In 1959, Edmund Bacon Imagined in 50 Years, "No Part of Philadelphia is Depressed."
Philadelphia City Paper |
December 21, 2009
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An Excerpt From 'The Possible City' by Nathanial Popkinnew
Popkin is writer-in-residence at Philadelphia University. This is excerpted from his new book, The Possible City: Exercises in Dreaming Philadelphia, published by Camino Books in August 2008.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Nathaniel Popkin |
09-09-2008 |
Excerpts
Michael Eric Dyson Examines MLK's Legacynew
Dyson assesses King's legacy for contemporary African-American leaders, including Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Barack Obama.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Nathaniel Popkin |
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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