Daily Philadelphia
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SLIDESHOW: The Italian Market Festival in South Philadelphia
Images from the veritable street ballet that is South Philly’s Italian Market.
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Forefront Excerpt: But What About the Baby?
An introductory excerpt from this week’s Forefront.
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A New Model for Art World Collaboration In Philadelphia
A new “collective exhibition” called CITYWIDE hits Philadelphia in November.
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Sham Minority Contractors Have Been Hired in Your City, Probably
Philadelphia’s Inspector General last week announced that local contractors have used sham minority-owned companies to skirt antidiscrimination requirements. It’s a shortcut used in cities across the country.
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Despite Doctors’ Efforts, Philadelphia’s Infant Mortality Rate Remains Among the Worst in the U.S.
In Philadelphia the same proportion of babies die on their first day of life as in Indonesia and Guatemala.
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Can Philadelphia Afford to Lower Its Wage & Business Taxes?
The debate over how our collective tax burden should be divvied up is happening all over the country. A look at how the conversation is going in Philadelphia.
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Down to the Parcel, ‘CultureBlocks’ Maps Philly Arts and Culture
This week, Philadelphia released an online mapping tool that details the city’s cultural terrain.
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What Cities Face in the Immigration Reform Debate
If immigration reform becomes a reality, cities will have to consider what it will mean when their undocumented communities come out of the shadows.
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The Top 5 Service Improvements on Our SEPTA Wishlist
The outlook for SEPTA’s capital budget looked bleak at Tuesday hearings. But that won’t stop us from dreaming.
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The Burden of Closed School Buildings
What happens to a community when its greatest public asset transforms overnight into one of its worst physical liabilities?
