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Is it safe to say we’re over the whole “eating food from a truck” thing? Because there are some serious eats being produced by the city’s meal mobiles. We know, we know: You got a breakfast sammich from the guy who picks at his toenails between orders (true story), and then got...

It’s easier to get away with sexual assault in Pennsylvania than anywhere else in U.S.

Dan Rottenberg, editor of online arts mag Broad Street Review (and way back, editor of this publication when it was Welcomat) wrote an editor’s letter last week that’s drawing criticism from national media watchdog outlets like Women’s Media Center—and deservedly so. A photograph of Lara Logan, the CBS and 60 Minutes news correspondent who was sexually assaulted by a mob while...

Gritty, old Philadelphia is the most bike-riding big city in America. According to the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, biking in Philadelphia has exploded since 2000, when the rate was just .86 percent, nearly doubling between 2005 and 2008 alone. This city has more bike commuters per capita (2.16 percent) than Chicago...

  It’s hard to imagine a 48-year-old woman who’s been arrested more than 200 times becoming Philadelphia’s new sheriff. Disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer are just a few of the charges Cheri Honkala’s faced while promoting welfare rights. But that’s what Philly’s most infamous embodiment of grass-roots guerilla protestdom,...

With the primary election over, Cheri Honkala officially kicked off her campaign for sheriff yesterday to a crowd of about 80 people in her campaign headquarters on Market Street yesterday. “I’m so nervous!” says Honkala, 48. “It’s so real now!” Honkala worked the room in a blue dress suit against the backdrop...

It was late last week when gun-rights activist Mark Fiorino joined PW for a stroll around downtown Philly. The Montgomery County man, who was featured on the cover of yesterday’s Daily News for his stance on carrying pistols openly, walks down 15th Street toward Sansom, attracting nary a look. Eventually, one man offers a...

While the Philadelphia Orchestra’s bankruptcy proceedings have caused much grief and consternation among Orchestra members and fans, senior players in the Orchestra have thicker skin than the headlines lead on. Some retiring members, who fear hefty cuts to their pensions—should Judge Eric L. Frank rule in favor of bankruptcy—are resolute to rescind...

Operation Rescue is coming to Philadelphia. Last Saturday morning, about 60 people gathered in the basement of St. Agnes Church in West Chester to listen to a speech by the charismatic president of Operation Rescue, a well-known organization that represents a militant faction of the American anti-choice movement. Under the leadership of 44-year-old...

Philadelphia police officers violently attacked two partygoers at the M Room early Sunday morning, according to witness accounts. Dozens of people were gathered at the Fishtown bar for a fundraising party for injured bike messengers. The police reportedly made their first visit of the night around midnight when one partygoer beat another...