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...
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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...
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...
Continue ReadingHow to Make Some Sense of “Accidental Racist”: Ask a Southerner
You must’ve heard the Brad Paisley/LL Cool J song “Accidental Racist” by now, right? Sure you have! Like some of the stranger attempts at racial dialogue we’ve seen lately (*cough* Philadelphia mag *cough*), it’s been called an “epic fail,” actually racist, and just plain bad. Take a listen: I don’t personally agree with all the criticism....
Continue ReadingCity Council Fails to Override Nutter’s Paid Sick Leave Veto
Councilman Bill Greenlee, the prime sponsor of the paid sick leave legislation in City Council, did not bring up a vote to override Mayor Nutter’s veto this morning—and apologized to the city for failing on the issue. “I will not be calling for an override of Mayor Nutter’s veto concerning the paid sick leave bill because we are one vote short...
Continue ReadingLa Salle Takes Four Days to Notify Students of Off-Campus Gang Rape
Around 10 p.m. on Easter Sunday, four men reportedly kidnapped and gang-raped a 20-year-old La Salle University student who was walking along 10th and W. Louden streets, approximately a mile and a half from campus. Police say the assailants pulled the student into a black van and drove her to a second location, where they “subjected her to a series of brutal...
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Dead Milkmen Frontman Rodney Anonymous Wins PW’s Mayor Madness 2013!
That’s right, people. Thousands of you voted and came to one obvious conclusion: Never doubt the aging punk rocker demographic. Dead Milkmen frontman, music critic and notorious tweeter Rodney Anonymous has won our first-ever Mayor Madness elimination tournament! Sorry, Bill Cosby. We still love you! But not as much as we love this dude! Anon’s official...
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