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Asphalt Piloten performs Tape Riot in Philadelphia as part of the Kimmel Center’s 2018 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

‘Tape Riot’: A theater piece that plays off the city’s built environment

A group of European artists drop into town to reimagine the city’s built environment — using masking tape and modern dance — in the middle of an evening commute

8 years ago

Listen 2:44
Members of the New Sanctuary Movement protest outside City Hall
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Federal judge says Philly’s sanctuary city policies made ‘in good faith,’ delivers blow to Sessions

Mayor Jim Kenney declares U.S. ruling “total and complete victory” for Philadelphia.

8 years ago

Listen 2:25
Gov. Tom Wolf signing an anti-discrimination executive order in April 2016. (Courtesy of Pa. Dept. of General Services)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

After pressure from religious schools, Pa. removes nondiscrimination language from tax credit program

Should private schools that benefit from Pennsylvania’s tax credit programs adhere to the rules of the public system? That d ...

8 years ago

Listen 1:57
A memorial is dedicated on the fifth anniversary of a building collapse at 22nd and Market Streets that killed six people. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Five years after Philly building collapse, memorial park dedicated to honor victims

An 8-foot sculpture is engraved with the names of those killed when an unsupported building wall crushed a popular Salvation Army thrift store.

8 years ago

Listen 2:10
Gov. John Carney, D-Delaware, places a $10 bet on the Phillies. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Money

Delaware residents, visitors cheer opening day of sports full betting

State officials expect the launch to make a significant contribution to tourism in Delaware — where 17 percent of visitors participate in gaming.

8 years ago

Listen 2:35
A woman organizes her pocketbook after paying for groceries with an EBT card (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Work requirement for SNAP food benefits divides GOP, unites Dems in Philly region

The proposed changes apply to a program intended to provide food to low-income families.

8 years ago

Listen 5:46
 Philadelphia City Councilman David Oh. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Anti-squatting measure, months in the making, moves out of City Council committee

David Oh’s anti-squatting legislation has finally advanced out of committee, after nine months of relentless advocacy from the Republican at-large City Council member.

8 years ago

Listen 2:49
Ilona Arnold-Berkovits is an education and family systems researcher and psychometrician at Rutgers University. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Could this N.J. website help integrate America’s schools?

It may not be a panacea, but one Rutgers professor has a new approach for desegregating the nation's schools. And it starts with the college admissions process.

8 years ago

Listen 5:49
The Lowe's home improvement store on North 50th Street in West Philadelphia.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

One Philly man’s experience spurs Lowe’s to reconsider receipt policy

Wynnefield resident experiences different treatment at a Lowe's in the suburbs and the West Philadelphia location. The latter is considered a 'high-theft' store.

8 years ago

Listen 3:06
Kid Shelleen's is one of two dozen restaurants in Delaware that have adopted straws optional policies or banned plastic straws altogether.  (Shirley Min/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

The last straw for plastic straws in Delaware

More than two dozen restaurants in Delaware have adopted a “straws by request” policy or are banning them altogether.

8 years ago

Listen 2:14
U.S. support for same-sex marriage has reached 67 percent — a record high. Just two decades ago, support was only 27 percent. It's one of the biggest changes in American attitudes in Gallup polling history. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)
Community

Support for same-sex marriage hits a record high in U.S.

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 5:39
Maddie Heeney, a transgender student, has thrived at Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Wilmington.
Education

Delaware education secretary reverses course on school transgender policy

The Carney administration reversed course Friday on a proposed school anti-discrimination policy, removing a provision that would have al ...

8 years ago

Listen 2:03
Nels Cline will offer a homage to Philly's storied music history with
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Guitarist Nels Cline plays a love song to Philly

Many cities tout their importance in the pantheon of American music, but it's hard to dispute the depth and range of Philadelphia's.

8 years ago

Listen 6:38
ALS patient Frank Mongiello communicates with his wife, Marilyn, and his son during a news conference following the passage of the
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

‘Right to Try’ may not meaningfully change access to drugs for dying patients

Yardley woman waits to see if new law allows her husband to get experimental medication for ALS.

8 years ago

(Big Stock photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

New Jersey's congressional races attracting millions

New Jersey’s Congressional primary candidates have already raised $40.4 million, with 40 percent of that brought in by the men expected ...

8 years ago

Listen 5:32
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