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 With time growing desperately short for Congress to prevent a threatened Treasury default and stop a partial government shutdown, a group of ministers, the Circle of Protection, pray at dawn at the Capitol to draw attention to lawmakers that political divisiveness hurts the most vulnerable Americans, in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. From right: Kathy Saile, Gary Cook, Rev. Jim Wallis, and Major Carole Busroe of the Salvation Army. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
National Interest

Apocalypse now in the hapless House

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Urban Planning

October 16: Historical Society celebrates | Penn’s Landing future | Marinakos takes the 5th | Ad hoc art on N. 5th | Manayunk church turning condo | Walnut Lane Bridge update | Johnson defends abatement

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Politics & Policy

Land bank hearing scheduled for Oct. 28, questions remain

13 years ago

 On Wednesday, New Jersey voters will go to the polls to decide who will fill the vacated U.S. Senate seat by the death of Senator Frank Lautenberg: Republican Steve Lonegan (left) or Democrat Corey Booker(right).(AP Photos)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

No rule of thumb for New Jersey U.S. Senate election

Could the Republicans steal a seat in the U.S. Senate this week? I don’t mean steal steal, but grab a seat held for years, a ...

13 years ago

National Interest

Could the tea party split from the GOP?

  If Congress somehow pulls back from the brink of lunacy (as rumored today), if it forges a deal to reopen the government an ...

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Watch three years of Philly bike theft patterns

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Urban Planning

October 15: New Penn’s Landing | Skyspace opening | Uptown Theater’s tiles, old and new | Eastern Factory rehab? | Philadelphia Votes | Terror Behind the Walls income

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 Adam Altman and Clare Mahoney in Inis Nua Theatre's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Blink’ and you might miss the theatrical part

  If a play called “Blink” were a short story, I might even read it twice — it ...

13 years ago

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 Solomon Jones (center, under SEPTA flag) with students from Randolph High School at the Taco Bell Greater Philadelphia College Workshop at LaSalle University. (Solomon Jones/ for NewsWorks)
The Philadelphia Experiment

Despite mounting challenges, Philly’s public-school kids are ‘nobody’s fools’

My wife and I have chosen to raise our children in Philadelphia, despite the many challenges our city faces. We stay in spite of t ...

13 years ago

National Interest

Confederate flag at a tea party rally? Perfect

  If you’re still wondering why tea-party conservatives are so far removed from the American mainstream, if you want to ...

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

October 14-18: Second Modernism | Penn’s Landing future | Preservation provocation | Philly Green exhibit | Philly Photo Day

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

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Urban Planning

DAGspace: PATCO at University City Station

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 From left, Geoff Sobelle, Steve Cuiffo and Trey Lyford in
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Softly, the FringeArts building opens, with a fitting show

The new FringeArts building at Race Street and Columbus Boulevard, the first permanent home of the organization that runs the annual Phil ...

13 years ago

National Interest

Republicans, losers again, begin to sue for peace

  Last March, GOP leaders autopsied their ’12 electoral loss and warned in a 100-page report that the party is “d ...

13 years ago

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