Advocates: Closing the dilapidated, decaying House of Correction isn’t enough
The city says it’s maintaining the infamous jail in case the prison population rebounds.
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Protesting the DNC in Philly: What we know today
27 protests have been approved, including one from Donald Trump’s campaign and the Westboro Baptist Church.
Why the ACLU is fighting Philly’s new DNC protest restrictions
So what’s changed? New restrictions on marches down Broad Street, no camping in FDR Park, and uncertainty over whether Philly Police are running all law enforcement activity.
MOVE 101: Why, 30 years ago, Philadelphia dropped a bomb on itself
How did an attempt to arrest MOVE members turn into a fiery inferno that killed 11 people and destroyed a neighborhood of more than 60 homes?