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Archives: Segments

Former deputy mayor Nina Ahmad will challenge U.S. Rep. Bob Brady in the Democratic primary.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Congressional hopefuls scramble as Pa. districts shuffled

Candidates start circulating nominating petitions Tuesday in new districts due to the court order. Some are changing districts, some are quitting.

9 years ago

Listen 5:04
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions gestures during a speech on Security and Immigration priorities before a group of law enforcement officials in Norfolk, Va., Friday, Jan. 26, 2018.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Two towns, two approaches to immigration enforcement in Pa. Which is safer?

Experts can't say whether it's safer to keep ICE at arm's length with "sanctuary" policies or to work closely with federal immigration officers.

9 years ago

Listen 3:54
Imhotep Charter (white) and MLK High School (black) playing the city public league title game at the Palestra, February 25, 2018. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

After 20-year hiatus, Philly’s basketball championships return to ‘the cathedral’

The public league’s title game has leapfrogged venues for decades. Before Sunday, it had been exactly 20 years since the game was last played at the Palestra.

9 years ago

Listen 2:05
 Workers excavate a coffin from a construction site in the Old City neighborhood Thursday in Philadelphia. Crews working on an apartment building in Philadelphia's historic district got a shock last month when their backhoes started hitting coffins and unearthing fully intact human remains. The site was supposed to be a former burial ground from 1707, and all remains were supposedly exhumed in the 1800s and moved to a different cemetery. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Community

New map unearths dozens of forgotten burial grounds across Philly

Like many old cities, Philadelphia is built on countless cemeteries and burial grounds. Its history is peppered with stories of graves disturbed and of cemeteries all but lost

9 years ago

Listen 5:10
A stream that starts on this Pennsylvania farm,  eventually becomes drinking water for 100,000 Delaware residents. (Gary Lindstrom/WHYY)
Community

Farm to faucet, enlisting Pa. farmers to keep Delaware’s water clean

A coordinated effort is working to keep Delaware’s water clean starting at the source across the border in Pennsylvania.

9 years ago

Listen 4:54
School students from Montgomery County, Md., in suburban Washington, rally in solidarity with those affected by the shooting at Parkland High School in Florida, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Most in U.S. favor stronger background checks, longer waiting periods to buy guns

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

9 years ago

Listen 4:35
(Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Un-sanctuary: Some Pa. police departments pull closer to ICE

It’s normal for police departments to cooperate with U.S. law enforcement, but ICE has repeatedly attempted to enlist local police in carrying out immigration arrests.

9 years ago

Listen 5:25
Nasihah Thompson-King talks with reporters after a press conference at Mastery Shoemaker Charter School. Her supporters called for an end to the requirement that hijab-wearing students obtain a waiver after Nasihah was prevented from playing because she refused to take off her head covering.
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Benched over head scarf, Mastery basketball player says ‘change is coming’

A referee would not Nasihah Thompson-King play during a playoff game last week because she did not have a signed waiver to wear a hijab.

9 years ago

Listen 2:06
Journalist and storyteller 
Sofiya Ballin (Courtesy of George Alexander)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

How ‘Black History Untold’ empowered its creator

Journalist and storyteller Sofiya Ballin says her identity series “Black History Untold” is more than a black history project.

9 years ago

Listen 5:51
Penn Charter student Etthan Willis raises a prop gun on stage at the David L. Kurtz Center for the Performing Arts before a performance of
Arts & Entertainment

Wielding weapons on stage in ‘Les Miz’ makes students confront gun violence

William Penn Charter Schools annual musical, "Les Miserables," has extra meaning in the wake of Florida school shooting.

9 years ago

Listen 3:52
In this photo taken March 15, 2017, Karl Sorken, production manager for Battle Rifle Co., based in Webster, Texas, works on the rails of an AR-15style rifle. Battle Rifle is one of now more than 10,000 gunmakers in the United States. (Lisa Marie Pane/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Lawmakers move to ban N.J. pension fund investment in gun manufacturing

"I think if we're really committed to gun control, we need to have a starting point and move and continue forward," says bill sponsor.

9 years ago

Sue Gray of the Wheelman Antique Bike Club shows off her bike at the Reading Terminal Market 125th anniversary celebration. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

To celebrate Reading Terminal Market’s 125th, shopping like it’s 1893

As a part of Reading Terminal Market's 125th anniversary celebration, some vendors were selling some items for what they would have cost when the market first opened in 1983.

9 years ago

Super Bowl Champion and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce joins the jazz band of his alma mater, Cleveland Heights High School, on stage during a music exchange program visit at Central High School in Philadelphia, Pa. on Feb. 22, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Before he was a Super Bowl champ in Philly, Jason Kelce was a Cleveland Heights Tiger

Eagles center Jason Kelce visited Central High School Thursday morning for a special performance from his high school jazz band.

9 years ago

Listen 2:28
Sherry Ott says Antarctica is as close as you'll come to leaving the planet.
The Pulse
Science

Should tourists go to Antarctica?

Maybe you just want to see penguins or icebergs, but visiting the South Pole also means transforming the landscape — and adding to your carbon debt.

9 years ago

Listen 7:20
Visitors watch a bear feasting on salmon. The Homalco Nation has invested in a wildlife viewing operation on its territory.
The Pulse
Science

Canada’s First Nations use tourism to protect natural resources

Communities along Canada’s western coast combine conservation and tourism to create jobs that line up with their cultural values.

9 years ago

Listen 7:45
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