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.
August 16, 2016
Arrests
Police: Teen arrested in shooting of Philly pizza driver
Philadelphia police have arrested a teenage suspect in the June shooting of a pizza delivery driver in the southwest section of the city, authorities announced Tuesday.August 16, 2016
Courts
Pa. Supreme Court rules SRC illegally canceled teacher's union contract
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Philadelphia's School Reform Commission acted illegally when it canceled its contract with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers in 2014.August 16, 2016
Fishing
N.J. firefighter, police officer reel in $767,000 for gigantic prize tuna
It's not every day that we get to peer into the lives of the men and women who keep our communities safe. Sometimes Philadelphia police get creative in the cutting room and other times an EMT does "The Whip," but usually the fun we see takes place in uniform.August 15, 2016
College Football
Temple to make pitch for a place in expanded Big 12
Temple University is among 18 universities that are expected to make a pitch to move their football program into the Big 12 athletic conference, according to a report from ESPN.August 15, 2016
Travel
Religious tent town at Jersey Shore charges $6,000 for utopian summer
Most of the last century's devastating bloodshed and crippling paranoia can be attributed to ideological battles over how to install an ideal socioeconomic system that never seemed to materialize in the way any of the world's adamant contestants envisioned it.August 15, 2016
Development
Nature preserve planned for hidden forest in Camden
Officials in Camden have announced plans to convert a 35-acre site in the city's eastern Cramer Hill section into a public nature preserve, one of two park projects intended to open up the developing Delaware River waterfront.August 14, 2016
Weather
Officials: Three dead in Philadelphia heat wave
Two women died on Saturday as a result of health complications stemming from the extreme heat that has blanketed the Philadelphia area over the past few days, the medical examiner's office said.August 14, 2016
Public Health
Community Health Explorer tool visualizes Philly by neighborhood
Philadelphia residents and researchers interested in analyzing local public health data can now do so at the district level after the city released a new digital tool providing a breadth of information on current demographic trends.August 14, 2016
Politics
FEC: Pennsylvania Dems outspending Republicans in super PAC donations
Six years after the Supreme Court's controversial and game-changing decision in Citizens United v. FEC, money is pouring into Super PAC's at an unprecedented rate, as anticipated. Yet in the 2016 general election cycle, the pivotal state of Pennsylvania has seen far more Super PAC donations coming from Democrats than Republicans, according to new statistics from the Federal Election Commission.August 14, 2016
Videos
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