Max Marin

Political Editor

Max Marin is Billy Penn's political editor.

A graduate of Temple University, he has produced award-winning journalism on local politics, criminal justice, immigration and neighborhood issues, with bylines in more than a dozen local news outlets. Prior to joining Billy Penn in August 2018, Max served as a staff writer and associate editor at Philadelphia Weekly, the city's last surviving alt-weekly, and AL DÍA News, a Spanish-English news outlet that covers the city's Latino community.

Motorola E6 smartphones charging up before delivery to people leaving Philly jails.

The Reentry Project

This Philly group is giving people free smartphones when they get out of jail

With no strings attached, advocates say the devices are a lifeline.

City employees staged a socially distant rally outside City Hall to protest planned layoffs

Philly’s coronavirus response

Hundreds laid off, no arts funding and every other reason people are protesting Kenney’s budget cuts

The pandemic has torn a half-billion dollar hole in Philly's finances.

Ballot dropbox outside Philadelphia City Hall

Election 2020

Philly: Vote now by dropping your ballot into a special box at City Hall

Applications for mail-in voting are up 30x over the last presidential primary.

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Election 2020

Local 98 backs Nikil Saval, Bernie-endorsed challenger for Philly state Senate seat

Incumbent Pa. Sen. Larry Farnese has held the powerful Harrisburg pulpit for 12 years.

Philadelphia is still waiting in line for critical PPE ordered months ago

The city is looking at “improved ponchos” as a substitute for missing hospital gowns.

Some of the key players on Philly's pandemic response team

Philly’s coronavirus response

Leading Philly’s coronavirus response: Meet 15 key people in the city health department

The team has been working nearly 24/7 since the pandemic landed.

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Tom Farley

Philly’s coronavirus response

The inside story of how Philly’s health department reinvented itself to fight the coronavirus

"You can study a pandemic till you’re blue in the face, but you never know what it’s going to be like until it happens."

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia

Philly’s coronavirus response

Philly will now test everyone in its jails for the coronavirus

Up to now, only people showing symptoms have been tested — with 75% returning positive results.

Philly’s coronavirus response

‘An emergency on top of the emergency’: Philly drug rehabs grapple with virus outbreaks and empty beds

COVID-19 has infected a quarter of the city’s behavioral health centers — and eight people have died.

Election 2020

Philly slashes polling places, 4 in 5 will not open for the June primary

Mail-in voting is the best way to go, election officials say.

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