Ex-Philly "Hero cop" DeCoatsworth: One Man's Descent or System Failure?
Philadelphia Weekly |
May 22, 2013
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Against medical advice, Corbett poised to sign another restrictive women's healthcare billnew
Pennsylvania Governor Corbett is expected to sign into law a bill that would mandate that private insurers participating in the state exchange not cover abortion, even when it threatens the health of the mother.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
06-13-2013 |
Health
SCOTUS Ruling May Greenlight PA Police to "Stop & Swab"new
The recent SCOTUS ruling on Constitutionality of seizing citizen DNA without criminal conviction may mean PA police will start to "stop & swab." But state police say the law would expand the backlog.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
06-10-2013 |
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Acting Governornew
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Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
05-22-2013 |
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A view from inside the Philly Naked Bike Ridenew
Philadelphia Weekly staff writer Randy LoBasso participates in the Philly Naked Bike Ride. This is what he saw.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
08-26-2013 |
Culture
Hip-Hop Dancers Teach Kids a Civil Rights Lessonnew
A successful Kickstarter campaign means Hip Hop Fundamentals finally gets to bring its history-by-music program to underfunded Philly schools.
Philadelphia Weekly |
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Culture
Acting Governornew
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Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
05-22-2013 |
Performance
Queen of the Deadnew
Rogue taxidermist Beth Beverly, star of AMC's new show Immortalized, gives dead birds and animals a second life as beautiful and bizarre wearable art.
Philadelphia Weekly |
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02-13-2013 |
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I Can't Stop Reading Philly.com Commentersnew
Calling black people animals, references to monkeys, phrases like "welcome to the jungle, baby" and "That’s how it go in da hood" are all standard comments beneath crime stories on Philly.com when the perp is black. And we haven’t even gotten to the anal rape fantasies that regularly litter sexual offender and police corruption stories. So why do I read them?
Philadelphia Weekly |
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