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Community
Billy Penn

South Philadelphia’s El Carnaval de Puebla cancelled for second straight year

Organizers of the Cinco de Mayo celebration cite the risk of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as potential low turnout not making financial sense for sponsors

3 days ago

The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane
Community

Tim Merrill on faith, resilience and resistance

Tim Merrill has been a pastor and youth leadership developer in Camden for decades. He dedicated his new novel, "The Song Sparrow," to the young people of Camden.

Air Date: December 19, 2025 12:00 pm

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Assistant Leticia Orozco, left, and Dr. Carmen Romo, right, talk to clients while testing them for signs of diabetes during a health fair on June 6, 2025, at the Mexican Consulate in Oklahoma City. (Lionel Ramos/ KOSU)
The Pulse
Health

How Latinos have become especially vulnerable to diabetes, and one reporter’s 'wake-up call’' managing the disease

How a reporter began to investigate diabetes risk, and along the way, made a startling discovery about his own health.

2 weeks ago

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Mother and children enjoy the morning sunlight shining through the bedroom window in the house.
Community

Amid downward trend, Black and Hispanic children account for majority of population in New Jersey’s foster care system

Camden and Essex counties have the most children in foster care. New Jersey has the lowest placement rate in the country.

3 weeks ago

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Science

Drexel after-school program combines dance, science and coding for a creative, integrated approach to learning

Black Girls STEAMing Through Dance offers after-school classes, training for teachers, workshops and seasonal camps throughout Philadelphia.

4 weeks ago

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Courts & Law

Campbell’s fires executive who was recorded saying company’s products are for ‘poor people’

Campbell's said Wednesday it listened to a recording of Ballys meeting with Garza and fired Bally on Tuesday.

1 month ago

Panelists and the moderator onstage
Education

‘Power to the Pupil’: Black educators gather in Philly to discuss the future of teaching

Studies show Black students learn best with teachers who look like them, yet in Philly — where they’re the majority — only 4% of teachers are Black men.

1 month ago

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Campbell's headquarters with a flower garden
Courts & Law

Campbell’s defends food after alleged racist, profanity-laced tirade by company executive

A recording of the rant is part of a wrongful termination lawsuit that was filed in Michigan against the company.

1 month ago

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Ceremonial clothes of the Lingít people displayed at the Penn Museum
Arts & Entertainment

Penn Museum’s new Native North America exhibition collaborates with Indigenous curators

Eight curators from eight Indigenous nations redesigned Penn Museum’s Native North America display.

1 month ago

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Un profesor de high school habla con los alumnos
Education

Los retrasos en la financiación posponen la apertura de la escuela concertada bilingüe ASPIRA en Georgetown hasta 2027

Los contratiempos en la financiación y el cierre parcial del gobierno federal han retrasado la apertura de la nueva escuela bilingüe chárter ASPIRA en Georgetown hasta 2027.

2 months ago

Akeem Davis (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Arden’s ‘Mountaintop’ visits MLK Jr. on last night of his life

Akeem Davis plays the civil rights icon as wonderfully imperfect. The show runs through Dec. 14.

2 months ago

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Money

South Jersey business coalition stands firm on DEI, despite federal pushback

The business coalition continues to provide DEI programming for its members and said they have no intention of wavering from it.

2 months ago

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Education

Funding delays push back opening of bilingual ASPIRA charter school in Georgetown to 2027

Funding setbacks and the federal shutdown have delayed the opening of ASPIRA’s new bilingual charter school in Georgetown until 2027.

2 months ago

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A building that formed part of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School campus
Community

The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery

The latest round of exhumations of Native American students from a cemetery at the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School resulted in the remains of 17 being repatriated.

2 months ago

A display of costumes Ruth Carter worked on
Arts & Entertainment

‘Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design’ exhibit comes to the African American Museum in Philadelphia

Making its Philadelphia debut, the exhibit will display various aspects of Carter’s 40-year career as a designer.

2 months ago

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