PW November 17

Print Story: Vacant land epidemic costing Philadelphia millions.

Print Story: Is the Delaware River Port Authority really looking for oversight?

Nov. 18: City Council denounces down-vote on Dwight Evans

Nov. 17: Black Men at Penn speak out against school violence.

Nov. 11: Bryson Institute educates classrooms on safe spaces for LGBT students.

PW November 10

Print Story: Community College kids fight back against violence.

Nov. 10: Philly students host non-violent youth summit.

Nov. 6: South Street bridge open after two years of repairs.

Nov. 4: Philly Weekly celebrates sex toy day.

Nov. 4: Council meeting= sorority party.

PW November 3

Cover story: Gay youth in Philly ask "It gets better when?"

Print story: Drexel Professor Lisa Bowleg talks about HIV/AIDS in vulnerable neighborhoods.

Nov. 3: New RDA director in town.

Nov. 1: Memorial held for hit and run victim featured on "Unsolved Philadelphia."

PW October 27

Print story: Mothers in Charge works to keep women out of prison.

Oct. 27: Councilwoman seeks to make it easier for ex-cons to seek work.

Oct. 26: Controller and Sheriff in fight over audits

Oct. 26: Ahmadiyya Muslims celebrate Religious Founders' Day

PW October 20

Cover Story: Local filmmakers create a show to attack unsolved murders in Philadelphia.

Print Story: How much abuse can City Hall dish out to the fire department?

Oct. 21: Controller finds more shoddy record keeping in city agencies.

PW October 13

Print Story: Asian lesbians find their niche.

Oct. 14: Ben Franklin High student testified on sexual harassment.

PW October 6

Print Story: Looking for the positive in Marcellus Shale drilling.

Oct 5: Two more cops busted for corruption

Oct 6: Nutter raises rainbow flag over City Hall.

PW September 29

Print Story: Parking operators fight back against illegal lots citywide.

Print Story: The Board of Revision of Taxes is the T-1000 of city agencies.

Sept 29: Last week to register to vote.

PW September 22

Print Story: Q&A with former Mayor John Street on problems at Philadelphia Housing Authority and the perceptions of current Mayor Michael Nutter.

Sept. 23: Carl Greene fired as head of Housing Authority.

Sept 21: City unions protest lack of contract, one year and counting.

Sept 17: New Police Advisory Commission holds first meeting of the year.

PW September 15

Cover Story: Iraqi refugees start new life in Philadelphia.

Print Story: City Council priorities for upcoming year.

Sept. 16: City Council's first session of the fall.

Sept 15: Time's running out to register to vote.

PW September 8

Print Story: Tow truck drivers aim to organize, delve into politics

Sept 10: Brutal Philly police beating caught on tape.

Sept 9: City finds new ways to waste money.

Sept. 8: Mayor Nutter launches literacy initiative.

Sept. 7: Students march on school headquarters to demand funding.

PW September 1

Print Story: Nuisance dispute on North Broad turns gnarly

8/31: Wreck chasers ignore FCC regulation

8/30: City runs out of recycling bins

PW Aug 25

Cover Story: Philadelphia's new efforts to reign in violence in the private towing industry.

Print Story: Is Drexel University a liberally biased campus?

PW August 18

Print Story: New Black Panthers speak on on voter intimidation case, sort of.

Original Black Panthers reject racism of the new group.

PW August 11

Print Story: Police camera system still not working, city cancels contract with vendor.

August 9: DROP retirement program explained.

PW August 4

Print Story: Is the Police Advisory Commission pulling its weight?

PW July 28

Print Story: North Philly groups team up for peace on the block.

August 5: Police trying to clean up corruption.

August 3: Mormon Temple coming to Philadelphia.

July 29: City busts crooked records clerk.

Housing Authority moving 136 low income families.

July 28: Councilman calls for changes to towing rules.

PW July 21

Print Story: Philadelphia fights back against mortgage scammers.

July 27: Explaining the Philadelphia family court debacle.

July 23: Shooter in tow truck wars arrested.

New Black Panthers speak out.

July 22: More police to hit the streets overnight.

Shady deals at Delaware River Port Authority.

July 21: Tow truck wars in North Philly!

Police seize a massive gun stash in the Northeast.

July 20: Former top librarian took illegal bonuses in office.

Governor Rendell speaks on on what ails Pennsylvania.

Philly to change sewage contract in response to duck boat accident.

PW July 14

Print story: The Redevelopment Authority should be a builder, not a fighter.

July 19: Controller fights back in trash wars.

Table games debut in Philadelphia.

July 16: Pennsylvania delays new car insurance rules.

Philadelphia police to continue sharing arrest info with feds.

July 15: Politicians speak out against illegal immigrants.

Nutter slashes budget by $47 million but restores library funding.

July 14: No lookout on barge before duck boat accident.

Three Philly cops busted for stealing heroin.

PW July 7

Cover Story: Temple's police force helps keep the neighborhood safe and paves the way for institutional growth.

July 13: Another Rendell staffer joins the gas drilling industry.

Tom Corbett tells unemployed to get back to work.

July 12: Trash compactor a bad deal for city, controller says.

PA selling off junk to raise money.

Weekend saw 20,000 kids out on South Street.

July 9: Council members give raises to staff.

July 8: A central PA lawyer tries to delete newspaper archives.

PW June 30

Print Story: The officials in charge of running Philadelphia's elections have gone into hiding.

June 28: Immigrant groups call for an end to cooperation between Philadelphia police and federal immigration officials.

June 25: Pennsylvania's "Megan's Law" website doesn't make the grade.

PW June 23

Cover Story: The DollarBoyz attack urban violence and negative stereotypes through positive music and dance.

Print Story: A sweaty trek up and down Manayunk.

June 21: Bill Green wants to to make the city more efficient.

June 17: Structural and institutional challenges to righting the budget.

PW June 16

Print Story: Indonesians are being deported en masse from South Philly

June 9: Land trust advocates crash an L&I meeting.

June 9: The police are upset because their radios don't work.

June 8: Tax amnesty has brought in a measly seven million so far.

June 3: Protesters against library cuts hit City Hall.

Guest Appearance on WXPN

I provide commentary on a May 31 WXPN Public Access show produced by Yowei Shaw and Tom Dreisbach. The half-hour documentary explores why youth riots in winter 2010 were dubbed "flash mobs" by the Philadelphia media.

PW June 2

Print Story: City Council and Mayor Nutter just can't get along.

June 1: I apply to be on the Police Advisory Commission.

May 27: Pew report says Philadelphia is only major city to raise broad based taxes two years in a row.

May 25: The City Controller and National League of Cities have more bad news for Philly's budget.