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Dave Davies
ddavies@whyy.org

 
It's beginning to dawn on more of us that Philadelphia's school system could truly suffer a meltdown in the coming months -- fail to make payroll, fail to open schools in September, maybe see a federal judge take control of the More »
 
The three Democratic candidates for city controller in Philadelphia spent close to $1 million communicating with voters over the past few months. But I've encountered smart, socially aware people who, as recently as yesterday More »

Tony Auth
tony@tonyauth.com

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
 
Apple thinks not-so-differently from the rest of America's big corporations. It behaves like Westinghouse and the rest, whose armies of lawyers  minimize their tax bills.  Apple is just better at it.  The More »
Monday, May 20, 2013
 
The Republicans have been tormenting Obama for his entire presidency.  Now, equipped with what they imagine are dry twigs, wood chips, branches and limbs which they can ignite to destroy his presidency, they wonder why the More »
National Interest

Dick Polman
nationalinterest@whyy.org

 
  The good news is that the venerable Boy Scouts of America have finally taken a big step forward into the 21st century, by voting yesterday to welcome openly gay kids into the ranks. The bad news is that gay scout More »
 
  How is it possible that a small city situated smack in the middle of Oklahoma's tornado alley, a community that had already been devastated by a tornado in 1999, does not require its schools and citizens to have 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

 
Someone asked me if I've seen the current local production of "Lend Me a Tenor," and I burst out laughing. That pretty much sums up the whole affair. The rest of the laughter you may hear is coming directly from Ambler, where More »
 
The women of ancient Athens are feeling repressed. They have equal rights, they even have the vote, but now the all-male Senate is trying to control their bodies with a "no womb left behind" act. More »
View Finders

Lindsay Lazarski
llazarski@whyy.org

 
It's graduation season, a milestone moment known for its mandatory dress of cap and gown. Recently, when visiting a commencement ceremony at Philadelphia University, many soon-to-be grads used the top of their caps as a square More »
 
Gabrielle White was not surprised to find that a garden had suddenly appeared in a vacant lot on Broad Street opposite the Kimmel Center. 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

Thursday, May 23, 2013
 
Temple University hosted its annual Neighborhood Job Fair on Thursday, May 23. Over 65 employers participated, including many federal, state, and city agencies, along with many private companies including CBS Radio, More »
 
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 »
Speak Easy

Eric Walter
ewalter@whyy.org

 
"Why should young people vote in local primary elections?" Public education, climate change, civil rights, the justice system, taxes, services. Primaries are where most of the actual decisions in this city get made. "Why didn't More »
 
The Philadelphia district attorney has been criticized for its spending, yet Seth Williams himself has testified that his office was one of the most underfunded in the country. How much is actually budgeted to 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

 
Using technology to make cities better. That's the theme of the 2013 Mayors' Innovation Summit. It's the work of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, of which Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is current president. More »
 
More people seem to be ditching office chairs in favor of standing desks. A recent article in the New Yorker even tackled the trend of treadmill desks. A mounting body of research suggests that sitting is bad for you — 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 24, 2013
 
Gardeners wonder about those wads of what looks like brown styrofoam that you notice attached to stems and branches, usually once the leaves fall in autumn. They stick there all winter until the first unseasonably hot weather, More »
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 »
 
Top Stories
Could Gov. Corbett's column on Philly.com qualify as a campaign contribution?
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May 24 - Elizabeth Fiedler, @EAFiedler and Holly Otterbein, @HollyOtterbein

[Updated at 6:00 p.m.] Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's new column on the Philly.com website debuted this week.  The website is owned by Interstate General Media, the same company as the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daily News. Company officials More »

Former manager at Chickie's & Pete's files whistleblower suit
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May 24 - Emma Jacobs, @ecjacobs

Restaurant workers often complain that their employers skim some money off of the tips they make. A fired former manager at Chickie's & Pete's alleges the sports bar chain did just that -- and says More »

Corbett enlists help to get his legislative agenda moving
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May 24 - Mary Wilson @marywilson

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has called on an audience outside of Harrisburg to promote the major issues on his legislative agenda.  More »

Letter grades proposed to spell out how Pa. schools perform
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May 24 - Mary Wilson, @marywilson
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