When we talk about college these days, the discussion centers around cost. But you don’t hear a lot about the number of people who start college, but for all kinds of reasons can’t finish and get a degree.

The US Senate recently overwhelming passed a bill designed to help address what has been an alarming spike in violence against members of the Asian American community in the US. Assuming it will become law, it would do many things including creating a new position at the Justice Department focusing on the issue and also provides guidance to help increase the reporting of hate crimes on the state and local level. We asked Dr. HaiLin Zhou, Professor of Chinese and Asian Studies at Villanova University to come on the podcast and talk about both the bill and her thoughts on what the Asian American Community is going through and her emotions during these difficult times.

What are the most common questions being asked about the vaccines? Will incentives to get vaccinated help end the pandemic?

David Fiorenza, economist at the Villanova School of Business joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what happened this week in the economy and what it means for all of us in our daily lives.

The FDA recently proposed a ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes. Advocates for the ban say this is a big and long-needed public health move, especially for African-American communities, because for years they have been targeted by tobacco companies.

The hacking of that Colonial Pipeline has caused problems with gasoline supply along the East Coast. How could this happen? What vulnerabilities does this point out in the system?

The makeup of the House of Representatives will be shifting a bit in the wake of the 2020 Census. Some states will gain a seat or two, and some will lose a seat with new maps drawn for the 2022 midterms.

You've probably heard people talk about a semiconductor or chip shortage recently. It's a big deal, and it probably affects a lot more things than you might realize.

Public Health Funding is an ongoing concern in this country, and we've seen the effects of that first hand during this COVID-19 pandemic. So have we learned our lesson about the importance of funding public health?

Ever since the 2020 election, laws have been introduced in states across the country that seem to be designed to make it harder for people to vote. So is that observation actually true? And what's behind the push for these new laws?

David Fiorenza, Associate Professor of Practice at Villanova School of Business joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what happened this week in the economy and what it means for all of us in our daily lives.

Americans have gained on average 1.5 pounds per month that we've been in this pandemic. So now what? How do you get the scale moving in the right direction again?

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and challenger Carlos Vega met in an intense, contentious debate that tackled issues like Philadelphia's gun violence crisis, victims' rights, and systemic racism in the justice system.

You might have seen the help wanted signs near you, a ton of places have signs out that they're hiring and offering interviews on the spot. So what's going on?

Morning Consult, a global data intelligence company, has been tracking people's comfort level with doing different things for more than a year now, things like going to the mall or eating indoors in a restaurant.

One day the pandemic will be over, but a pair of Drexel epidemiologists say the virus responsible for COVID-19 will likely become endemic, something we have to learn to live with. So what's that going to look like?

A recent Supreme Court decision dealing with juveniles being sentenced to life without parole really took the court in a completely different direction than it had been tracking. So what happened, and why did the court change course?

Four vaccinators from Inspira Health in South Jersey join the podcast for a really touching and meaningful about how they got involved in vaccinating people and what it's meant for them to be a part of this.

David Fiorenza, Associate Professor of Practice at Villanova School of Business joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what happened this week in the economy and what it means for all of us in our daily lives.

The first 100 days is pretty much an arbitrary benchmark to judge a presidency. And here's how President Biden stacks up so far.

Polls suggest we could see a President The Rock inauguration sometime in the not so distant future. So why are Americans drawn to celebrity politicians? And what makes celebrities want to have a career in politics?

An enormous number of cicadas are waking up very soon after spending the last 17 years developing. It's going to be awesome, and probably very noisy.

So what have we learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and how can these lessons be put to good use to prevent the next public health crisis? "We have short memories," cautions Dr. Stephanie Zaza, President of the American College of Preventive Medicine, so we need to start the hard work now.

David Fiorenza, Associate Professor of Practice at Villanova School of Business joins KYW Newsradio In Depth to talk about what happened this week in the economy and what it means for all of us in our daily lives.

We will one day, hopefully sooner rather than later, be in a place where COVID-19 is in the rearview mirror. When we get there, how are we going to look back on this pandemic and this mass trauma event that the whole world just went through together?