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Drs. Angela Castellanos and Edith Bracho Sanchez, both pediatricians, produce and host
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Two pediatricians at CHOP launch podcast for Latino parents

'Las Doctoras Recomiendan' — or 'The Doctors Recommend' — sounds like getting advice from a friend.

8 years ago

Listen 2:19
Sandra Thompson (left) and Carolyn Dow said they felt they were targeted because of their race and gender while playing a round at the Grandview Golf Club in York County, Pennsylvania.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Golfers alleging racial discrimination at York County club hopeful ahead of state hearing

Hearings begin Thursday in what’s described as a fact-finding mission to ensure equity on all sides.

8 years ago

Listen 4:33
Debbie Africa sits with her lawyer, Brad Thomson (left), and her son Michael Africa Jr (right) as she makes her first public appearance since being released from prison after 39 years and 10 months of incarceration on June 19th 2018. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

After 40 years, Debbie Africa of MOVE Nine released from prison

The first member of the MOVE Nine imprisoned for the third-degree murder of a Philadelphia police officer in 1978 is released from prison.

8 years ago

Listen 2:18
A Chesterfield student peruses a graphic novel in the school library, which officials say doesn't have enough money for books. (Karen Rouse for WHYY News)
Education

Small N.J. town takes on school funding fight

Chesterfield isn't what comes to mind when politicians talk about children harmed by the state's failure to provide adequate education funding.

8 years ago

Listen 7:04
Aalayah Eastmond narrowly survived the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. On Monday, Eastmond will be the keynote speaker at the graduation ceremony for Freire Charter School in Center City, Philadelphia. (Provided)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

‘I have to continue’: A Parkland survivor speaks about her activism

Aalayah Eastmond narrowly survived the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Fighting for change ever since, she will visit Philly on Monday.

8 years ago

Listen 4:42
Choir members sing worship songs during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. (Jeffrey McWhorter/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Even the faithful push back on mixing politics, religion

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

8 years ago

Listen 7:07
Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

Mayor: The Best Job in Politics

Producer: Karen Smyles Friday Arts visits the campus of The University of Pennsylvania for an interview with Mich ...

8 years ago

Susan McAninley collects stories from the descendants of immigrants who came through Pier 53 in South Philadelphia at the turn of the 20th century. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

A quest to conjure Philadelphia’s immigrant past at Pier 53

Pier 53, in South Philly, was the city’s own version of Ellis Island. One woman has made it her business to preserve the stories of immigrants who came through the pier.

8 years ago

Listen 8:58
As the World Cup tournament began in Russia on June 14, 2018, some Philadelphians took advantage of a glorious day to play a game in Penn Park. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Community

Philly: ‘Dark horse’ or shoo-in for World Cup 2026?

FIFA is expected to choose 16 host cities for 2026. A handful of them will be in Canada or Mexico. The rest will be in the U.S.

8 years ago

Listen 4:05
A gate is all the remains of the the Garden State Park Racetrack in Cherry Hill, N.J. The site has been redeveloped into a complex of shops, restaurants, and housing. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Sports betting venue could be in the cards for popular Cherry Hill strip mall

The law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy this week allows current and former casinos and racetracks to offer sports betting.

8 years ago

Listen 2:02
A document identifying Saja Iwensky from the Feldafing displaced person’s camp in Germany   (Courtesy of Judy Eidelson)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Did European immigrants come to the U.S. ‘the right way’?

How hard was it to immigrate when people coming to the U.S. were more likely to be from Italy than El Salvador?

8 years ago

Listen 8:43
Roxannie Vazquez watches over her son Jacob Ramiro at the neo-natal intensive care unit of a hospital in Macon, Georgia. He suffers from chronic lung disease. His mom says mold grew in his ventilator in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria damaged the pediatric hospital in San Juan. (Emily Cureton)
The Pulse
Health

Meet baby Jacob

Baby Jacob weighed less than a pound when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico ripping into the hospital roof over his head.

8 years ago

Listen 6:50
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, arrives to make the first wager with Monmouth Park Sports Book at Monmouth Park Racetrack. Thursday, June 14, 2018 in Oceanport, NJ. (Noah K. Murray/AP Photo)
Money

Gov. Murphy places first wager as New Jersey begins taking legal sports bets

Gov. Phil Murphy placed $20 bets on Germany to win the World Cup, and the New Jersey Devils to win the Stanley Cup next season.

8 years ago

City Councilwoman Helen Gym
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia could become the next city to pass a scheduling law for retail and fast-food companies

Across the country, retail and fast-food employees have said that unpredictable work schedules, the kind churned out by computer programs, wreak havoc on their lives.

8 years ago

Rosita Canboh and community members in Barrio Las Vegas, Cayey, make mosquito nets for their neighborhood. Photo by Fernando Silva
The Pulse
Health

In Puerto Rico, residents band together to defend against mosquitos

In Puerto Rico's mountain towns, grassroots community groups are finding purpose and protection by making homemade mosquito nets.

8 years ago

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