April 22-28, 2004 city beat Strange Bedfellows by Daryl Gale gale warning I’ve known South Philly state Rep. Harold James for four or five years now, and have always thought of him as a rock-solid “man of the people.” I’ve…

April 22-28, 2004 city beat Crime Doesn’t Paint Incarcer-art-ed: A Mural Arts Program prison initiative has made the walls behind bars — and maybe juvenile deliquents’ futures — brighter. But could-be criminals do. by Daryl Gale Jane Golden has a…

April 8-14, 2004 city beat Throwing the Book at Them Safe haven?: In the wake of a recent sexual assault, the union representing city librarians says there is no way to monitor suspicious behavior from one facility to the next.…

March 4-10, 2004 on media Dead Man Watching Let’s get ready to lethally inject: Boxing promoter Damon Feldman knows there’s money to be made in televising executions. Photo By: Michael T. Regan Could televised executions become a budgetary windfall? by…

[an error occurred while processing this directive] December 18-24, 2003 cover story “Your Son Is Dead” BETTER DAYS: Though he led a troubled life, there was no sign of future problems when Greg Magee, 24, celebrated his grandfather’s retirement from…

[an error occurred while processing this directive] October 23-29, 2003 city beat GirL Fight Allegations of knives and cutting words mar a lesbian party. by Daryl Gale Last April, City Paper shared the story of Jessica Graham and Luca Stone,…

[an error occurred while processing this directive] October 9-15, 2003 city beat Politics, Philosophy and a Little Off the Top One hairy mayor’s race: Robert Woody Woodard gives Ray Williams a cut at his West Philly shop. Photo By: Michael…

[an error occurred while processing this directive] October 9-15, 2003 city beat Baltimore Avenue Freeze Out Swept up: Baltimore Avenue business owners wonder whether they’ve been targeted. Photo By: Michael T. Regan Is L&I being used to gentrify a University…

[an error occurred while processing this directive] September 18-24, 2003 cover story You Can’t Go Back to School Again Stone face: John Bartram High has stood on the corner of 67th and Elmwood since 1939. NBA Hall of Famer Earl…