February 10–17, 2000 city beat Fighting Back photo: Brian Biggs Retailers are starting to find ways to get back at shoplifters. by Noel Weyrich In the world of Center City retailing, Urban Outfitters has earned a reputation for getting heavy-handed…

March 2–9, 2000 city beat Mumia, Word for Word Transcripts transmitted: Talk show host and lawyer Michael Smerconish has posted the Mumia Abu-Jamal trial transcripts on the Justice for Daniel Faulkner website. photo: Shoshanna Wiesner The best Mumia source may…

December 16–23, 1999 city beat Up Against the Blue Wall Could a new trial for Tony Becker crack the cops’ code of silence? by Noel Weyrich In Tony Becker’s neighborhood, a sliver of Fishtown squeezed between Richmond Street and the…

December 2–9, 1999 city beat The Dead Zone Without a ballpark, what are the prospects for the vacant hulks around 15th and Spring Garden? Can you say ‘ghost town’? by Noel Weyrich Whither 1500 Spring Garden? That’s what some people…

November 25–December 2, 1999 cover story Blood on the Badge Why can’t the Philly police rein in complaint-ridden cops? by Noel Weyrich Of the millions in settlement dollars paid out to the survivors of Philadelphia police misconduct and brutality over…

September 2–9, 1999 city beat Right Turn on Green Mountain The power behind an eco-friendly electric company is a major backer of anti-environmental pols. by Noel Weyrich When Green Mountain Energy launched its first marketing campaign here last year, thousands…

September 2–9, 1999 city beat Right Turn on Green Mountain The power behind an eco-friendly electric company is a major backer of anti-environmental pols. by Noel Weyrich When Green Mountain Energy launched its first marketing campaign here last year, thousands…

August 19–26, 1999 city beat A Lot of Confusion Spring Garden CDC has received more than $1 million in state money. Just don’t ask them to talk about it. by Noel Weyrich A controversial state grant program has funneled more…

July 29–August 5, 1999 cover story Operation Whitewash The Internal Affairs case that haunts the police department. by Noel Weyrich photographs by Sandor Welsh Andrew Oldrati and Joseph Donaghy braced themselves for the worst as they walked toward the 1967…