Declaration Editor Files Legal Action for DNC Fundraising Records
By Declaration Staff Updated to include filings in opposing legal action by the DNC Host Committee. Late last night, Dustin Slaughter,…
Philadelphia Sunshine Project
School District of Philadelphia Police Directives, Now Public Here
The Declaration recently obtained the directives which govern school police in Philadelphia. These documents were linked on the School District’s website,…
Why the ACLU is fighting Philly’s new DNC protest restrictions
Pennsylvania ACLU emails obtained by Billy Penn last night reveal that the Kenney administration has tightened the rules for protesting during the…
Open Records Office Orders City, DNC Host Committee to Release Financials
By Dustin Slaughter The state’s Office of Open Records ruled in The Declaration’s favor yesterday and ordered the city to…
Will Philadelphia Adhere to Decades-Old Restrictions on Police Infiltration at Upcoming DNC Protests?
By Kris Hermes With the Democratic National Convention (DNC) less than two months away, the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) has…
Contrary to Official Promises, Public Could Be On the Hook for Convention
If the Democratic National Convention Host Committee can’t raise the up-to-$10 million it’s still seeking, taxpayer dollars could fill that…
Where is Kenney’s Plan to Reform Right to Know?
By Austin Nolen Several weeks ago, one of Philadelphia’s city attorneys denied my request for data of the Bureau of…
9 Convictions for 1 Death: Inside the Case of the “MOVE 9”
By Austin Nolen Thirty seven years ago, after an extended confrontation between Philadelphia radical group MOVE and their neighbors and…
The Public Record on The Brandon Tate-Brown Shooting, So Far
By Austin Nolen 7/14 Update: The Declaration has learned that neither Officer Carrelli nor Officer Dang have had any citizen complaints made against them…
30 Years Later: Primary Sources on the MOVE Conflagration
By Austin Nolen On Wednesday, it will have been thirty years since Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on a West…
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