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Dave Davies
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Tuesday is primary election day in Pennsylvania, which will bring a merciful end to a bitterly contested battle for the Democratic nomination for Philadelphia City Controller. More »
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
 
Seen this movie before? I know I have. The Philadelphia school system is broke, in a financial crisis even worst than the last one, and, with the clock counting down on fiscal Armageddon, we have to figure out a rescue plan. More »

Tony Auth
tony@tonyauth.com

 
The Obama administration now supports a national shield law that would perhaps have prevented them from secretly seizing phone records of reporters at the Associated Press, searching for evidence of leaks.  "Stop me before More »
 
Any baseball fan knows a day at the ball park is not just about box scores and home runs. In Philadelphia, there's the smell of roasted peppers, the grooves of buskers and the familiar calls of vendors. More »
National Interest

Dick Polman
nationalinterest@whyy.org

 
Have you heard the one about Obama and the umbrella? Conservatives who yearn to eject the president from office have been trying to get sufficient traction from the current scandal trifecta, but it's a heavy lift. Ben More »
 
Midterm elections, which typically draw only one-third of the electorate, tend to be dominated by the most ideologically impassioned voters; traditionally, the NRA's constituents have been the most passionate about casting More »
The Philadelphia Experiment

Solomon Jones
philaexperiment@whyy.org
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The estimated 1,000 high-school students who marched Broad Street to protest School District budget cuts on Friday were not just visible. They were loud, rambunctious and utterly unmoved by the politics of the moment. More »
Sunday, May 12, 2013
 
I celebrated Mother's Day as I do every year — by celebrating the women who shaped me. More »
Shapiro on Theater

Howard Shapiro
shapiroontheater@whyy.org

 
Who says you have to be old-fashioned to be classic? Heck, who says you need to be classic to be ... classic? More »
 
"North of the Boulevard," the new drama by prolific Philadelphia-based playwright Bruce Graham, is gritty – but is it true grit? More »
View Finders

Lindsay Lazarski
llazarski@whyy.org

 
On a Saturday morning in the off season at Cape May Point, a lone bicyclist stops and pulls out his smart phone to capture the spectacle before him: Four birdwatchers have abandoned their Prius in the middle of the street to More »
 
John Stokely has known about his vocation ever since his religion teacher, Sister Patricia, asked every student in the first-grade class what he or she wanted to be when they grew up. A priest, he answered. "I didn't know More »
Centre Square

Chris Satullo
csatullo@whyy.org

 
Let's try to do something that Washington has a hard time doing once a whiff of scandal is in the air. Let's keep our bearings. Let's survey all the moving parts of an issue. More »
 
If they ever make hypocrisy an Olympic sport, I think Philadelphia City Council has a real shot at the gold. More »
Brandywine to Broad

Jan Ting
brandywinetobroad@whyy.org

 
If an advertising agency gets money from clients to produce television ads touting the clients' products, the advertising agency has income on which income taxes must be paid. But if the advertising agency is a non-profit More »
 
I've been a holdout, declining to join the progressive movement to abolish the death penalty everywhere in the United States and the world. I've thought that in an open, democratic society with a fully developed modern legal More »
Speak Easy

Eric Walter
ewalter@whyy.org

 
Stella is getting ready for her big day. As Joanne Dhody brushes Stella's teeth, a pink tongue searches for a random smear of beef-flavored toothpaste. Stella is Dhody's 13-year-old Jack Russell terrier, a registered therapy More »
 
On Tuesday, Minnesota became the 12th state in the union to legally recognize same-sex marriage — and the first Midwestern state to do so through legislative means. And I couldn't be more annoyed. More »
Lightning Rod

Faye Flam
lightningrod@whyy.org

 
Some are baffled and others saddened by the fact that humans put footprints on the moon more than 40 years ago and have not ventured a fraction of that distance from home since. Have we lost our spirit of exploration? More »
 
Shock and outrage were bound to follow when the famous biologist-writer E.O. Wilson proclaimed that many scientists are at best "semiliterate" in math. When this heresy appeared in an op-ed piece for the Wall Street Journal, More »
Onward

Zack Seward
zseward@whyy.org

 
It's been a long time coming, but 3rd Ward is now open in Philadelphia. For now, it's arguably the prettiest coworking space in town. In a few weeks, it'll be, in essence, a DIY trade school for the curious at heart. More »
 
You've heard of hackathons where web developers scheme up new apps in a matter of a few caffeine-soaked hours. But what about a hackathon for music? More »
NW Philly Parents

Jen Bradley
nwphillyparents@whyy.org

 
Celebrate books with wonderful events and author meet and greets from The Big Blue Marble Bookstore, and this year, a partnership with the Color Book Gallery. Lots of fabulous activities for your little bibliophiles!   More »
Ground Level

Nicole Juday
groundlevel@whyy.org

Friday, May 17, 2013
 
It's been a lovely spring; the dogwood and azalea flowers held on longer than usual so there hasn't been the typical fifteen minute intermission between the first and second acts in the garden. Now the iris are blooming, the More »
 
May is considered the most beautiful month for Philadelphia gardens, and it's no surprise that it's also the most popular month for horticultural events of every kind. From plant sales to garden tours to educational symposia, More »
 
Top Stories
For N.J. grads who need work, outlook is not bad
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May 20 - Phil Gregory

As new college graduates look for work there are indications their prospects are improving.    More »

Library Company will continue going digital despite departure of director Van Horne
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May 20 - Peter Crimmins, @petercrimmins

The director of the Library Company of Philadelphia has announced he is stepping down next year.  More »

Documentary recounts Latino immigration history as 'harvest' of American empire
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May 20 - Elisabeth Perez-Luna

It's often said that without immigration there would be no American history. The documentary "Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in America," which traces the history of one of the largest immigrant groups in More »

Athletic camp for men with same sex attractions, spirited and controversial
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May 20 - Elizabeth Fiedler, @EAFiedler
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