning a neglected park into ‘Skate U’

Granahan Playground and Skatepark is getting a smooth makeover thanks to Cohen Thompson.

6 years ago

The high-visibility display encircling PECO's headquarters.
Community

PECO Crown Lights go dark until fall amid system upgrades

The Crown Lights, which made their debut on July 4, 1976, were powered down Monday night.

6 years ago

Columbus monument at Penn's Landing
Community
Billy Penn

These racist tributes and monuments in the Philly region all face reckonings

Beyond the Rizzo and Columbus statues, there are at least a dozen others at stake.

6 years ago

An aerial view of Graffiti Pier
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Designers reveal plans for Graffiti Pier as a waterfront park

When Philly’s most-Instagrammed site gets a makeover, it’ll look… pretty much the same.

6 years ago

Students bike along Bartram’s Garden property (June Mansfield/Bartram’s Garden)
Community

Environmental groups say they’re committing to racial equity. What does that mean?

Land preservation and environmental advocacy nonprofits are largely white, despite the ties between racial injustice, economic inequity, environmental degradation.

6 years ago

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Dewey Beach, Delaware
Health

After new cluster of COVID-19 cases, Delaware beachgoers urged to get tested

Starting Monday, COVID-19 testing sites will be set up at restaurants in Rehoboth and Dewey Beach following a cluster of new positive cases.

6 years ago

A Glaser-designed entrance at the former Franklin Mills Mall
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

A tour of iconic designer Milton Glaser’s Philadelphia legacy

The visual luminary, who died at 91, created the look of the Franklin Mills Mall and Sesame Place.

6 years ago

Protesters take over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

White urbanists: let’s use our privilege to advocate for anti-racist design

Urban anthropologist Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman argues that in order for cities to be “human-centered,” white urbanists need to actively be anti-racist.

6 years ago

Police officers stand guard with the statue of former President Andrew Jackson after protesters tried to topple it Monday in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump threatens prison for attempts to topple statues. Here’s the law he cites

His announcement comes after he decried an attempt by demonstrators to remove a statue of Andrew Jackson that sits across from the White House.

6 years ago

Keith Russell, program manager of urban conservation at Audubon Pennsylvania, lowers his binoculars while conducting a breeding bird census, at Wissahickon Valley Park Friday, June 5, 2020 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
Community

Black bird watchers draw attention to racial issues outdoors

The Amy Cooper video in Central Park has brought attention to how the great outdoors can be far from great for Black people.

6 years ago

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Down the Shore
Community

Shore town ends public booze consumption measure

With the resumption of outdoor dining, the town's mayor said that open alcohol consumption is over.

6 years ago

Fireworks
Community
Billy Penn

It’s the first year fireworks are legal in Philly, and police have gotten nearly 1,000 complaints

Mayor Jim Kenney signed the law allowing their use on July 3, 2019.

6 years ago

Dewey Beach, Delaware
Health

Teens contract coronavirus after partying at Delaware beach

The health department says that while the teens were there, they attended large parties in nearby Rehoboth that may have exposed more than 100 partygoers to the virus.

6 years ago

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