Philadelphia Magazine

Joel Mathis

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City Life

Report: City Spends Millions on Police Abuse Claims

Since 2011, City Hall has settled more than 200 lawsuits.

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Newspaper Guild Files Grievance Over “Dress Code”

Inky management frowns on flip-flops. The union protests.

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Is Archbishop Chaput Trolling the Pope?

Mathis: One man reaches out to gays. The other dismisses them. Why the disconnect?

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WATCH: Mo’ne Davis Wins “Breakthrough Athlete” ESPY

Another big accolade for the Taney Dragons star.

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Here’s the Arbitrator’s Decision That Restored Narcotics Unit Cops to Duty

Officers get $90,000 back pay, and references to their discharge expunged from official records.

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GOP Will Try Again to Let NRA Sue Pennsylvania Cities

But would the bill make it past Tom Wolf’s desk?

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Police: Officer Tried to Implicate Wife in His Own Shooting

He’s been arrested. Police still don’t know who shot him.

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Report: State Sells Driver Information to Private Companies

Motorists, privacy experts raise concerns.

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Kane: Won’t Resign if Charged

“I will handle it and continue to do my job.”

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Obama, in Philly, Calls for Transformation of Criminal Justice System

“Mass incarceration makes our country worse off,” he tells NAACP.

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Monsignor Lynn Moved From Prison Where Pope Will Visit

He had been held at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Center. No more.

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Meisha Johnson Arrives at CBS3 as New Traffic Reporter

How she will pronounce “Schuylkill Expressway” remains to be seen.

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Katie McGinty Reportedly Close to Deciding on Senate Challenge to Pat Toomey

She’s been wooed by party leaders eager to avoid another Joe Sestak campaign.

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Obama in Philly Today for NAACP

He’ll also participate in a closed door Democratic Party talk at The Rittenhouse Hotel.

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Philly Woman Sues Comcast Over Unrelenting Robocalls

Says company flooded her with unwanted calls at the rate of one a day or more, for most of a year.