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Employers Who Steal From Their Employees Are Major Criminals
My cover story in the City Paper a few weeks ago received a lot of reader feedback. Mostly stories about their own experiences. CP reprinted a couple of letters and emails they’ve received in this...
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Wage theft and lack of accountability in Philadelphia charter schools
My latest article for the Philadelphia City Paper, co-written with news editor Samantha Melamed, has its origins in the research for my cover story about wage theft back in August. A friend put me in...
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The rest of the story: Caring (poorly) for the elderly poor
My story in today’s Philadelphia City Paper, co-written with Samantha Melamed, didn’t end with wage theft issues. After looking over my initial draft, Samantha dug into the Philadelphia Municipal Court...
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Get Vaccinated Against HPV, Philadelphia edition
Cross-posted from Keystone Politics, where I’ll be guest-blogging while Jon is getting married. There are many bad reasons to not get your kid, or yourself, vaccinated against the human papillomavirus...
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Obit for Sam Mickey
Over the holidays, City Paper published a very short obituary I wrote for Samantha Mickey, the woman behind the stellar Sam’s Morning Glory Diner in Bella Vista. You should really check it out,...
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Save the Date: Not even Lizzy Caplan can save it
A few months ago I was assigned to review Save the Date for the Philadelphia City Paper. I got my review copy, watched it, wrote the tiny little article and…Save the Date never opened in Philadelphia....
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Renoir < Spring Breakers
My review of Renoir, from the latest edition of the City Paper. I wouldn’t advise you see it in the theaters. Save your dollars for a second viewing of Spring Breakers. At its best, Renoir captures...
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Penn guards: More than a year since the union vote, still no contract
I haven’t been focused on keeping the blog updated as my stories come out and now I’m playing catch up. Below you’ll find my Philly City Paper update on the Penn security guards struggle to unionize,...
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PIFA: Theater and the Birmingham Bombing
My City Paper review of Countdown to “BOOM,” part of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, and put on by Kariamu & Company at Temple University. Unfortunately it only ran twice, on...
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“The view is nice from here; not scenic or nothing, but nice”
My contribution to City Paper last week: On the quasi-public spaces that have sprung up around Penn, which I’ve noticed over the course of my weirdo writer hours, spent transcribing interviews and...
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