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Philly's Working Class Black Neighborhoods Choose Tough-On-Crime Mayoral Candidate
cherelle parker, a defender of stop-and-frisk policing, swept the majority-black neighborhoods most impacted by gun violence, beating a bernie-backed…
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February 2023
Helen Gym's Union League Gaffe
A problematic cocktail party, "white Philly progressives," and the spectre of anti-Blackness
Feb 1
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Nick Russo
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January 2023
Andrew Callaghan Allegations
Is there no one pure in this world?
Jan 10
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Nick Russo
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They Will Come for Andrew Callaghan
Callaghan has begun to poke the only beast that can stop his rise: a politically connected corporate media hell-bent on self-preservation.
Jan 7
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Nick Russo
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December 2022
Unscattering
A very personal essay // the long view, past and future
Dec 30, 2022
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Nick Russo
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November 2022
Dirtbags and Bluenoses
Elephants and donkeys are out. Welcome to the new American divide // Also: smoking an ounce for Stephen Hawking, or, shitposting toward utopia
Nov 19, 2022
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Nick Russo
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Book Review: Where I Was From
My losing entry for Freddie deBoer's book review contest // more Didion criticism
Nov 18, 2022
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Nick Russo
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October 2022
The White Dead Dawn
A critique of Joan Didion's "wagon-train morality"
Oct 4, 2022
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Nick Russo
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September 2022
The Kids Are Not Alright
Dispatch from the fringes of Philly's crisis of youth violence
Sep 21, 2022
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Nick Russo
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Gen Zero
Coming of age in post-Trump America // Sane rogue intellects against the world // Andrew Callaghan and journalistic integrity in the age of the internet
Sep 14, 2022
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Nick Russo
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August 2022
Hazel Motes and The Hunger
Putting Flannery O'Connor and Contrapoints in dialogue
Aug 11, 2022
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Nick Russo
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June 2022
Liberalism and Abortion
Roe's demise kicks abortion rights to the halls of state legislatures. Voter attitudes about abortion are now vital. But it's hard to win over hearts…
Jun 24, 2022
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Nick Russo
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