chalkbeat.org/philadelphia/2…

The Washington Post's publisher pushed his executive editor hard to kill a damning story about him. It wasn't the first time - he did the same to me. My piece for NPR npr.org/2024/06/06/nx-…

nytimes.com/2024/06/07/sty…

UPDATE: The district says the interactive website was discontinued because they didn't own it, and that they are developing a new “warehouse” of comprehensive data on all schools. They anticipate it to be completed by December. Read here: chalkbeat.org/philadelphia/2…

Hate to be that guy on a Friday but Jay-Z's Roc Nation group *may* be violating PA state lobbying laws in their support of a school voucher proposal. #PHLed chalkbeat.org/philadelphia/2…

inquirer.com/crime/inq2/gun…

.The Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting Klein College won two #keystoneawards including Best Podcast for "Young, Unhoused and Unseen" in collabo with WHYY News. Thanks to all the young people who were so courageous in telling their stories & the adults who support them. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you…

great question

Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers' tuition that it's now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects propublica.org/article/arizon…

"[Ehrlich] said his strategy is to buy properties no one else wants, hold them until they appreciate ... It’s cheaper to ignore violations for trash or weeds, he said — shifting the burden to the city to clean up his properties and send him the bill." inquirer.com/news/kensingto…

This is Meredith Elizalde’s goodbye to Philadelphia — the city that shaped her life, then ruined it. She’s moving to Montana for a fresh start, where her son’s spirit will be free to frolic through fields of wild daisies and swim alongside rainbow trout. inquirer.com/crime/a/meredi…

thedp.com/article/2024/0…

there's nothing like being back at school!

Excellent reporting from The Daily Pennsylvanian thedp.com/article/2024/0…