Michael Tanenbaum

Michael Tanenbaum is a senior staff writer for PhillyVoice.com, with interests ranging from technology and behavioral health to local community initiatives and cultural life. Michael has written for the Argentina Independent and Bespoke Magazine and previously served as a news editor for Xfinity.com before joining PhillyVoice. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.

tanenbaum@phillyvoice.com

January 30, 2017

Universities

Penn president: Trump's immigration order is 'inimical to our values'

by Michael Tanenbaum

University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann joined a chorus of detractors aligned against President Donald Trump's executive order imposing travel restrictions on immigrants seeking entry to the United States, penning a letter on Monday that calls the measure "inimical" to the university's values.

January 30, 2017

Hospitals

Montgomery County hospital forms behavioral health partnership to meet rising community demand

by Michael Tanenbaum

A Montgomery County hospital announced Monday that it has reached a new partnership to expand its behavioral health services as the region attempts to absorb an increase in demand for such patient care.

January 29, 2017

Film

What are critics saying about M. Night Shyamalan's 'Split?'

by Michael Tanenbaum

Penn Valley native M. Night Shyamalan's "Split" has been a box office success over its first two weeks in theaters, garnering about $40.2 million in its first week and $26.3 million in its second week, both strong enough to top the competition.

January 29, 2017

Politics

Pennsylvania AG Shapiro joins state prosecutors in condemning Trump's travel bans

by Michael Tanenbaum

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has joined 15 other state attorneys general in a joint statement denouncing President Donald Trump's executive order placing strict bans on several immigrant groups' entry into the United States.

January 29, 2017

Protests

Protesters swarm Philadelphia International Airport to fight Trump's immigration policy

by Michael Tanenbaum

Nearly 5,000 people planned to descend on Philadelphia International Airport Sunday afternoon to protest President Donald Trump's executive order to impose heavy U.S. travel restrictions on migrants, refugees and green-card holders from seven nations.

January 26, 2017

Investigation

NTSB: Amtrak engineer in Chester crash tested positive for marijuana, opioids

by Michael Tanenbaum

An investigation into the Amtrak crash that left two people dead in Chester last April revealed that the engineer operating the train tested positive for both marijuana and opioids, according to a report released Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board.

January 26, 2017

Protests

Philly protests endure into night of Trump's visit at GOP retreat

by Michael Tanenbaum

A long, loud, peaceful day of protests against President Donald Trump, who was briefly in Philadelphia on Thursday for the congressional Republican retreat, continued well past sundown with dense crowds marching through Center City heavily trailed by police.

January 26, 2017

Concerts

Adam Ant's Keswick Theatre show postponed after guitarist's death in New Jersey

by Michael Tanenbaum

A scheduled Thursday tour stop for longtime British post-punk outfit Adam Ant at Glenside's Keswich Theatre has been postponed after the band's musical director and guitarist died Wednesday of "suspected heart failure" in Cherry Hill.

January 26, 2017

Crowdfunding

Anti-fascists in Philly create fund for suspect who punched white nationalist

by Michael Tanenbaum

The internet's great obsession this week, apart from this highly relevant meme, has been to dissect the ethico-moral dimensions of punching a neo-Nazi unawares. Is it alright? Is it karma? Is it a crime like any other assault on the street.

January 25, 2017

Politics

Report: Pennsylvania judge on Trump's shortlist for Supreme Court

by Michael Tanenbaum

In the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election, many observers lamented that the lame-duck nomination of U.S. appeals court judge Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court might indefinitely polarize a nation that looks to the high court as an arbiter of political differences.