Long Form Stories:
Natural Born Healer
Philly Weekly 1/26/2011
Wellington Christian is a humble laborer by day, but by night he cooks up potions in his basement to cure asthma, diabetes and even cancer. Doubt if you want, but customers all over Philadelphia claim Christian has given them a gift that doctors never could: A clean bill of health. More . . .
Mini-Investigations:
4/14/2010: Philly Weekly identifies eight city employees improperly using city-owned phones for personal business. 4/21: Various city investigative bodies decline to sanction the employees.
12/22/2010: Why is City Commissioner Joseph Duda using so much gas in his city-owned car? 12/29: Is it because he's driving to his house on the Jersey Shore?
7/13/2011: Why is a half-cocked grocery store project facing community opposition getting millions in state money? Hmm, maybe because the developer has contributed over $100,000 to State Rep. Dwight Evans.
News Features:
The Ugly Truth About Philly's Vacant Lots
Philly Weekly 11/16/2010
Philadelphia's vacant lots are costing the city millions. Developers want to build, but there's no way to acquire most of the properties. Meanwhile, the city tries to dig itself out of a record-keeping disaster. More . . .
Private Practices
Philly Weekly 9/28/2010
Parking lot operators are drowning under harsh regulations, but there's an easy way around the problem-- just run the lot illegally. More . . .
Hiding in Plain Sight
Philly Weekly 6/15/2010
Chinese Christians from Indonesia came to America to escape persecution in their homeland. Now they say they're finding plenty of it right here at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. More . . .
Columns:
They Didn't Start the Fire
Philly Weekly 10/19/2010
Philadelphia needs to cut its budget, but why does it feel like the Fire Department is getting a hose-job? More . . .
The BRT: It Just Won't Die
Philly Weekly 9/28/2010
No matter what Mayor Nutter throws at the Board of Tax Revisions to make it go away, it keeps coming back from the dead. Just call it the T-1000 of city agencies. More . . .
Who's Investigating City Hall?
Philly Weekly 4/6/2010
Philadelphia has 17 City Council members. What exactly do they do, and who is watching them? No one seems to know. More . . .
