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I Was an Undercover Uber Drivernew
I drove a hundred rides for UberX to fact-check whether a middle-of-the-pack driver can make $90,000 a year. This is what I learned.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Emily Guendelsberger |
05-15-2015 |
Business & Labor
Video Shows Philly Guard Beat Prisoner, but Prisoner is Chargednew
Prisoner John Steckley looks like he might have been mouthing off as he walked out of the visitors' room at Philadelphia's Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, but he appeared to be posing no physical threat to the guard standing at the door. Even so, the corrections officer coldcocked Steckley in the face and then, along with another guard, proceeded to beat him.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
10-30-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: prison abuse
Philly Pot Arrest Maps: Black People in Black Neighborhoodsnew
Eighty-three percent of the 4,314 marijuana-possession arrests made by Philly police in 2013 were of African-Americans.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
08-15-2014 |
Race & Class
Dispatches from Killadelphianew
Despite the efforts of thousands of pastors, cops, reformed gangsters, concerned parents and politicians, Philadelphia is consistently among the most violent big cities in a country with the highest murder rate of any wealthy nation on earth.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir, Samantha Melamed and Eric Schneider |
09-30-2013 |
Features
Paywall? Philly Papers' Elusive Effort to Make Journalism Paynew
The long-awaited Inquirer.com and PhillyDailyNews.com are online this week, liberating the dailies from the bikini-and-gossip-coated digital stinkpit of Philly.com and locking content behind pay walls, where readers will finally have to pay for it. Sort of.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
04-18-2013 |
Media
Major Pro-Voucher Group Might Have Broken PA Election Lawnew
Political operative John D. McDaniel's Progressive Agenda PAC funneled $5,900 from Students First PAC, a Pennsylvania group backed by Bala Cynwyd hedge fund managers and wealthy national school voucher advocates, to a Penn. state house candidate who was heavily supported by voucher proponents.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
02-27-2013 |
Elections
The Cash Machinenew
How the Philly D.A. seizes millions in alleged crime money — whether there's been a crime or not.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Isaiah Thompson |
11-30-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Registered Philly Voters Required to Cast Provisional Ballots in Large Numbersnew
Provisional ballots, if they are counted, are not counted until up to seven days after the election.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
11-06-2012 |
Elections
Dada Issuesnew
How a trip to the Philadelphia museum of Art inspired the 20th century's most radical artists.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
10-24-2012 |
Art
Fractured Fairy Talesnew
Locust Moon hooks up with Dark Horse for Sci-Fi Fairy tales in Once Upon a Time Machine.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Elliott Sharp |
10-13-2012 |
Books
How the So-Called Liberal Media Defeated Voter IDnew
Relentless and accurate media coverage was decisive in bringing about the judicial defeat of Pennsylvania's voter ID law.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
10-02-2012 |
Elections
Tags: PA Voter ID
Oh, Canadanew
The Toronto Film Festival forecasts a so-so film season.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
09-24-2012 |
Movies
PA Supreme Court Hears Case Against Voter ID Lawnew
Democratic Supreme Court justices slam Pennsylvania voter ID law, lawyers ask for injunction.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
09-13-2012 |
Elections
Run-on Sentencenew
An unforgiving and broken system is forcing sex offenders further to the fringes of society—and that’s dangerous for all of us.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Samantha Melamed |
08-24-2012 |
Crime & Justice
43 Percent of Philly Voters May Not Have Voter IDnew
The number of Pennsylvanians who might not have the photo identification necessary to vote this November has more than doubled.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
07-25-2012 |
Elections
Tags: PA Voter ID, Pennsylvania Voter ID
