It's Been a Year Since Steven 'Butter' Miller Was Killed. Does Anyone Remember?
Philadelphia City Paper |
July 29, 2008
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More by Tom Namako
Election '08: The Can't Votersnew
Millions of people who will be greatly affected by the outcome of next week's election, but won't be able to cast a vote in it. And yet, some of these same people -- those who don't meet citizenship requirements, the incarcerated and the underaged -- are more invested in the political process than many eligible Americans.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tom Namako |
10-30-2008 |
Politics
Election '08: The Voter Fraud Fraudnew
Though ACORN has been legitimately criticized in the past for the way it collects new voter registrations, the idea that it has compromised this year's electoral process is, simply, false.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tom Namako |
10-28-2008 |
Politics
More by Doron Taussig
Obama is Winning ... and That's Hard to Get Our Head Aroundnew
I've reached a point where I can't really imagine John McCain giving a concession speech (especially when you factor in his inherent stubbornness, and the groundwork his campaign has been laying to dispute results). I feel like I've seen this movie before, and it doesn't end happily.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Doron Taussig |
10-30-2008 |
Commentary
How Bassam Sebti Sees the Iraq Warnew
Sebti lived through the first three years of the war as an Iraqi in Baghdad. He's watched the last two from Philadelphia.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Doron Taussig |
06-02-2008 |
War
More by Philadelphia City Paper
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
