Feltonville teachers protest award: ‘We can’t eat while our school is starved’
By Daniel Denvir (City Paper) – Teachers at Feltonville Arts and Sciences protested a School District of Philadelphia award congratulating…
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Pennsylvania Creates Commission to Study New School Funding Formula
By Dan McQuade (Philadelphia Magazine) – One thing Governor Tom Corbett and Philadelphians can agree on: The funding system for…
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “The Case for Reparations” Echoes in a Pa. City
By Jake Blumgart (Next City) – In The Atlantic’s recent article, “The Case for Reparations,” Ta-Nehisi Coates takes readers to…
Questions about grant to Mondesire to restore field. Was the work ever done?
By Isaiah Thompson (Axis Philly) – In 2006, the North Philly Aztecs were having a tough year. The much-beloved youth…
Temple probing private prison industry funding of two professors’ research
By Susan Snyder (The Inquirer) – Temple University is investigating an ethics complaint that two of its professors did not…
Where’s Basciano?
By Helen Ubinas (Philly Daily News) – Maybe one day Richard Basciano will have to answer to his maker about…
Market Street Building collapse victim who lost legs: ‘How am I supposed to live now?’
By Morgan Zalot (Daily News) – Mariya Plekan remembers each second of the pain she felt as the minutes and…
When Narcotics Cops Go Rogue: A Philadelphia Story
Five years after a police scandal rocked the city, narcotics squads continue to operate like criminal gangs with impunity. By…
Breaking: Katz, Lenfest win control of Inquirer parent company (Full statement)
By David Sell (The Inquirer) – Inquirer co-owners Lewis Katz and H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest won control of newspaper and its…
A Cable Merger Too Far
The New York Times Editorial Board There are good reasons the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission should block…
The Philly Declaration 