November 19, 2012
By Maiken Scott
This Thursday marks Thanksgiving - a day dedicated to spending time with friends and family, and to gratitude.
Psychologist Dan Gottlieb has been thinking a lot about gratitude lately, and its relationship to caring. He spoke with WHYY's Behavioral Health reporter, Maiken Scott.
Poverty in the Philadelphia's Pennsylvania and New Jersey suburbs grew by 40 percent between 2000 and 2011. In the Allentown region, that number was 50 percent. Bill Clark, head of Philabundance, a hunger relief organization that More »
In 1954, American Girl magazine published a book of beauty tips for young women. It included helpful suggestions about preparing for the ultimate American beauty contest: the high school prom. More »
Military fireworks won't be going off as planned this Independence Day due to the federal sequester. Jersey's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Lakehurst, N.J., has canceled its annual July Fourth celebration due to furloughs caused by congressionally More »
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