‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ Had an FBI File, and It’s Kind of Hilarious
By Jason Bailey (Flavorwire) – According to historian John A. Noakes, who analyzed the FBI’s 13,533-page “Communist Infiltration of the Motion…
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Philly man used credit card numbers stolen by Russian hackers for fraudulent transactions in Lansdale
By Michael Goldberg at The Reporter Online – A Philadelphia man is behind bars in Montgomery County after allegedly committing credit card fraud…
Boxed In: How a Criminal Record Keeps You Unemployed For Life
From Kai Wright at The Nation – Luis Rivera had some peace of mind for about five months, from late fall of…
Poor People Deserve Digital Privacy, Too
By Seeta Gangadharan and Aleta Sprague at Slate – For centuries, political authorities have punished the poor for being poor….
A call for an investigation into reported use of pepper spray by police in school brawl | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
By Paul Jablow at The Notebook – In two separate incidents this year, pepper spray has been used by police on students inside a…
NSA and Britain’s GCHQ surveillance includes charitable and education organizations, antitrust regulator
From The Daily Dot’s Sarah Weber – International political allies, charitable organizations, educational institutions—there seems to be no limit to the people and…
A century of sunlight and transparency, courtesy of Louis Brandeis, now on defensive
By America Blog’s Chris Trejbal – On Dec. 20, 1913, Harper’s Weekly published “What Publicity Can Do” by then-future Supreme Court justice…
Asian-American activist who led Philadelphia high school boycott honored
By The Inquirer‘s Jeff Gammage – He’s a leader among young Asian immigrants, an explorer of activist ideals, a part-time teacher of…
Those who died homeless on Philly’s streets memorialized with calls for action
By Newsworks’ Holly Otterbein – More than 100 advocates for the homeless gathered in Philadelphia Thursday evening to memorialize people who died…
Lawmakers propose denying prisoners access to the state’s open-records law
By City Paper‘s Daniel Denvir – Since Pennsylvania overhauled its Right to Know Law in 2008, Roger Buehl has typed out numerous…
The Philly Declaration 