
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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Officials with Pennsylvania's Department of Corrections say more men will be doubling up in single cells at Phoenix, a 3,830-bed facility.
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Poor People’s Campaign seeks to revive MLK’s vision
Activists are reigniting Martin Luther King Jr.’s unfinished fight against poverty.
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Listen 10:53Fetterman supporters ‘feel the Bern’ during Philly endorsement rally
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders visits Philadelphia to back fellow progressive John Fetterman who's seeking Democratic nomination to run for Pennsylvania lieutenant governor
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City seizing blighted Germantown complex owned by nightmare landlord
For years, an abandoned townhome development on East Collom Street has sat open to squatters and vermin.
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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.
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Listen 5:53Philly’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.
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Listen 2:26Eagles victory parade cost Philly $2 million
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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.
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Listen 1:46As 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.
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Listen 3:38Philly 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.
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Listen 1:52How 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.
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