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Science and HealthDecember 15, 2017
These Pharmaceutical Companies Are Making a Killing Off the Opioid Crisis
Why do the manufacturers of naloxone, the life-saving overdose antidote, keep hiking the price?
Daniel Denvir
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Jails and PrisonsNovember 10, 2017
Philadelphia Just Elected the Most Radical DA in the Country—Now What?
Larry Krasner has pledged to fight mass incarceration, and activists say they’ll be watching.
Daniel Denvir
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State and Local ElectionsMay 12, 2017
This Civil Rights Lawyer Is on the Path to Becoming Philly’s Next DA
Larry Krasner has spent his professional life defending activists and suing the police.
Daniel Denvir
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Campaigns and ElectionsMay 19, 2015
It’s Election Day in Philadelphia: Will a Trio of Wealthy School ‘Reformers’ Buy the Mayor’s Race?
Six weeks after Rahm Emanuel defeated populist, pro-teacher candidate Chuy Garcia in Chicago, public-school advocates are mobilizing for victory in Philly.
Daniel Denvir
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EducationApril 22, 2015
Why Were Atlanta Teachers Prosecuted Under a Law Meant for Organized Crime?
To understand the cheating scandal, look to flawed education policy.
Daniel Denvir
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EducationSeptember 24, 2014
How to Destroy a Public-School System
In Philadelphia, education reformers got everything they wanted. Look where the city’s schools are now.
Daniel Denvir
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Election 2008October 13, 2008
Palin Drops the Puck
The best-known hockey mom in the country gets booed at a game in Philadelphia’s Wachovia Center. Failing candidate, failed bank, failed stunt: you can’t make this stuff up.
Dave Zirin and Daniel Denvir