The DeCoatsworth story: a man’s descent or a system’s failure?
Richard DeCoatsworth, a 27-year-old Philadelphia ex-police officer once called a hero after surviving a bullet to the face during a routine traffic stop, was arrested this weekend on suspicion of drugging and raping two women he held captive at gunpoint. His bail is set at $60 million. According to the Philadelphia Daily News, a second current case against DeCoatsworth...
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Students march down Broad Street for school funding
Thousands of students poured off SEPTA buses and emerged from the Spring Garden stop on the Broad Street Line today to rally at the School District Building in Philadelphia. They were there to protest the ongoing school district budget cuts and to put pressure on both the Philadelphia government and the state government to fund the $300 million funding gap looming...
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Southwest Philly May Day Attendees Call for Revival of Labor Politics
Charlie McCollester speaks at Philly May Day A pro-labor Americana band played on while Jim Moran, former director of the Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health, talked May Day. “I found out about May Day and its history back in the early 70s while in labor school for the auto workers in Black Lake, Michigan,” said Moran. “I was in...
Continue ReadingNew Pennsylvania Liquor Bill Goes to Full House
The Pennsylvania House’s Liquor Control Committee debated Gov. Corbett’s liquor privatization bill earlier this week in a session that went several hours, was almost postponed and eventually led to the passage of the bill by a vote of 14-10. It now goes to the full House of Representatives, and Rep. Mike Turzai, a long-time proponent of liquor privatization...
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Noted Local Survivalist Arrested in New Jersey on Weapons Charges
Noted local survivalist, gun enthusiast and subject of a 2009 PW cover story by Steven Wells, 39-year-old Fernando Antonio Salguero was arrested in Somerdale, N.J., yesterday on charges of possession of destructive devices, possession of “certain weapons” and transportation of weapons, according to the Somerdale police department. From PW’s profile...
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BACKGROUNDER: Rep. Allyson Schwartz’s Likely Run for Governor
A recent Democratic Governors’ Association poll found that U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz could be in striking distance to take the governor’s mansion in 2014. And that’s got some Harrisburg politicos ready to support her potential candidacy, should it come to fruition. According to PoliticsPA, the DGA found Schwartz leading Gov. Tom Corbett—who’s...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Nutter Heading to China
On Thursday, Mayor Nutter is going to China with an 11-person delegation that includes representatives with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Drexel University, the airport and others. Though the large Asian country has become much-maligned during Election Seasons of recent past, that’s all over (for now), and the mayor will talk mutual...
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DAILY GRINDER: Philly Evangelical Group Says After Election, U.S. Deserves ‘Destruction’
There’s an evangelical group based in Philly called Repent America and they’re not happy with the way the elections, or the last four years have turned out. So much so, the group, especially its leader Michael Marcavage, think America deserves — how do I put this lightly? — destruction: “The Godless government gospel is contrary to the will...
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Green Party Ticket To Rush Tonight’s Debate, Are Prepared for Arrests [UPDATED]
Stein and Honkala (via Facebook) The Green Party presidential ticket of Jill Stein and Philly activist Cheri Honkala plan to grab a spot on stage at tonight’s presidential debate. Problem is, they’re not invited. But according to a Green Party news release, they want in, and they’re getting ready to break through the barriers right…about…now. “Stein...
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Q&A: Kristen Christian, Founder of ‘Bank Transfer Day’
It was about a year ago that Los Angeles native and gallery owner Kristen Christian began using social media, mostly Twitter and Facebook, to plan ‘Bank Transfer Day,’ a one-day movement in which U.S. citizens would withdraw their cash from a large corporate bank and join a credit union—and she got hundreds of thousands to sign on. In the last quarter of...
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