Philadelphia, PA New city agency to oversee Philly’s ‘fragmented’ reentry for former prisonerswhyy.org - Avi Wolfman-Arent Philadelphia thinks its new Office of Reentry Partnerships will fix a “fragmented” approach to helping those returning from prison or jail. The new …
Eric Garner NYPD fires Daniel Pantaleo, who used banned chokehold on Eric Garner before his deathwhyy.org - Bobby Allyn New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neill announced Monday that the police department is terminating the officer involved in the fatal 2014 …
African-American News Atlantic slave trade legacy still drives local roots of Black churchwhyy.org - Samaria Bailey, The Philadelphia Tribune Throughout four centuries of slavery and beyond, the Black church has taken on countless forms: a secret meeting place, an intense spiritual …
Serena Williams This app aims to save new moms’ liveswhyy.org - Jordan Tobias The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world. Thousands of women — especially black women — experience pregnancy-related …
New Jersey New Jersey unemployment rate drops to its lowest level everwhyy.org - Joe Hernandez New Jersey’s unemployment rate fell to 3.3% in July, the lowest its been since the state began keeping records in 1976. Public policy experts said it …
Philadelphia, PA PAFA exhibit celebrates the untold history of Philadelphia landscape paintingwhyy.org - Emily Pontecorvo When curator Anna Marley first joined the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, she never expected to do a show that focused on the city. She …
MBA University of the Sciences launches MBA in medical cannabis, said to be first of its kindwhyy.org - Steph Yin For those trying to break into the burgeoning medical cannabis industry, there’s a lot to learn about laws, sales, and the daily ins-and-outs of …
Opioids Judge to hear nuts and bolts of how Philly supervised injection site would workwhyy.org - Nina Feldman The nonprofit Safehouse has its first day in federal court on Monday. The group wants to open an injection facility in Philadelphia’s Kensington …
Hurricane Harvey Trouble in the ‘Blueberry Capital of the World’whyy.org For the fourth consecutive week, a Barnegat Bay beach in northern Long Beach Island is under a swimming advisory due to excessive fecal bacteria, …
Play buttonJohn Coltrane A lost album from John Coltrane, with thanks to a French-Canadian directorwhyy.org - Nate Chinen “There is never any end,” John Coltrane said sometime in the mid-1960s, at the height of his powers. “There are always new sounds to imagine; new …
New Jersey ‘This is an emergency:’ Gun-control advocates rally in Trenton after mass shootingswhyy.org - Emily Scott Brett Sabo, the leader of New Jersey’s chapter of Moms Demand Action, was thinking recently about why the gun safety group settled on the color red …
Doctors Without Borders New drug could be game changer for drug-resistant TB. But a question loomswhyy.org - Susie Neilson The FDA has approved a new drug that promises a simpler and far more effective treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis. But not everyone is …
Delaware Pilot and passenger dead after small plane crashes in Delawarewhyy.org - WHYY Staff Delaware State Police say a small plane crashed in New Castle County Sunday morning, killing both the pilot and a passenger. Police say it happened at …
Vaping What’s behind a cluster of vaping-related hospitalizations?whyy.org - Bram Sable-Smith When Dylan Nelson was admitted to the ICU in July with difficulty breathing, his mother, Kim Barnes. figured it was his asthma acting up. But when …
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Advocates already see fallout from immigration rule changewhyy.org - Associated Press Diabetics skipping regular checkups. Young asthmatics not getting preventive care. A surge in expensive emergency room visits. Doctors and public …
Mitch McConnell How does one man have so much power without being president?whyy.org - Ron Elving One hears that question asked in Washington a lot these days, often with exasperation and bewilderment. And it is not always a reference to President …
NPR Pa. workers forced to choose between watching Trump, no pay or using paid time offwhyy.org - Bobby Allyn Workers at a petrochemical plant in western Pennsylvania were given a choice ahead of President Trump’s visit to the site on Tuesday: attend the …
Delaware Delaware makes it easier for people with criminal records to get professional licenseswhyy.org - Mark Eichmann Delaware has taken a number of steps this year to make it easier for former inmates to find work after they’ve been released from prison. The latest …
Elephants From tusks to tails, nations eye trade in endangered specieswhyy.org - Associated Press From guitars to traditional medicines and from tusk to tail, mankind’s exploitation of the planet’s fauna and flora is putting some of them at risk …
Police Shootings ‘You can’t go back to normal’: After police shooting, Nicetown-Tioga neighbors say there’s a lot of work to dowhyy.org - Emily Scott Michael Abney says he has a lot of grievances with the police slogan “serve and protect.” He was reminded of that during the shooting on Wednesday …
Festivals With glut of festivals, hard to match Woodstock magicwhyy.org - Associated Press Fifty years after Woodstock, the mystical and messy event that gave birth to a myriad of musical festivals, the entertainment industry is diluted …
Mass Shootings Churches arm, train congregants in wake of mass shootingswhyy.org - Associated Press Acrid gun smoke clouded the sunny entrance of a Texas church on a recent Sunday. Seven men wearing heavy vests and carrying pistols loaded with blanks …
Guilty Pleasures Fresh starts, guilty pleasures and other pro tips for sticking to good habitswhyy.org - L. Carol Ritchie Katy Milkman played tennis at Princeton, and when she finished college, she went to the gym every day. But when she started grad school, her fitness …
Wanda Vázquez Garced Puerto Rico governor to stay, fight corruptionwhyy.org - Associated Press As a child, Puerto Rico’s newest governor said she would stand on her balcony and hold imaginary trials, always finding the supposed defendants …
DNA Evidence Standoff suspect charged with attempted murder and other countswhyy.org - WHYY Staff Krasner’s involvement in the North Philly hostage negotiation was unusual. Several people, including a Trump appointee, have raised questions about …
Emma Lazarus Do you know the whole Statue of Liberty poem? Listen to what Emma Lazarus wrotewhyy.org - Associated Press A top Trump administration official says the famous inscription on the Statue of Liberty, welcoming “huddled masses” of immigrants to American …
Fake News Fake news and shadow puppets takes center stage at theater campwhyy.org - Peter Crimmins When Noah Eggerts started going to Camp Wilma at 8-years-old, he wanted to be an actor. Now 14, what he really wants to do is direct. The freedom to …
Delaware Vintage baseball clubs from Philadelphia, Delaware team up to honor 1800s star with gravestonewhyy.org - Cris Barrish The athlete’s name was Fergus G. Malone but everybody called him Fergy. He immigrated from Ireland to America as a boy in the mid-1800s and settled in …
Air Quality Research shows thousands could be saved with better air quality standardswhyy.org - Marie Cusick New research from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh shows thousands of lives could be saved each year if air quality standards were …
South Philadelphia ‘Great progress’ in South Philly refinery cleanup, fire commissioner sayswhyy.org - Susan Phillips The dangerous task of disposing of a toxic chemical at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery has had “very good results,” leaving about half of …
