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‘Philadelphia: The Great Experiment’ explores city’s volatility from 1854 to 1871

Philadelphia in the 1850s and 1860s was a place where white and black citizens lived right next door to one another, but black people wer ...

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Chelsea Clinton has been on the campaign trail for her mother
NewsWorks Tonight

Chelsea Clinton makes a case for Hillary to Pennsylvania, Delaware voters

Democratic presidential primary candidate Hillary Clinton has made multiple stops in Pennsylvania and Delaware in anticipation of the Tue ...

9 years ago

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A worker assembles a handgun at the new Beretta plant in Gallatin
NewsWorks Tonight

Advocates from both sides meet in the middle to talk gun control

Is it possible to have a civil discourse on the divisive issue of gun control legisla ...

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Health workers spray insecticide to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits the Zika virus in Rio de Janeiro
The Pulse

Zika update: Scientists still learning about ‘strange’ virus

Zika is not a new virus. It was first identified in the forests of Uganda in 1947, but it was only in recent months, in light of a growin ...

9 years ago

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Mud isn't the only problem in the Basroch camp. There is also waste everywhere
The Pulse

Sick and tired: a look at the health of Europe’s new migrants

In an attempt to flee the horrors of war in the Middle East, refugees like those in the Basroch neighborhood of Grande-Synthe, France are ...

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South: A Feast for the “Soul”

Produced by Karen Smyles Robert and Benjamin Bynum have been livening up the food and entertainment industries here ...

9 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

The evolution of Earth Day

On Friday, a record 200 nations will mark the 46th anniversary of Earth Day. The United Nations will begin signing an international clima ...

9 years ago

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Jockey Victor Espinoza
The Pulse
Lifestyle

The history, allure and tradition of horse racing

Overtaken by lotteries, casinos, and other forms of gambling, thoroughbred racing has become something of a losing bet in recent decades. ...

9 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

How Coke became kosher

Passover begins Friday at sunset, which means Jewish households are stocked with foods deemed kosher.  But history has shown that yo ...

9 years ago

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 Spartacus has a finely coiffed purple mohawk. His owner thinks of him as a child. But do we give animals too much credit? (Paige Pfleger/WHYY)
The Pulse

Why do we think our animals think what we think?

“It’s very easy for us to perceive minds in others, when things look like us, when they make noise, when we interact with the ...

9 years ago

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The Pulse

How this ray became a scapegoat in the Chesapeake Bay

In 2007, scientists got it wrong about the cownose ray. Now, they’re trying to reverse the species’ reputation before it̵ ...

9 years ago

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Joseph Vodvarka (AP, file)
NewsWorks Tonight

Democrat Vodvarka back on the U.S. Senate primary ballot in Pa.

Six days out from Pennsylvania’s primary election, the on-again-off-again campaign for U.S. Senate candidate Joe Vodvarka is on aga ...

9 years ago

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Al Gury holds Marley, one of the hundreds of cats he has fostered in his Old City home. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Pulse

How far will we go to help an animal with no owner?

We will do almost anything for our pets when they get sick or injured, but there are often limits, medically and financially, to what we ...

9 years ago

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In this stock photo, black and white Holstein dairy cows are in their stalls in Penn State's research barn.
The Pulse

Saving the planet, one cow burp at a time

A methane blocker might be the secret to more environmentally friendly burgers and milkshakes.  The belching inside Penn Stat ...

9 years ago

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Pet hospice: providing comfort in the final stages

Palliative care is a growing trend in animal medicine.  Paul Rozin has seen lots of dogs come and go during his 79 years. Suk ...

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