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.
December 6, 2016
Videos
WATCH: The Roots, Jimmy Fallon get 'Family Feud' rematch
Everyone deserves a second chance. Steve Harvey announced the wrong Miss Universe winner in 2015 and had to trot back out on stage to explain his mistake. Stuff happens.December 6, 2016
College Football
Temple football coach Matt Rhule leaving Owls for Baylor
The man credited with putting Temple football on the map will be leaving the Owls to take a coveted head coaching job at Baylor University.December 6, 2016
Development
Fishtown to vote on overhanging rooftop pool at proposed hotel
Residents and business owners in Fishtown will vote Tuesday night to decide whether a proposed hotel in the neighborhood should move forward with a plan for an overhanging rooftop pool.December 5, 2016
Traffic
'Failing wall' reconstruction will bring detours to MLK Drive
The reconstruction of a falling wall along the Schuylkill River Trail will result in a series of detours for Philadelphia drivers over the next two months.December 5, 2016
Development
Developer behind controversial Jewelers Row project seeks bigger tower
The suburban developer behind a controversial project that would demolish five properties along Philadelphia's storied Jewelers Row says it now intends to obtain approval to construct a much taller building than originally anticipated.December 5, 2016
Universities
Some Yale students not cool with Ben Franklin's name on residential college
In Philadelphia, American founding father Benjamin Franklin is regarded as arguably our most siginificant champion of democracy and innovation.December 5, 2016
Employment
Citizens Bank Park's Pistachio Girl fired after 'alt-right' views gain publicity
Phillies fans will no longer be wooed into buying concessions from the woman whose siren song earned her the nickname Pistachio Girl at Citizens Bank Park. Aramark let her go last week in connection to the flood of publicity she's lately received for her affiliation with the oblique political movement known as the alt-right.December 4, 2016
Weather
Wintry mix possible in Philadelphia area for Monday morning commute
Commuters across the Delaware Valley could be in for a wintry start to their week as precipatation enters the region and temperatures drop overnight into Monday.December 4, 2016
Hopsitals
Jefferson selected for national pilot program to improve kidney transplants
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital will join 18 other transplant hospitals in the United States in a national pilot program aimed at maximizing kindey transplantion.December 4, 2016
NBA
Rachel Nichols challenges Charles Barkley over 'girly' basketball comments
Former Sixer and NBA legend Charles Barkley has never been the type to apply a filter to his analysis of current trends in sports, whether it's during a live TNT broadcast or during an interview in his spare time.Just In
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