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Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services Commissioner David Jones testifies at a council hearing on the opioid crisis.
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Philly Council members grill city officials on efforts to deal with opioid crisis

Council members’ questions for city officials took up so much of the three-hour hearing that other speakers, including treatment providers, did not have a chance to speak.

8 years ago

Listen 2:06
Science Leadership Academy student activists (from left) Tamir Harper, Ella Burrows, Horace Ryans, Kaamil Jones and Zoey Tweh. (
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Voices behind the walkout: Science Leadership Academy

Students weigh in on gun violence and the upcoming National School Walkout.

8 years ago

Listen 3:04
A view of Society Hill taken from inside the Society Hill Towers.
PlanPhilly
Community

From slums to sleek towers: How Philly became cleaner, safer, and more unequal

The reinvention of Society Hill in the 1960s is widely considered one of the first instances of gentrification — although no one called it that at the time.

8 years ago

Listen 6:37
The William & Letitia Still House at 625 South Delhi Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Found in South Philadelphia, an Underground Railroad station

From the outside, 625 South Delhi Street looks like an average Philadelphia rowhouse. But in the 1850s, it was home to Underground Railroad leaders William and Letitia Still.

8 years ago

Listen 2:04
People watch a TV screen showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea  (Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Gallup finds Americans split on tariffs, consider North Korea most critical threat

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 5:35
Outgoing Philadelphia City Solicitor Sozi Pedro Tulante. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

An immigrant’s tale of becoming Philadelphia’s lawyer

After two years as Philadelphia solicitor, Sozi Tulante has resigned to teach at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

8 years ago

Listen 6:09
Jasmine Ward (front) as Pecola  and Nicolette Lynch in the background, in
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

A robust stage version of ‘The Bluest Eye’ at Arden Theatre

Grade-school characters tell a story about being black and poor in the '40s, adapted from Toni Morrison's novel.

8 years ago

Listen 2:44
A detail from John Singleton Copley’s “Mrs. James Warren (Mercy Otis)
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Museums’ Super Bowl bet nets Philly a portrait of patriot

The Philadelphia Museum of Art made a bet with the Museum of Fine Arts Boston over the Super Bowl. On Friday, the victor reaped its spoils.

8 years ago

Listen 2:22
Friday Arts

Les Dames d’Escoffier Philadelphia

Les Dames d’Escoffier is an international philanthropic society of professional women in the fields of food, sustainable farming, f ...

8 years ago

This teenager is part of a medical study at CHOP to see if drinking a certain amount of water per day can help decrease a certain type of kidney stones. The special water bottle has a
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

CHOP researchers: Why are so many young teens getting kidney stones?

Over two decades, there's been a sharp increase among adolescents with the disease. Historically, the condition affected mostly middle-aged white men.

8 years ago

Listen 5:28
N.J. State Capitol dome in Trenton (AP, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

New Jersey thinks now might be the time to raise corporate taxes

New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney has put forward a proposal that would have the state’s highest-earning corporations staring at a tax hike.

8 years ago

Listen 4:39
Community members, activists and students shut down a town hall meeting about the proposed $130 million, 35,000-seat stadium on Temple's North Philadelphia campus Tuesday. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Temple officials foresee community support for stadium; neighbors skeptical

Philadelphia Council President Darrell Clarke says he won’t consider supporting the proposed stadium until the university wins over the community.

8 years ago

Listen 2:05
Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski, pictured in this Thursday, July 27, 2017 file photo, announced his resignation days after being found guilty of federal corruption charges. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Allentown mayor resigns office following corruption conviction

Democrat Ed Pawlowski said Thursday he is leaving the office he's held for a dozen years, effective 5 p.m. Friday.

8 years ago

Listen 4:33
A spread of ointments, gauze, sterile water and other items stocked inside Prevention Point Philadelphia’s mobile wound care unit.  (Elana Gordon / WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Healing the wounds from injecting drugs

Injecting drugs can cause serious, life-threatening wounds. As the drug crisis escalates, some clinics are teaching simple techniques to reduce the risk of infection.

8 years ago

Listen 9:51
Rose Marie Beauchemin Verzella uses a template to pick the size of Maureen Matteis-Bilbee’s nipple and areola tattoos. (Alex Stern for WHYY)
The Pulse
Lifestyle

After mastectomy, some women visit tattoo artists

The “illusion of protrusion” makes for a realistic nipple tattoo.

8 years ago

Listen 5:12
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