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Organ donations from drug overdose victims rising with opioid death toll
Inside the Gift of Life Donor Program’s headquarters in Philadelphia, a room serves as a sort of mission control for organ donation.
8 years ago
Listen 5:11Services set for journalist ‘Sonny’ Driver, who spurred Philly to rename road for MLK
Driver founded the Scoop U.S.A. newspaper for the African-American community, and promoted jazz in Philadelphia. He died last month at 91.
8 years ago
Listen 2:23Phoenix Best, straight to Broadway and now playing her home town
The actress, from Philadelphia's Mt. Airy, graduated from DeSales University and became a Broadway understudy only a month after arriving in New York.
8 years ago
Listen 4:38Once marred by violence, a North Philly schoolyard now blossoms
Six years after a man was gunned down on the playground at Alexander McClure Elementary School, an effort to adorn the building with colorful mosaics is underway.
8 years ago
Listen 1:46New Philly coalition aims to end euthanization of pets at shelter
Last year, 18,000 animals were surrendered to the Philadelphia shelter.
8 years ago
Gov. Tom Wolf declares ‘state of emergency’ in Pa. opioid epidemic
There will be a command center at the state's emergency management headquarters in Harrisburg and provide wider access to the prescription drug monitoring program.
8 years ago
Listen 5:38Continuing King’s fight, with love in the age of hate
This year, we as a nation should not celebrate King Day. It’s not that Dr. King does not deserve this national holiday. It is America that does not deserve to celebrate him.
8 years ago
The Philly school choice system no one is talking about
Every year, thousands of Philadelphia families choose a traditional public school outside their neighborhood. So is that a good thing, a bad thing or something else?
8 years ago
Listen 5:42Video of Governor Chris Christie's final State of the State address
Outgoing Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that New Jersey needed “tough and plain-spoken leadership” when he took office e ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:32Philadelphia names new poet laureate
Raquel Salas Rivera, a gender-fluid, Puerto Rican writer, has been named Philadelphia's new city poet laureate.
8 years ago
Listen 2:24New Jersey lifts prison ban on ‘The New Jim Crow,’ a popular book on mass incarceration
The New Jersey Department of Corrections has lifted a ban on the book “The New Jim Crow” at two of its prisons, following a complaint from the state chapter of the ACLU.
8 years ago
Listen 2:10Family demands answers after Philly man addicted to heroin dies hours after incarceration
Three-quarters of Philly's prison inmates have a history of substance addiction. Is the system equipped to help them?
8 years ago
Listen 4:42Bitter cold sparks continuing Philly efforts to shelter homeless
Through Monday morning, the warming center at Cione Recreation will be open 24 hours a day —.and no ID is necessary to come inside.
8 years ago
Listen 1:36Majority like U.S. agencies — but not government, Gallup poll finds
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 6:53Heating problems in Philly schools rise as temperatures plunge
Philadelphia School District facilities workers have been on the job since Christmas to fix faulty heating units. It's a $70M problem.
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