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Robert Fifer, 62, has been addicted to heroin since he was 10. He said he's getting too old to sleep outside in the winter.
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

‘It will kill you’: Philly outreach workers keep making rounds as bitter cold snap continues

Even in bitterly cold weather, homeless people with addictions are often hesitant to take shelter if it means going to another part of the city and going through withdrawal.

8 years ago

Listen 2:53
Receptionist Jennifer Baker advises Suzanne Cloud on health insurance forms before her appointment at Cooper Medical Services. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Health

The numbers are in: Here’s how ACA open enrollment went in Pa., N.J., and Del.

The number of people who signed up for insurance through the Affordable Care Act dipped slightly in all three states, despite Trump administration efforts to curtail the law.

8 years ago

Members of the Pirates head south on Broad St.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

The Mummers strutted through Philly’s deep freeze

The bedecked, bedazzled revelers paraded through the streets of Center City Philadelphia on New Year's Day, despite bitterly cold temperatures dipping into the teens.

8 years ago

Listen 2:24
Members of the 38 Tonnes arrived in Philadelphia on Wednesday from France and will be performing at the Rabble Rousers' 2018 New Year’s Day event. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Nontraditional Mummers strut away from Broad Street parade

Some Mummer brigades will not parade this year. Instead, they'll stage their own neighborhood New Year's Day procession.

8 years ago

Listen 4:05
The new Starbucks on South Warren Street in Trenton is a big hit with state workers like Gemma Navarro.
NewsWorks Tonight
Money

Trenton residents, businesses welcome city’s first Starbucks

The coffee giant selected Trenton as the ninth of 15 planned "opportunity cafes" — stores opened in underserved, low- to medium-income communities that train young workers.

8 years ago

Listen 5:02
Former President Barack Obama addresses a summit on climate change last year. He will be in Philadelphia Friday to stump for Democrats on the November ballot. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Obama trumps the chief, takes top spot as Gallup’s ‘Most Admired Man’

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 7:07
Miss New York Nina Davuluri, center, reacts after being named Miss America 2014 pageant as Miss California Crystal Lee, left, and Miss America 2013 Mallory Hagan celebrate with her, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, in Atlantic City, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Radio Times

Miss America controversy

The Miss America pageant has been a tradition in American culture for 96 years. The annual competition has evolved into a scholarship pro ...

8 years ago

Listen 35:30
Radio Times

Philadelphia Carriage Company ends

COUNCILMAN MARK SQUILLA talks to us about the end of the Philadelphia C ...

8 years ago

Listen 13:28
Mustafa and Amal are Syrian refugees who moved to Morrisville, Pa. about a year ago. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Settling into Bucks County, Syrian family has year of worry — and progress

With their two young children, refugees Moustafa and Amal are making a new life for themselves far from Syria's civil war. Their first year in the U.S. hasn't been easy.

8 years ago

Listen 4:37
Gerrymandering and the Future of American Democracy at The National Constitution Center.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Measures of gerrymandering — real or bogus?

Experts on gerrymandering debate new mathematical formulas to measure bias during a forum at the National Constitution Center.

8 years ago

Listen 6:08
(Karen Roach/Bigstock)
Money

Philly-area nonprofits are fretting over new tax law

The GOP tax overhaul is giving some nonprofit organizations holiday heartburn. The reason: itemization. More specifically, it’s the lack thereof.

8 years ago

Listen 2:29
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Poet Nikki Giovanni

Guest: Nikki Giovanni In poet NIKKI GIOVANNI’s ne ...

8 years ago

Listen 49:16
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Adam Levinson’s ‘The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah’

Guest: Adam Valen Levinson ADAM VALEN LEVINSON< ...

8 years ago

Listen 35:29
Like several of his GOP colleagues in Congress, U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Bucks, is trying to maintain some distance from President Donald Trump. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Bipartisan alternative education bill has Philly-region sponsors

The U.S. House GOP is moving forward with a highly partisan proposal that would revamp federal student loan programs. Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick opposes the plan.

8 years ago

Listen 5:00
Johnstown is a city of 19,000 residents situated at the confluence of two rivers and surrounded by hills. (Margaret J. Krauss/WESA)
Keystone Crossroads
Urban Planning

For cash-strapped Johnstown, sewer system overhaul comes with hefty costs

Johnstown is not an outlier when it comes to these problems, though its situation may be more severe.

8 years ago

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