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A teacher confronts his desertion of the public school system.

Wei Chen sits at the table, opens his backpack and unloads folders full of paperwork documenting alleged abuses against Asian immigrant students at South Philly High. “Sometimes it’s the same student in many fights,” says Chen, pointing to a day planner that is full of Chinese writing, listing the troubles of each...

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The Net (1995): Movies were quick to exploit the information superhighway, and the conclusion remains thus: No, sir, it’s not good. Though Hackers portrayed its titular assholes as heroes (and depicted cyberspace in hilariously flashy ways), this Sandra Bullock vehicle launched a torrent of Internet horror films with its paranoid tale of hunky British baddies who’ve...

A (nearly) sober account of the Disco Biscuits’
 drug-addled electro music festival.

A "no-kill" expert tries to save the city's animal control contractor from its own worst mistakes.

Skateboarders in Center City say members of the Philadelphia Police Department are 
using excessive force, bordering on brutality, against them.

Is SEPTA playing gender police?

It all comes down to attitude. At first glance, Joseph Sargent’s 1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three may look like a slightly pokey old thriller about a subway hijacking. But the delightfully curmudgeonly chestnut has attained a rabid cult following over the years, not for any great shakes in the suspense department,...

First, Sylvie. An hour ago my cat Sylvie was yowling in discomfort and confusion, but now she looks positively regal. She crosses her paws—one shaved to accommodate the IV through which the vet will inject a lethal overdose of anesthetic—and stares serenely into the middle distance. Meanwhile, I’m a blubbering wreck. I’m...