Bryn Mawr Native Falsely Identified as Boston Bombing Suspect Found Dead
Bryn Mawr native Sunil Tripathi, a Brown University student on leave from the school, was recently found dead after having been identified by amateur Internet sleuths as the Boston Marathon bomber. Tripathi’s body was found in the Providence River in Rhode Island yesterday. He had most recently been living in Providence but went missing in March. Last week,...
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Cheri Honkala Helps Found ‘Green Shadow Cabinet’
Stein and Honkala (via Facebook) Coinciding with Earth Day, the Green Party—led by former presidential ticket Jill Stein and Philadelphia activist Cheri Honkala—have formed what they’re calling the “Green Shadow Cabinet” of the United States: a collection of about 100 people who plan to release statements and respond to goings-on in the U.S. government...
Continue Reading‘Good Neighbors’ Campaign Seeks Money From City Nonprofits
A number of local organizations led by Philadelphia Jobs with Justice launched a campaign earlier this week they say will help fund schools and other public services that’ve been cut in recent years. The campaign, which they’re calling “Good Neighbors,” calls on “mega-nonprofits” to pay taxes to the city, which will, in turn, go to public services. “There...
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Q&A: Rugiatu Conteh of CAIR Philadelphia on Media’s Response to Boston
Since the bombings in Boston last week and the subduing of the suspects responsible, there’s been a lot of speculation in the national media regarding the motives of Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, both of whom are Muslims originally from the Chechnyan region of Russia. On Fox News, “liberal” commentator Bob Beckel suggested...
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PhillyNow Calendar: Civic Events, April 22-26
The City Controller race is beginning to heat up. Last week, Democratic challenger Brett Mandel earned the support of the Liberty City Democrats and Mandel and Butkovitz have been trading shots since (and, well before, actually). There are four candidates in the race, including one Republican, and they’ll debate this week. Other than that, you should follow...
Continue ReadingLocal Man Launches Campaign for “Paulie” Statue in Kensington
Philadelphia gadfly and life insurance enthusiast Tim McCloskey has recently taken it upon himself to correct what he sees as a big problem: While our fair city is (cartoonishly) well-known for Rocky Balboa, we entirely ignore Paulie. A modern man, McCloskey turned to the Internet to galvanize grassroots action. After kind-of-a-lot clicking and and a meh amount...
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Rep. Boyle Dissents from PA House’s Vote to Honor Margaret Thatcher
Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Philadelphia) There was unexpected drama this morning as a resolution honoring late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was debated — and eventually, passed — in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Thatcher, nicknamed the “Iron Lady” by a Soviet journalist during her tenure as prime minister, died last week. Her death...
Continue ReadingWatch PW Senior Writer Tara Murtha on HuffPost Live
Beginning at 1:30pm, Philadelphia Weekly senior writer Tara Murtha will be appearing on HuffPost Live to speak about the Kermit Gosnell case. Murtha has been covering the case since 2011, when the Grad Jury report was first released. The conservative media began pushing the canard that the “media” was not covering the Gosnell case last week. And when...
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Who to Follow for Latest on Boston Marathon
Pic tweeted by Boston Globe Sports By now, you’ve probably heard that there were reports of explosions at the Boston Marathon’s finish line. Not being on the scene, we’re relying on others for live reporting. Most of the pictures look horrific. ABC News has reported two dead and 22 injured, but those reports, as of 4:15 (as this blog goes up) are not consistent....
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PW Senior Writer Tara Murtha to Appear on MSNBC’s ‘Politics Nation’ Tonight!
Last week, conservative news sites and activists attempted to shame the mainstream media for not covering the Philadelphia “House of Horrors” Kermit Gosnell case. And they largely succeeded. Well, as PW readers know, senior writer Tara Murtha has been writing about the issue since 2011, when the story first broke. In Pennsylvania and elsewhere, the issue...
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