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Community

‘A story of perseverance’: Upper Darby offers a new anti-slavery walking tour

The 4.5-mile self-guided route runs from Drexel Hill almost to the border with West Philadelphia, highlighting sites along the Underground Railroad.

1 day ago

Mo Williams
Community

At the NBA All-Star Game, HBCUs will take center stage

Sunday’s All-Star Game in Atlanta is generating $3 million for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, through donations to scholarship funds.

2 days ago

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NPR
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For the first time in 56 Years, a ‘Bloody Sunday’ without John Lewis

This weekend marks 56 years since civil rights marchers were attacked by Alabama state troopers on a day now known as "Bloody Sunday."

2 days ago

Amanda Gorman
NPR
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‘This is the reality of Black girls’: Inauguration poet says she was tailed by guard

Gorman, who lives in Los Angeles, wrote on Twitter that as she approached her building, the guard demanded to know if she lived there.

2 days ago

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Radio Times
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Philadelphia’s Horseback Riding Clubs

Philadelphia has a long history of urban riding clubs. Today, we talk to two riders whose careers in polo were launched in Philly.

Air Date: March 5, 2021

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The Vax Machine brought vaccinations to hundreds of senior citizens at Rose Hill Community Center. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
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Vax Machine takes COVID-19 vaccine into Delaware communities to address racial inequities

A WHYY analysis of Delaware data found that Black and Latino residents are getting vaccinated for the coronavirus at much lower rates than white residents.

3 days ago

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Ta'Quan Woodley poses for a photo with Tracey Hall, who invited him to live in her Camden home in February of 2020. She said he has been
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‘It’s his story to tell’: Camden High basketball star stands by article that outraged others

The Courier Post is under fire for a headline perceived as racist. Ta’Quan Woodley, the subject of the story, stands with the publication and urges calm among his supporters.

4 days ago

Dr. Llera brings his own life experience to his work, along with humor and empathy. | El Dr. Lleras aporta su propia experiencia de vida a su trabajo, junto con el humor y la empatía. (Bernardo Morillo/Eugenio Salas/WHYY)
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43 years after treating his first Philly patient, este médico sabe que la risa puede curar

Dr. Llera uses his own experience coming from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia to help treat his patients at Maria de los Santos Health Center on Allegheny Avenue.

4 days ago

Listen 4:48
Dr. Llera brings his own life experience to his work, along with humor and empathy. | El Dr. Lleras aporta su propia experiencia de vida a su trabajo, junto con el humor y la empatía. (Bernardo Morillo/Eugenio Salas/WHYY)
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Después de 43 años tratando a sus pacientes en Filadelfia, este médico sabe que la risa puede curar

El Dr. Llera pone al servicio su experiencia al venir de Puerto Rico a Filadelfia para tratar a sus pacientes en la clínica Maria de los Santos Health Center, en Allegheny.

4 days ago

Listen 4:48
Dr. Llera brings his own life experience to his work, along with humor and empathy. | El Dr. Lleras aporta su propia experiencia de vida a su trabajo, junto con el humor y la empatía. (Bernardo Morillo/Eugenio Salas/WHYY)
Health
English version

43 years after treating his first Philly patient, this doctor knows laughter can heal

Dr. Llera uses his own experience coming from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia to help treat his patients at Maria de los Santos Health Center on Allegheny Avenue.

4 days ago

Listen 4:48
Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during the inauguration of President Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan.  20, 2021 in Washington. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool Photo via AP)
Health

‘It’s a big concern of ours’: Vice President Harris, on ensuring equitable vaccine access

In an interview with WHYY, Kamala Harris talked about Philly’s FEMA site and balancing the need to get shots into arms with the need to do it fairly.

5 days ago

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Bartram High School nurse Monica Harmon said she was excited to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the city’s school nurse vaccination clinic on Jan. 22, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Essential workers are 55% more likely to get COVID-19, study of Philly-area residents finds

Risk ripples outwards. A family member cohabitating with an essential worker has a 17% greater chance of testing positive. Other roommates face a 38% increase.

5 days ago

Jennifer Shinefeld, a field epidemiologist in the Division of Substance Use and Harm Reduction at the Department of Public Health. She is at 24th and Oregon as part of an outdoor ‘pop-up’ to distribute naloxone. (Courtesy of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health)
Health

How the first lockdown saw more opioid-related overdoses among Black Philadelphians

Research by the city, Penn, and VA Medical Center found fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses rose dramatically among Black Philadelphians in spring 2020.

5 days ago

Tony Brown sits in the front row fourth from the left with Dyana Williams to his immediate left. Cody Anderson stands immediately behind Brown. Jerry Wells sits third from the right.
Community

‘Give somebody a voice’: Philly lost two Black radio icons. How their historic legacies live on

Tony Brown and Cody Anderson, legends in the “pantheon” of Philly Black radio, recently died within one week of each other. Their deep community impact lives on.

5 days ago

A white health care worker takes the blood pressure of a Black patient
NPR
Health

‘Providers don’t even listen’: Barriers to Alzheimer’s care when you’re not white

Americans of color looking for care for a loved one are more likely than whites to encounter discrimination, language barriers, and providers who lack cultural competence.

6 days ago

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