Rachel Dolezal misled with a carefully chosen look
No one can say Rachel Dolezal didn't understand the power of optics. The white ex-president of the NAACP Spokane chapter who's been pretending to be black for years pulled off her elaborate race ruse...
View ArticleN.J. bills would give Cooper control of Camden's paramedic services
TRENTON - South Jersey Democrats are fast-tracking a bill that would give Cooper University Hospital control over paramedic services in Camden, currently run by a rival hospital, in a move that critics...
View ArticleFailure to give accurate information keeps Tate-Brown tensions alive
NOT SO FAST, commish. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey blamed a rush to provide the public with details for a false report in the controversial police shooting of Brandon Tate-Brown....
View ArticleFrom 'Dallas' to Philly
PHILLY NATIVE Audrey Landers has a little something up her sleeve as she prepares for a return to her hometown for Yachtstock on the banks of the Delaware River this coming weekend. Yachtstock River...
View ArticleA deluge of frustration
A RIVER ROSE up from beneath 52nd Street in West Philly yesterday morning and rushed down in the dark toward Wyalusing Avenue, where it plunged into the basement of a dive bar, swamped both of Robert...
View ArticleCouncil raises taxes, readies $70 million for Philly schools - with an asterisk
City Council passed a package of tax increases Thursday that will hit a wide swath of the city's taxpayers while raking in an additional $70 million for the Philadelphia School District. Thanks to the...
View ArticleDixie Chicks back on tour in Europe
Art of Dixie? The Dixie Chicks, Tattle's favorite country trio, is returning to Europe for their first headlining tour since lead singer and Texan Natalie Maines said during the George W. Bush...
View ArticleStart early for lifelong learning
ISSUE | LEARNING Shared effort Mayor Nutter points to compelling evidence that early learning contributes to long-term academic, social, and economic achievement ("Nutter, Kenney trumpet new push for...
View ArticleAffordable-housing plan moving ahead
IN SOME Philadelphia neighborhoods, economic revitalization is in full bloom, with new housing springing up like colorful flowers. But those flowers often come with price tags that put them far out of...
View ArticleReintroduction of bobwhite quail to Pinelands going well
Their Pinelands habitat had been carefully prepared over more than 10 years. Controlled forest fires and tree-thinning opened up the landscape. And tall grasses filled in, providing cover for nests....
View Article'City of Gold': A loving portrait of food critic Jonathan Gold and the city...
Los Angeles is so often portrayed as a soulless city. A place no one is from, where hollow capitalism reigns. Perhaps I've seen too many Woody Allen movies, or my East Coast bias is showing, but I have...
View ArticleIn street festival's 40th year, a reminder of race relations
A DASH OF discontent accompanied the music, food and dancing at the 40th anniversary of the Odunde street festival on South Street yesterday. The festival, which hosted nearly 500,000 attendees, is an...
View ArticleTime drifts for DJ in music-fueled 'Eden'
Eden is less a cautionary tale about a life fueled by music, clubs, and drugs, than about how life can pass you by when you aren't looking. French director Mia Hansen-Løve co-wrote the film with her...
View Article'Serial' creators Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder, live, on being a...
Very few people know how weird it is to be at the center of a pop-culture phenomenon: "It" girls, online viral sensations, tousle-haired boy-band stars. Radio journalists are not often on that list....
View ArticleTomlin and Fonda together again for Netflix comedy "Grace and Frankie"
Television has a grand tradition of putting fully formed female friendships onscreen, from Lucy and Ethel to Mary and Rhoda to Broad City's Abbi and Ilana. These relationships can be deep, complex, and...
View ArticleCBS' 'Zoo': A thriller that doesn't thrill
'When animals attack . . ." is both the name of one of those ridiculous docu-specials Fox used to run, drawing an audience in with salacious footage of nonhumans going berserk, and the premise of Zoo,...
View Article'Fresh Dressed' a vibrant look at hip-hop fashion
From slave-era influences to today's runways, Fresh Dressed explores the intertwined art forms of hip hop and fashion, and how the rise of a music genre simultaneously shined a light on the clothes of...
View ArticleShore Guide: DJs hit the shore
Atlantic City is the new home of the BeachGlow Festival. On June 27, the fourth annual EDM fest will debut in A.C. after previously taking place in Wildwood. "Atlantic City welcomed us with open arms,"...
View ArticleLetterman helped woman grieve after her mother's death
Jamie-Lee Josselyn has one heck of a story to tell at parties: You know, the one about the time David Letterman adopted her. But Josselyn's story is about more than a brush with late-night fame. It's...
View ArticlePhilly Roller Girls: How to Roller Skate As An Adult
Ice skating is so last season. The Delaware River Waterfront Corp. (DRWC) will reopen its summer festivities Friday, such as Spruce Street Harbor Park, the massively popular outdoor space that helped...
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