Philadelphia City Paper

What to Do When You're Stranded in Chicago for a Week with Man Mannew

Judging by the genre-defying, increasingly manic music that has materialized before me during one sleepless week in the Windy City, Man Man won't be disbanding anytime soon.

Philadelphia City Paper | Andrew Parks | 04-24-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Man Man

Bissell Finds His Father in Vietnamnew

He cuts a narrative path through the 30-year overgrowth in the war-torn jungles forming both his father's identity and the history of Vietnam.

Philadelphia City Paper | Sam Tremble | 04-10-2007 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son and the Legacy of Vietnam, Tom Bissell

Church is Statenew

Is Ruth Naomi Floyd being held down by the same devout Christianty that lifts her up?

Philadelphia City Paper | A.D. Amorosi | 04-10-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Ruth Naomi Floyd

Philly's More Fun When You Get the Facts Straightnew

Travel guides, although often well-intentioned, say all sorts of bizarre things about Philadelphia and the people who live here -- we give you a few choice samples, and our responses.

Philadelphia City Paper | Joel Tannenbaum | 04-10-2007 | Books

The Weapons We Neednew

It's fun to read about the U.S. government's new and improved ways to profoundly hurt people.

Philadelphia City Paper | Duane Swierczynski | 04-10-2007 | Commentary

Can We Keep Kids from Repeating Incarcerated Parents' Mistakes?new

More than 2 million children have a parent in prison, and statistics say they're up to six times more likely to go down that same road than other children.

Philadelphia City Paper | Francesca Heintz | 04-10-2007 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Blood Tiesnew

Fifty years ago, Bob Bechtel killed a fellow Swarthmore student -- his family says he grapples with his actions every day ... so why won't he say he's sorry?

Philadelphia City Paper | Sam Adams | 04-10-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Macky Alston, The Killer Within