Dana DiFilippo
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Protest personalities: Cheri Honkala
City officials expect as many as 50,000 protesters a day to hit Philadelphia’s streets and a demonstration zone at FDR Park, ac ...
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Protest personalities: Alfred Williams, Fight for 15
Each day, we profile a protest leader to give you a peek at the personalities behind the chan ...
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Protest personalities: Sam Bernhardt, Food and Water Watch
"Fracking really is a bridge to nowhere." Each day, we profile a protest leader to give you a peek at the personalities behind the chants and signs.
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Philly officers on alert after threats against police
After two ambushes that left eight Dallas and Baton Rouge police officers dead, Philadelphia police officials say officers here ...
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‘Great Wall of Love’ planned to counter Westboro Baptist Church picket at Mazzoni Center
With the notoriously gay-bashing Westboro Baptist Church set to protest in Philadelphia during the Democratic National Conventi ...
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Philly expecting the best, but investing in $5 million insurance policy for DNC protests
After a sixth day of protests in Philadelphia over police brutality, police Commissioner Richard Ross said the city’s activis ...
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Before DNC, Philly legal community teaches finer points of protest
With two weeks to go before the Democratic National Convention comes to town — along with thousands of protesters hoping to snag the me ...
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Philadelphia police double-up patrols in wake of Dallas shootings
This post has been updated. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross has ordered all city police officers to double- ...
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Do DNC finance records hide corporate conflicts?
About 30 chanting protesters held a lunchtime rally in Center City today to call on Ed Rendell and two other leaders of the Democratic Na ...
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Denounced as hate group, Westboro Baptist Church plans ‘peaceful, religious’ protest at DNC
Members of the Westboro Baptist Church — the Kansas-based church infamous for picketing soldiers’ funerals, stomping Americ ...
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Philly clergy to host MLK freedom school for DNC protesters
With less than a month to go before the Democratic National Convention comes to town, area clergy members announced Monday they ...
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Philly cop arrested for allegedly stealing $38
A Philadelphia police officer has been arrested for allegedly stealing $38 from an acquaintance in a business dispute. ...
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