World to Rep. Mike Turzai: Well “DONE!!!”
You may remember right-wing House Majority leader Rep. Michael Turzai (R-Allegheny) from this summer when, amid the hubbub of Voter ID, a video of him gloating to his cohorts that Voter ID would hand...
View ArticleNew Documentary, ‘Broken on All Sides,’ Calls Mass Incarceration of Blacks...
Thirty years into the so-called War on Drugs, there are neighborhoods in Philadelphia where more people graduate from the prison system than from high school. According to theories put forth in...
View ArticleKey Takeaways From the City’s Roundtable Discussion on Reducing Gun Violence
Earlier this afternoon at City Hall, Councilman Kenyatta Johnson hosted a roundtable discussion on strategies to reduce gun violence and violent crime. The good news is that at this point, it’s a given...
View ArticleAnti-violence Community Activist “Chino” Sanchez Gunned Down in Kensington
As initially reported by GunCrisis.org, Wednesday night in Philadelphia was a bloody one: gunfire wounded six and killed one person before dawn. A teenage boy was shot twice in the face and once in the...
View Article2013: It’s Time To Talk About Mummers in Blackface
From the outside looking in, you’d think every Philadelphian was a proud supporter of the glittered and feathered pageant known as the New Year’s Day Mummer’s Parade. But you’d be wrong. Mummers in...
View ArticleMummers Are Willing to Talk Rationally About Blackface, So We Should Too
You know it’s going to be a good year when, on Jan. 2, you wake up the subject of a Stu Bykofsky column. Byko’s beef was my Storify post on New Year’s Day rounding up Twitter reaction to three skits in...
View ArticleVirginia: the Latest State to Exploit Philadelphia’s Gosnell Abortion Tragedy
While Kermit Gosnell—if convicted, perhaps the nation’s first baby serial killer and drug trafficker—sits in a cell awaiting trial in March, his name has been everywhere. Over and over, West...
View ArticleToday: Local Events on 40th Anniversary of Roe V Wade
If you are among the majority of Americans who oppose overturning Roe V. Wade, then are several Roe day events where you can go and show your support today and through the week. All day today: Follow...
View ArticleLocal Lawyers Present Groundbreaking Study on Abortion Clinic Violence
David S. Cohen, associate professor of law at Drexel University’s Earle Mack School of Law, and Krysten Connon, a 2012 Drexel Law grad, have conducted a groundbreaking national study of the toll that...
View ArticlePropaganda Film Exploits Gosnell Tragedy to Promote Conspiracy Theory
A new documentary film on the Kermit Gosnell case, titled 3801 Lancaster, was recently released online and can be viewed at 3801Lancaster.com. It’ll receive a Philly premiere screening Sunday night as...
View ArticleHow will the Supreme Court’s ruling on DNA collection impact justice in PA?
Earlier this week, in a divisive 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States determined that it is perfectly Constitutional for police to routinely collect DNA samples from some arrestees—even...
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