All posts by Dustin Slaughter

DNC Protesters to City: We Are Marching, Permits Be Damned

By Dustin Slaughter A coalition of groups planning protests during the Democratic National Convention next month put the city on…

Declaration Staff City officials released on Thursday a map of where within FDR Park protesters will be permitted to demonstrate…

Originals

By Kris Hermes After weeks of claiming that Philadelphia’s decommissioned Holmesburg Prison may be used as an alternative detention facility…

Originals

By Dustin Slaughter City officials released a map on Thursday evening detailing the layout for next month’s Democratic National Convention…

Originals

By Dustin Slaughter A group calling themselves ‘Reclaim Philadelphia’ penned a letter to the 2016 Democratic National Convention’s Host Committee…

Author and activist Kris Hermes talks with WHYY about a decades-old restriction on Philadelphia police infiltration of political groups, and…

Opinion

By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship June 16, 2016 This post first appeared on BillMoyers.com. There’s a virus infecting our…

By Annie Waldman ProPublica, June 15, 2016, 12:38 p.m. A much-criticized college accreditor that regulates hundreds of for-profit schools should…

Pennsylvania ACLU emails obtained by Billy Penn last night reveal that the Kenney administration has tightened the rules for protesting during the…

By Dustin Slaughter The state’s Office of Open Records ruled in The Declaration’s favor yesterday and ordered the city to…