Aaron Moselle covers housing and community development for WHYY’s PlanPhilly, filing stories for both radio and web. He’s a city native and calls South Philadelphia home.
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After Philly Starbucks arrest, what does it mean to be black in a ‘white space’?
The arrests of two black men at a Philly Starbucks exposed a central business district that struggles to make everyone feel welcome.
7 years ago
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Philly’s new plan to clear homeless encampments aims to take a ‘person-centered approach’
Philadelphia is launching a pilot program to clear out half of the homeless encampments in Kensington.
7 years ago
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Eagles victory parade cost Philly $2 million
Eagles organization Don Smolenski estimated the team spent between $2 million and $3 million on the festivities.
7 years ago
Delco man sentenced to 30 years for hiding warlord past
A federal judge has sentenced Mohammed Jabbateh to 30 years in prison for lying to U.S. immigration officials about being a brutal warlord during Liberia's first civil war.
7 years ago
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As fallout over Starbucks arrests continues, Philly police chief stands by cops
Arresting officers 'may have gone according to policy, they may have followed the law, but they didn't have to do this,' says legal expert.
7 years ago
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Philly DA seeks new trial for Meek Mill, raising chance he could be freed
Prosecutors said the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office wants to grant the rapper a new trial on drug and gun charges filed against him in 2007.
7 years ago
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How trusting ‘The Process’ helped the Sixers snap their playoff drought
Fans are processing the spectacular rise of a team that not so long ago was stuck in the cellar.
7 years ago
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King’s final speech ‘transformational’ for Philadelphia pastor
Bishop J. Louis Felton thinks about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. every day. That’s been especially true this week.
7 years ago
Philly social justice advocates mine lessons from MLK’s legacy
The event, hosted by WHYY and NewCore, is part of a conversation series unfolding across the Philadelphia region since January to mark the 50th anniversary of King's death.
7 years ago
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Philly taxicab drivers down, but not out, after losing federal appeal against Uber
Despite taking a bruising legal hit in federal court this week, some Philadelphia cabbies say they’re not worried ride-hailing companies like Uber will drive them out of town.
7 years ago
Philly’s $9 million goodbye to Germantown’s worst landlord
Everyone has crossed paths with a bad landlord.
7 years ago
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