First Lady’s Brother Craig Robinson Leads West Oak Lane Voter Registration...
Vanette Jordan volunteers in OFA’s West Oak Lane Office. She’s been supporting Obama with grassroots activism for the last four years, and doesn’t plan to stop soon. At West Oak Lane’s Obama For...
View ArticleStumping the Crowd: Bill Clinton at the UPenn Palestra (Photos)
Photos by Joshua Pelta-Heller Bill Clinton was in Philadelphia on November 5th for a rally to support the reelection of President Obama, at the University of Pennsylvania’s Palestra! Don’t forget to...
View ArticleA Conversation with Juan Sepulveda
Following a flurry of immigration reform, from Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Bill to Arizona’s highly-publicized SB 1070, one of this past election’s big talking points has been the treatment of Latino...
View ArticleThe “Philanthropists” Behind the Proposal to Close Philadelphia Schools
Photo: The Notebook Newbie Philadelphia School District Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. proposes the largest school shutdown in the history of the city. A total of 37 area schools would close under...
View ArticleThe Florida ‘Loophole’ and Pennsylvania Gun Law
Firearm reciprocity agreements are not unusual, but on February 8, 2013, Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced a new amended reciprocity agreement with Florida which drew considerable attention....
View ArticleFilm Review: The Gatekeepers
Dir. Dror Moreh Score: 6.6 Dror Moreh’s Oscar-nominated documentary opens with an aerial view of a maze of city streets somewhere in Israel from high above, through what appears to be a (simulated)...
View ArticleFilm Review: A Place at the Table
Dir. Kristi Jacobson & Lori Silverbush Score: 6.3 If you’re feeling up to it, you could pretty effectively encapsulate the neglect this country heaps on its children via a punishing double-feature...
View ArticleSpeakeasy: Jeremy Scahill
Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill, the national security correspondent for “The Nation” and the author of the searing book “Blackwater” about the rise of the mercenary army feted by the ongoing...
View ArticleFilm Review: The Unknown Known
Dir. Errol Morris Score: 6.7 To get a quick insight into the mind of Donald Rumsfeld, the former Secretary of Defense in the G.W. Bush administration, in documentary auteur Errol Morris’ latest...
View ArticleANDREW STOBER ANNOUNCES AS INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL AT-LARGE
Join Andrew Stober (bio) as he formally announces his independent candidacy for a Philadelphia City Council At-Large seat. Stober, who as chief of staff in the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and...
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