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Geographical Distribution of Negro Population – Philadelphia 1932. City Plans Division. Bureau of Engineering and Surveys. (PhillyHistory.org)
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Looking at the roots of hypersegregation in Philadelphia

Philadelphia is a city of evolving neighborhoods.  What some of those sections evolved from is the topic taken up in “R ...

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Elyse Schein (left) and Paula Bernstein as children. (Courtesy of Radio Diaries)
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The story of two women who found out they were identical strangers

What is it that makes us…us? DNA or life experience? Genes or environment?   Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein sh ...

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Kansas City resident Rob Jefferson describes relearning to hear through a cochlear implant as a challenging but ultimately rewarding experience. (Alex Smith/for WHYY)
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What it’s like to relearn to hear through cochlear implants

Rob Jefferson started losing his hearing when he was in his late teens. Sensorineural hearing loss, a progressive degenerative con ...

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Barack Obama
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Obama’s ‘more perfect union,’ eight years later

“Race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now.” Then-presidential candidate Barack Ob ...

9 years ago

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Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

Allen Crawford, Enthusiast

Produced by Michael O’Reilly In 2014, the book ...

9 years ago

Somerset Maugham
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Health

Where medicine and literature overlap, the excellence of both professions is at play

The British Medical Journal lists more than 40 physicians who became notable authors. They include Somerset Maugham, Sir Arthur Conan Doy ...

9 years ago

Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz coordinates the Mennonite Central Committee's restorative justice program. (Photo by Jon Styer/Eastern Mennonite University)
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Creating healthy communities using restorative justice

Reforming the United States criminal justice system is the rare topic that enjoys bipartisan support. However, there is a wide range of i ...

9 years ago

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Joanne Smith
The Pulse

A kidney donation, with an assist from above

Did a religious epiphany save Terry Sukeena’s life? When he was 46 years old, Terry Sukeena had the first major health scare ...

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Angela Bobo and family members take turns caring for her mother
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How do caregivers learn skills to keep a loved one safe at home?

Dementia has been slowly stealing Ruth Perez’s memory and thinking ability for 20 years. “She would put food together ...

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The stage is set for a presidential debate. (David Goldman/AP)
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Healthcare fades into the background of 2016 election cycle

With Obamacare battles largely behind us, presidential candidates in 2016 seem focused on other issues. Healthcare played starring ...

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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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Burning psychiatry’s bible: A new framework for diagnosing mental illness

The National Institute of Mental Health is searching for a new director who will inherit a battle over how we think about afflictions of ...

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Up-close photo of Joe Sestak speaking into a microphone.
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Joe Sestak seeking rematch with Pat Toomey for Senate seat

When the late U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat six years ago, former Congressman Joe Se ...

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The Rutgers 250 is based on a tomato developed by Rutgers back in 1934. (Peter Nitzsche)
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Recreating Rutgers tomato took some sleuthing

A few weeks ago, we heard from listeners whose curiosity and appetite were piqued by a story we aired about limited seed availability for ...

9 years ago

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Alex Weir plays the fiddle during an interview with WHYY's Dave Heller. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Celebrating the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day without the spirits [audio]

No need to wait until March 17 to wear green ribbons and shamrocks. The Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade kicks off Sunday, Mar ...

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Friday Arts
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Astral Artists

Produced by Karen Smyles Astral Artists was founded in 1992 by Vera Wilson and is a non-profit organization that pl ...

9 years ago

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