Daily Dec Roundup – Jan. 8th, 2015
Philly prisons still jam-packed, but not as badly as before Holly Otterbein, Newsworks – When Mayor Michael Nutter first took…
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Daily Dec Roundup – Jan. 2nd, 2015
Mantua: One year later, community wonders if promise will be kept Alyssa Cassium and Darian Muka, Philadelphia Neighborhoods – The…
Examining the Underreported Department of Prisons Ballot Question
By Dustin Slaughter On Tuesday, November 4th, Philadelphia voters will choose whether or not to amend the City Charter to…
Philly’s Right-to-Know and 2015 – Part One
By Dustin Slaughter Newsworks‘ Holly Otterbein reported last week on yet another troubling deficiency in the public’s right to access government…
Bank documents show hundreds of thousands in re-routed NAACP checks
By Isaiah Thompson (City Paper) City Paper has obtained copies of what appear to be more than a hundred checks,…
Prosecutor accused perjured cop of lying; D.A. announces review
By Daniel Denvir Editor’s note: This story was published in City Paper on August 28th, 2014. Philadelphia Police Officer Christopher…
ICYMI: Philly pot arrest maps: black people in black neighborhoods
By Daniel Denvir (City Paper) Originally published on August 14th, 2014 by City Paper. Eighty-three percent of the 4,314 marijuana-possession…
Cop in perjury scandal testifies, partner taken off street
By Daniel Denvir (City Paper) The Philadelphia Police Department today confirmed that Officer Patrick Banning, the partner of a narcotics…
City Paper Longread: “A Bitter End”
By Emily Guendelsberger (City Paper) – One thing that nobody disagrees about: Joseph Yourshaw wanted to die. “He talked about…
New details emerge in FBI raid on Kensington psych clinic
By Ryan Briggs (City Paper) – On Monday, the FBI conducted a late-morning search-and-seizure operation at a Kensington mental health…
The Philly Declaration 