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New ‘Capital Gazette Five’ highway markers remind: ‘It’s still dangerous to tell the truth.’

International tourism, led by 🇨🇦, is down significantly in Philadelphia. More on new complications on the horizon as well as opportunities for the city in 2026: www.inquirer.com/business/can...

The number of local law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania that have signed agreements to help ICE enforce immigration laws has nearly quadrupled, from 10 in mid-May to 39 early this month (w/ @jeffgammage.bsky.social): www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill scored a convincing win in the state's gubernatorial primary. But a deep dive into the data shows the voters her campaign may want to keep its eye on. My latest ahead of November's election (w/ @jterruso.bsky.social): www.inquirer.com/politics/mik...

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb

Today, we sent a letter to @themarshallproject.org‬ leadership expressing concern about their denial of bargaining obligations. Management has repeatedly denied members Weingarten rights, engaged in an illegal layoff, and more — we need your help to demand that management bargain in good faith.

The number of people detained in ICE custody in New Jersey and Pennsylvania was up about two-thirds last month compared with the start of the Trump administration. The entire increase has come from individuals ICE classifies as non-criminal www.inquirer.com/news/ice-cus...

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

@ellierushing.bsky.social and I took inventory of how Philly’s year is shaping up in terms of violent crime. It’s a mostly improving situation. It’s also still too high and uncertain. www.inquirer.com/crime/a/homi...

My colleagues @maxmmarin.bsky.social and @ryanbriggs.bsky.social tested hemp products from smoke shops around the Philly area -- and found mold, fungus, pesticides, and THC levels as potent as dispensary-grade pot. An important read about an unregulated industry: www.inquirer.com/news/a/penns...

“Protecting our history is about telling the truth, even when it is uncomfortable,” Shapiro said in a statement posted on X Tuesday afternoon.

Materials will be evaluated by the National Park Service for containing information that “inappropriately disparages Americans past or living,” according to internal comments, obtained and reviewed by The Inquirer, from one or more employees tasked with evaluating INHP’s exhibits.

Loved this fun interactive story from Lizzie Mulvey and Charmaine Runes on Philly's most popular dog names (and breeds and neighborhoods). Biggest surprise? Only 64 dogs named Rocky in this town??? www.inquirer.com/health/pets/...

An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed

Latest: public contracts for Florida’s infamous new detention camp were scrubbed from a state database and replaced with bare-bones summaries. A spokesperson tells me they contained “proprietary information,” but nobody’s really buying that. reason.com/2025/07/22/a...

ICE arrests in Pennsylvania and the region are surging in the wake of a late-May White House directive reportedly demanding 3,000 detentions a day. Half of recent arrestees now have neither a criminal record nor pending charges www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl... @inquirer.com

If you want to donate to a PBS station in a state that needs it the most, I made a list of all of the donation pages and a legend with how much of their budget relies on federal funding docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

“I’m plainly convinced that my situation in this ICE jail is direct retaliation for my coverage,” Mario Guevara told @ajc.com in an exclusive interview from the Folkston, Georgia ICE detention center where he is currently detained, despite a judge's bail order. “I haven’t committed any crimes.”

Millions of dollars in terminated NIH grants in Philadelphia have been restored after a judge’s ruling, from @aubreywhelan.bsky.social and Lizzie Mulvey www.inquirer.com/health/natio...

The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House. When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases. For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.

300,000 Pennsylvania residents stand to lose Medicaid coverage under Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill, from @sarahgantz.bsky.social and Makenzie Kerneckel www.inquirer.com/health/medic...

Pennsylvania has one of the highest SNAP "error rates" of any state, which puts it on track to shoulder up to $800 million in additional funding costs should Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" pass, from Makenzie Kerneckel and @jterruso.bsky.social www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...

Immigrant detentions in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in May hit highs not seen since 2011. NJ's numbers surged more than 400% after the controversial Delaney Hall detention center opened, while Pa. figures have increased for six straight months, via @inquirer.com www.inquirer.com/politics/imm...

The em dash supposedly being a “tell” for AI generated text does sort of give away the game on the enormous amount of work stolen from journalists and news organizations that these things were trained on

An important investigation from Maddie Hanna, Lizzie Mulvey, and Chris Williams: Pennsylvania is supposed to "immediately" suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen. www.inquirer.com/education/pe...

@sarahgantz.bsky.social and Lizzie Mulvey found that Crozer's woes had already been contributing to increasing emergency room caseloads at nearby hospitals. Now that Delco's busiest ER and only Level 1 trauma center is shuttered, that trend is expected to accelerate www.inquirer.com/health/croze...

Do local endorsements actually make a difference in Philly elections? The DA's race gave @joeyerardi.bsky.social & Sean Collins Walsh an opportunity to take a look at the enduring power of ward endorsements. www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...

Philadelphia’s ward system is in some ways a relic of a bygone political era. Nevertheless, candidates aggressively seek the endorsement of the city’s ward leaders. But do those endorsements really make a difference? Sean Collins Walsh and I took a look in @inquirer.com share.inquirer.com/itCkFP

ICYMI: My profile of the Philadelphia Housing Authority's extremely ambitious plans, which skeptics fear are being unveiled at the worst possible moment share.inquirer.com/5ZqJvS

The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis officer in 2020. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

The FBI just visited me for publishing the Elias Rodriguez manifesto. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-visits...

It's official: the ballots have been counted and we have officially been recognized as the Washington Post Tech Guild by the NLRB! In a 171-38 BLOWOUT vote, we voiced loudly that our union is important to us. That's 81%!

We recently held a union election at Hearst Connecticut Media, and we learned minutes ago that… WE WON!!! By an overwhelming vote of 68-17, our members voted to unionize as part of @newsguild.org. It’s a great day for journalism in CT! 🐳🐳🐳

Incumbent Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner cruised to a blowout win in yesterday's Democratic primary. Here's how his victory measures up to his 2021 race, precinct-by-precinct w/ @fallonroth.bsky.social and Sean Collins Walsh share.inquirer.com/auBy3t

Philly residents reported more than 6k potholes over the past year. @mediabyhenry.bsky.social and Lizzie Mulvey report on what the city did about them. Come for the watchdog data journalism. Stay for the video of a skateboarder doing a sick ollie over a giant pothole www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

Seems concerning that our governor is addicted to taking rides on a billionaire’s helicopter www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

DA Larry Krasner is endorsing judicial candidates, raising new questions about the independence of Philly courts www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...

Pretty incredible that Jeff Bezos' Amazon announced a "$5 billion-plus" partnership w/ a Saudi AI co launched by Mohammed Bin Salman and sent CEO Andy Jassy to meet with him less than 7 years after MBS murdered Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for Bezos' Washington Post. techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/a...

It's the highest profile race on next week's Philadelphia primary ballot and nearly half the donors to either candidate can't even vote in it. Here's the latest on the dash for cash in Philly's district attorney race, with Sean Collins Walsh and @fallonroth.bsky.social share.inquirer.com/tqccfp

Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...

Philly auto owners typically pay way more than their suburban counterparts for insurance, and it's getting worse. @joeyerardi.bsky.social and Joe DiStefano have more: www.inquirer.com/business/aut...

"Why is my car insurance so damn high?" is a question on the lips of many Philly drivers. Data show the average price of insurance has risen twice as fast in the city as in its suburbs over the past decade. @phillyjoed.bsky.social and I took a stab at answering the question share.inquirer.com/DIUBZ7

Will Pope Leo XIV be sympathetic on immigration? “Having been a bishop in Peru and South America, I’m sure [Prevost’s] focus is on immigration and the movement of peoples," a Philadelphia reverend and longtime friend of Prevost told me. www.inquirer.com/news/pope-le...

The impacts of Trump's first hundred days on Philadelphia and Pennsylvania have varied, with some immediately apparent and others yet to appear. Here are four areas data show early effects on the region share.inquirer.com/qd1qgp

The attorney general is making it easier for prosecutors to seize reporters' records. She says DOJ "will not tolerate unauthorized disclosures that undermine President Trump's policies," which she compares to treason.

NEWS: The FEC will lose its quorum of commissioners next week, meaning the campaign finance agency will endure a de facto shutdown of its high-level responsibilities, such as enforcing laws and issuing rulings and opinions. From me in @notusreports.bsky.social: www.notus.org/policy/feder...

Another example of the glorious cost savings from public-private partnerships www.inquirer.com/crime/amtrak...

Oh, hell yes! www.inquirer.com/news/nation-...