Racist, graphic graffiti shakes up Mount Airy
By Julie Xie (The Inquirer/Philly.com) – A quiet neighborhood in Mount Airy was shaken up Thursday by racist, anti-Semitic, and sexually…
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Weather or not, big crowd anticipated for Philly hearing on Corbett Medicaid plan
By Elana Gordon (Newsworks) – Pennsylvania’s third hearing about Gov. Tom Corbett’s Medicaid proposal is on for Friday despite inclement weather…
Coming Christmas 2014 — U.S. freedom for Snowden?
By Will Bunch (Philly Daily News) – It’s January 2, and what will likely be the most important newspaper editorial of the…
Theater review: Frost/Nixon
By Mark Cofta (City Paper) – Peter Morgan’s Frost/Nixon has proven itself on Broadway and film, but I was wary. How does an…
Big Brother’s little siblings: How local police departments are spying on us now, too
By Michael Price (Salon) – By now, it’s well known that the National Security Agency is collecting troves of data about…
Op-Ed: The impact of the court decision to reverse Lynn’s conviction
By Ralph Cipriano (City Paper) – The overturning of a criminal conviction is a rare event, with the odds of it…
Study on homelessness proposed in Pa.
From Newsworks‘ Mary Wilson – Two state lawmakers are hoping to take a closer look at homelessness in Pennsylvania. The proposal calls for…
Black Man Charged With Attempted Murder of Officers Who Nearly Killed Him Says He Was Unarmed
By Rania Khalek (Dispatches from the Underclass) – Andre Fiorentino, 32, says he was unarmed when two Coatesville, Pennsylvania, police officers…
LOVE Park restaurant idea faces criticism
By Peter Van Allen (Philadelphia Business Journal) – The plan to use 26,000 square feet of the park for up to…
Number of Black-Owned TV Stations Plummets to Zero
By Joseph Torres and S. Derek Turner (New America Media) – We just experienced a shameful milestone in the history of…
The Philly Declaration 