It’s been 45 years, but Malik Mohammed still remembers the feel of sticky tobacco juice covering his hands at the end of a day working the fields with his parents, who were sharecroppers in Horry County, S. C. When the…
Over the past decade, TD Bank has invested billions of dollars in the development of tar sands petroleum extraction in Canada, most recently becoming a major funder for the Keystone XL pipeline that, if built, will bring tar sands oil…
McDonalds joined. Burger King joined. Chipotle and Subway and Trader Joes joined. But when it comes to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers Fair Food Program which asks companies to pay an additional penny per pound on Florida tomatoes and…
A former commissioner of the Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I) says the bureaucratic factors in the Market Street building collapse in May can be traced back to problems in L&I that he says resulted in the fire at One…
Lyle C. Williams Combat Zone Wrestling’s David Starr Sammy Guevara, a baby-faced wrestler in tiny yellow trunks, steadies himself atop the turn-buckle, launches into an arcing back flip and lands chest-to-chest with his opponent. Despite his acro-batics, he soon rolls…
Lyle C. Williams Combat Zone Wrestling’s David Starr Sammy Guevara, a baby-faced wrestler in tiny yellow trunks, steadies himself atop the turnbuckle, launches into an arcing back flip and lands chest-to-chest with his opponent. Despite his acrobatics, he soon rolls…
Lyle C. Williams Combat Zone Wrestling’s David Starr Sammy Guevara, a baby-faced wrestler in tiny yellow trunks, steadies himself atop the turnbuckle, launches into an arcing back flip and lands chest-to-chest with his opponent. Despite his acrobatics, he soon rolls…
Jessica Meyers is the picture of a proud homeowner, sitting on the porch of her three-bedroom rowhouse in Mill Creek, pointing out recent improvements and chatting with neighbors. Only, the eight-year resident doesnt own this house, and doesnt rent it. Shes…
The prevailing headline in May was, oddly, a feel-good one: “Therapy dog saves woman’s life.” The story was about how Tomayo McDuffy, 18, of Northeast Philly, broke into his blind neighbor’s house on May 3, turning on her gas stove…
Squatters who live in a row home in West Philly are raising funds via indiegogo in anticipation of an upcoming auction of 200 Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) properties, which includes the house they currently occupy. The property has been occupied…
