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Kanye West recently praised President Donald Trump.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Did Kanye really help Trump’s approval rating?

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 6:07
Stoneleigh Gardens is the newest preserve from Natural Lands. Formally the estate of the Haas Family, the gardens and grounds will open to the public in May 2018. Many of the structures are over 100 years old. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Finding Natural Lands in the suburbs with opening of Main Line garden

For more than 60 years, the Natural Lands organization has worked to preserve open space and connect people to the natural world.

8 years ago

Listen 3:47
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders held dueling news conferences after hours of meetings late Friday to announce their inability to come to a budget deal,. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

A closer look at N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy’s gun crime data dump

Crime guns appear to be traveling from southern states along the Atlantic coastline up Interstate 95 into New Jersey.

8 years ago

Listen 2:37
Ashley Lunkenheimer (left) and Mary Gay Scanlon (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Year of the woman presents tough choices in Philly-area races

Emily’s List is supporting five women in Pennsylvania congressional races.

8 years ago

Listen 5:27
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Philly artists recreate gigantic 1973 ‘Rube Goldberg’ orchestra

Now on display at the Pearlstein Gallery in Drexel University’s URBN Annex, “Zwei Mann Orchester” is a musical Rube Goldberg machine that delights with its symphonic absurdity

8 years ago

Listen 4:04
The west wall of Room 13 at the Barnes Foundation is covered with Renoir paintings.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

I love you, I hate you: Renoir edition

Audiences love to hate art by Renoir. The Barnes Foundation offers a rebuttal.

8 years ago

Listen 5:33
Oak tree pollen (Emma Lee/WHYY News)
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

It’s been an unusually bad allergy season. Here’s why it may be getting worse

It's been an unusually bad season for allergy sufferers. There is more pollen in the air than normal for this time of year, and it may not get much better anytime soon.

8 years ago

Listen 5:37
Luis Angel Chaparro Crespo, 16, watches the trains go by from the window of his apartment on the sixth floor of the Harrison Homes in North Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Community

For Maria evacuees, a stable address is the first step out of crisis

The Chaparros are one of 50 Puerto Rican evacuee families in Philadelphia finally able to settle into a long-term home, thanks to the work of local organizers.

8 years ago

Listen 3:38
Booths line the Cactus safe-injection site where drug addicts can shoot up using clean needles, get medical supervision, and freedom from arrest in Montreal.  (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Wolf’s reluctance to back Philly injection site leaves door open to U.S. crackdown

Pennsylvania governor, attorney general not ready to embrace approach to stem opioid death toll

8 years ago

Listen 2:09
Retired football player Bill Bergey leads fans in an E-A-G-L-E-S chant at the dedication of a David McShane mural at Spike's Trophies in Northeast Philadelphia commemorating the team's Super Bowl win.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

A Super Bowl mural grows in Philly’s Northeast

The first public mural depicting the Eagles' Super Bowl win has been unveiled near the Northeast Philadelphia Airport.

8 years ago

Listen 2:25
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, accompanied by accompanied by Environmental Protection Agency Chief Financial Officer Holly Greaves, (left), testifies on the EPA FY2019 budget at a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Democrats, a few Republicans team up to press for oversight of Trump administration

The GOP controls both chambers of Congress, which means they wield the gavels and are able to control hearing schedules and the witness lists — vital tools for oversight.

8 years ago

Listen 5:42
Dave Perri is appointed Commissioner of Licenses and Inspections of the City of Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Dave Perri’s controversial solution to Philly’s housing crisis

Licenses and Inspections Commissioner Dave Perri wants to radically rewrite Philadelphia’s zoning code to make room for smaller, more inexpensive housing units.

8 years ago

Listen 2:30
Program participants, Department of Labor, testify before the Senate Labor Committee about Interfaith Community Housing. (WHYY/Zoe Read)
Community

‘I felt used and abused’: Pre-apprenticeship participants testify against Delaware nonprofit

During a Senate Labor Committee meeting, participants in a pre-apprenticeship workforce training program testified they were taken advant ...

8 years ago

Listen 1:27
Todd Zartman gives his 'Kiddynomics' presentation.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

With ‘Kiddynomics,’ an attempt to teach youngest learners how to manage money

The Federal Reserve Bank has developed a curriculum to teach children as young as 3 and 4 the basics of financial literacy.

8 years ago

Listen 2:07
The 150 bus is SEPTA's least used bus route.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA considering an end to transfer fees as part of bus system overhaul

It’s empty buses like the 150 why SEPTA’s bus ridership has fallen 33 million, or 17 percent, over the last five years.

8 years ago

Listen 5:36
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