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Chantal Pronteau has been a Kitasoo/Xai'xais Coastal Guardian Watchman since 2015. She patrols about 1,500 square miles of inlets on the Canadian coast. (Irina Zhorov/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Watching over the land in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest

First Nations communities in British Columbia are training indigenous people to manage local natural resources.

8 years ago

Listen 8:53
Science

Delaware archaeologists find groundbreaking human remains

Eleven 17th century remains have been found in Rehoboth.

8 years ago

Listen 2:13
Former inmate Robert Rice is on this third stay at the Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Incarceration can launch stubborn cycle of homelessness, Villanova researcher finds

Using homelessness as a barometer, a Villanova criminologist looked at the experiences of more than 10,000 state inmates for nearly a decade after they were released.

8 years ago

Listen 3:17
Philadelphia Acting Supervisor of Elections Kevin Kelly breaks a tie in an election board race by drawing numbered tokens from a coffee can.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Winning by a single vote? Happens all the time

Despite national attention on a Philadelphia man who won an election judge post with a single write-in vote, it's not uncommon. We explain how it works.

8 years ago

Listen 3:15
Rapper Meek Mill arrives at the criminal justice center in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Radio Times

Meek Mill update

GUEST: BOBBY ALLYN We’ll get an update on the imprisonment of Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill, who was just denied bail for charge ...

8 years ago

Listen 13:30
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Adam Levinson’s ‘The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah’

Guest: ADAM VALEN LEVINSON ADAM VALEN LEVINSON is on a miss ...

8 years ago

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Lydia Macy, 17, left, and Mira Gottlieb, 16, both of Berkeley, Calif., rally outside of the Supreme Court which is hearing the 'Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission' today, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Washington.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

High court ruling in case over same-sex wedding cake could cast shadow in Philly

Philadelphia city officials are among local leaders nationwide anticipating the outcome of the Masterpiec ...

8 years ago

Listen 2:25
Princeton scientists (from left) Lyman Page, David Spergel and Norman Jarosik
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Princeton scientists win $3 million for early pictures of the universe

The research uses billion-year-old radiation to confirm the universe's age and how quickly it expanded after the Big Bang.

8 years ago

Listen 1:58
The capitol is seen against a darkened blue sky
Politics & Policy

Blue states targeted under GOP tax bill may wage court battle

With a major, Republican-led overhaul of the federal tax code underway in Washington, D.C., a group of Democrats that includes New Jersey ...

8 years ago

Listen 5:01
Lacey Kohlmoos, with her son Finn, and Samantha Matlin, with children Olivia, 4, and Logan, 2, campaigned for lactation facilities at 30th Street Station.
Health

Breast-feeding Philly moms push for accommodations to pump at train stations

“Women should not have to feed their child, whether it's nursing or pumping, while sitting on a dirty toilet,” said Lacey Kohlmoos, the woman who created the online petition.

8 years ago

Listen 2:35
Rep. Pat Meehan, R-Pa., with Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, left, work on the markup of the GOP's far-reaching tax overhaul, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Meehan seeking tax legislation changes on energy credits, medical deductions

U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan expects to vote for the Republican tax overhaul, but he wants changes to encourage clean energy investment and preserve deductions for medical expenses.

8 years ago

Listen 3:55
Colton Weatherston plays his guitar in front of colorful building facades on Germantown Avenue
Arts & Entertainment

Kimmel Center jazz residents focusing on social justice themes

The musicians – guitarist Colton Weatherson, pianist Luke Carlos O’Reilly, and drummer Doug Hirlinger – have outlined composition projects with strong social justice themes.

8 years ago

Listen 2:41
Protesters shout their disapproval of the Republican tax bill outside the Senate Budget Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.
The Philadelphia Experiment
Politics & Policy

Tax bill should unite American middle class across racial lines

The top 1 percent of Americans use racial and ethnic strife to distract us from the one commonality that should unite us — class.

8 years ago

Listen 3:15
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., flanked by, Small Business Administration Administrator Linda McMahon, left, and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., speaks to a group of small business owners as Republicans work to pass their sweeping tax bill, a blend of generous tax cuts for businesses and more modest tax cuts for families and individuals, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017. It would mark the first time in 31 years that Congress has overhauled the tax code, making it the biggest legislative achievement of President Donald Trump's first year in office. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Do Americans want a new tax bill? Gallup polls say, no, but Congress is pushing to pass it anyway

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 6:29
John McInerney plays a one-string violin during a rehearsal for Symphony for Broken Orchestra at the Curtis Center
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

After hundreds of broken instruments unite in symphony, they’ll be repaired for Philly kids

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer writes orchestral work for 400 broken instruments in Philadelphia's school district. Its premiere concert will help bring about their repair.

8 years ago

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