Aaron Moselle covers housing and community development for WHYY’s PlanPhilly, filing stories for both radio and web. He’s a native of the city and calls South Philadelphia home.
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‘Black Madam’ says clients were a ‘walking billboard’
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‘Black Madam’ testifies about ‘thousands’ of illegal butt injections she performed
Padge Victoria Windslowe stared blankly as the microphone was bent away from her mouth towards the courtroom door. For more than a ...
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As report finds ‘serious flaws’ in Philly ‘stop and frisk’ policy, legal action considered
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Philly police show aptitude for tracking criminals camouflaged in technology
A Philadelphia court case is shining a light on the intersection of technology and crime in the city. Leonard Monroe is charged wi ...
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Alleged Germantown firebomber held for trial
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‘Black Madam’ client, doctor describe harrowing effects of illegal butt injections
The first set of silicone injections made her happy. The second brought her to tears. Inside a Philadelphia courtroom on Friday, M ...
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‘Black Madam’ faces trial, says she is ‘Michelangelo of buttocks injections’
To Padge Victoria Windslowe, the so-called “Michelangelo of buttocks injections,” her underground beauty business was more ab ...
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SRC denies Germantown charter-school bids
Down, but not out. That’s the sentiment the teams behind two proposed charter schools in Germantown are embracing after watc ...
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Fate of two Germantown charter-school applications to be decided Wednesday
The School Reform Commission will vote Wednesday on 39 applications for new charter schools, including a pair based in Germantown. ...
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