Homelessness is on the rise in Kensington
By Alfred Lubrano (Inquirer) – Ilza Padua bathes her 500-pound ex-boyfriend in exchange for a shower, or a $10 bill…
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Beating Your Six Year Old Child with a Belt in a Park? It’s Legal in Pennsylvania
By Joshua Albert Typically, my Monday afternoons in Clark Park are supposed to be a pleasant experience. I blast Lil’…
Looking at SW Philly fire tragedy through the eyes of the city’s Liberian community
By Newsworks Staff – The July 5 fire that claimed the lives of four Liberian-American children in Philadelphia has sparked…
Inquirer: Disarray, data manipulation at Phila. VA, report finds
By Tricia L. Nadolny (Inquirer) – Inspectors surveying Philadelphia’s Veterans Affairs benefits center in June found two stunning signs of…
Philadelphia Weekly: 100 percent of Philly wiretaps drug-related, monitor portable devices
By Josh Kruger (Philadelphia Weekly) – As required by federal law, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO)…
Helen Gym: What the schools need now
By Helen Gym (City Paper) – The chaotic scramble in Harrisburg over whether to allow Philadelphia to tax itself for…
PA Superior Court: Search of Smartphones Requires Warrant
By Max Mitchell (The Legal Intelligencer) – Based on a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, the state Superior Court has…
Newsworks: Filming Philadelphia’s Muslim past and present
By Waleed Shahid (Newsworks) – For many Muslims born to immigrant parents in this country, our first encounters with an…
Philly Mag: Cigarette Tax Delayed to August 4
By Joel Mathis (Philadelphia Magazine) – The Pennsylvania House will reconvene Aug. 4 to consider approval of a bill that…
Inquirer: Pa. mandatory minimum sentences under challenge
By Chris Palmer (The Inquirer) – Mandatory minimum sentences for gun- and drug-related offenses are in limbo across Pennsylvania, delaying…
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