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$500K Harriet Tubman statue controversy gets national attention, prompts a petition, and elicits the sculptor’s response

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s controversy over awarding a direct commission for a permanent Harriet Tubman monument has aroused widespread national interest and a split among the city’s own statue advisory committee.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 23, 2022

Doug Mastriano campaign blames ‘default Facebook setting’ for deleted videos, ignores other questions

PHILADELPHIA — Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor, is sounding the “fake news” alarm over a Monday Inquirer article about his disappearing Facebook videos, claiming that they were removed due to a “default Facebook setting” that automatically deleted the videos after 30 days.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 19, 2022

659 women have been shot in Philadelphia since 2020. And rising gun violence is taking a toll on pregnant women

PHILADELPHIA — Habiba “Debbie” Hayes had just gotten the keys to a new row house and was driving to announce the good news to her family when a text flashed on her phone from her daughter. She decided to look at it later.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 13, 2022

Philly residents deluge Ukrainian refugee family with goods, services, and money. And a giant ham

PHILADELPHIA -- Veronika Pavliutina has two words for the people of Philadelphia: Thank you.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 26, 2022

Two towns in rural Pennsylvania are giving remote workers free housing for a month, in the hopes they’ll stay longer

BELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania — When the COVID-19 pandemic swept through Central Florida and workers settled in, remotely, at their kitchen tables or makeshift offices, Lauren Beal began to think of this walkable town she loved in rural Pennsylvania.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 24, 2022

How the Pa. Republican establishment broke itself trying to stop Doug Mastriano

On a rainy Friday earlier this month, several leading Republican candidates for governor drove to Westmoreland County in western Pennsylvania for former President Donald Trump’s rally that evening.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 21, 2022

GOP staffers fired for ballot harvesting

GOP group says it was just trying to help but voters say they never signed off for GOP to collect their ballots

Salon · May 13, 2022

Republicans respond to potential South Philly ‘ballot harvesting’ by GOP operative with firings, campaign attacks

PHILADELPHIA — The fallout from the discovery of a potential GOP “ballot harvesting” operation in South Philadelphia continued Tuesday, as two state party staffers lost their jobs, the matter became fodder for attacks in the Republican primary for governor, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle jockeyed to define…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 11, 2022

Dozens of mail ballots are going to a GOP ward leader’s South Philly P.O. box, raising ‘ballot harvesting’ concerns

PHILADELPHIA — A mail ballot mystery is unfolding at an otherwise unremarkable post office box in South Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 7, 2022

Before killing a 12-year-old, a South Philly plainclothes police unit caused frequent chaos, residents say

PHILADELPHIA — Jakir Waters was driving to his mother’s house to baby-sit his 3-year-old brother one morning in early October 2020. First, though, the 19-year-old stopped on a side street in South Philadelphia to see a friend.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 28, 2022