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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

Camping
Community

Camping to be allowed at 12 N.J. parks, forests, other areas

Camping will be limited to tent-style camping while all other forms of overnight use will remain closed.

6 years ago

Spray parks, like this one in Washington, D.C., have become popular places for people to cool off in the heat of summer. But this year, fears over the coronavirus mean that some cities are re-evaluating whether to keep them open.
NPR
Community

Cities brace for ‘collision course’ of summer heat waves and COVID-19

Spray parks have become popular places for people to cool off in the summer. But fears over the coronavirus mean that some cities are re-evaluating whether to keep them open.

6 years ago

Fishers cast their lines from one of Stacy Levy's
PlanPhilly
Community

Two West Philly teens drowned in the Schuylkill. No signs told them why they shouldn’t swim there.

Philadelphia officials promise to install more fences and signs after demands from community leaders.

6 years ago

Free Library of Philadelphia
Community

Checking in, not out: How libraries are moving from closed toward reopening

There’s no single blueprint for making these public spaces public again, no agreed-on best practices for sanitizing materials. Libraries learn as they go.

6 years ago

The mural of former Philly Mayor Frank Rizzo in Philadelphia’s Italian Market is set to be painted over. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 06/15/2020

This week: NJ's plans to reopen, the tenure and resignation of PA House Speaker Mike Turzai, and the role of murals in social movements.

Air Date: June 15, 2020 12:00 am

Listen 49:14
Christopher Columbus statue in South Philadelphia
Community
NBC10

Men, some armed with guns or bats, surround South Philly Columbus statue

Some argue Christopher Columbus should not be revered due to his brutality against indigenous people in the Americas.

6 years ago

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