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Police

New rules on search warrants moving forward with little public input

Tim Redmond - September 13, 2021

The public defender wasn't consulted. The DA wasn't consulted. But the Police Commission wants a major policy change—now.

Labor

‘It’s always been there:’ Dolores Huerta speaks out on racism and Jim Crow

Dennis J. Bernstein - August 29, 2021

At 91, the co-founder of the United Farmworkers Union is still active and speaking out against voter suppression.

Movies

‘Respect’ director spotlights Aretha Franklin’s mighty activism

Pam Grady - August 11, 2021

Former Berkeley Rep director Liesl Tommy grew up under South African apartheid, values music's transformative power

Music

Get on board the Philly Soul train: Box set celebrates 50 years of epic sound

John-Paul Shiver - July 26, 2021

Revel in the O'Jays, Billy Paul, and more smooth, politically engaged artists of Philadelphia International Records

News + Politics

Why is Biden continuing to starve the people in Cuba?

Dennis Antenore - July 25, 2021

It makes no sense to continue Trump’s policies. They benefit nobody.

Art

Review: Joyous ‘Next to You’ at McEvoy Foundation welcomes viewers back

Genevieve Quick - July 21, 2021

Fun photographs from the collection, juxtaposed with colorful abstract works that play like musical phrases.

News + Politics

And yet we signed: Behind the letter to the president of Nicaragua

Elaine Elinson - July 15, 2021

Hundreds who spent the 1980s doing Sandinista solidarity work are now condemning Daniel Ortega's new wave of political repression. Here's why.

City Hall

The budget’s not perfect — but it’s a lot better than what the mayor offered

Tim Redmond - July 11, 2021

Plus: Parklets, small business -- and the terrible mess that is public housing in the Western Addition. That's The Agenda for July 11-18

Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘Zola’ takes a wild ride from tweets to theaters

Dennis Harvey - June 28, 2021

Plus: New docs 'A Crime in the Bayou,' 'Truman and Tennesee,' and 'Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over'

LGBTQ

Community honors labor hero who built connections to LGBTQ movement

Angela Hui - June 25, 2021

Allan Baird gets recognition for the key role he played in connecting the Teamster's Union to the queer community in the 1970s.

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