News: The Trump Administration tried to end a Newark-based redlining consent decree. On behalf of three fair housing groups, we stopped them. pubintlaw.org/cases-and-pr...

Judge Rejects Trump Administration Attempt to End Redlining Consent Decree in and Around Newark | The Public Interest Law Center

The Public Interest Law Center uses high-impact legal strategies to advance the civil, social, and economic rights of communities in the Philadelphia region facing discrimination, inequality, and pove...

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This is one deeply reported, beautifully written (or edited) story, and you should find time this Sunday morning to read every word of it. 1/2 Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...

How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee (Gift Article)

Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...

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“The agreement provides for the largest known per-tenant award in a class-action lawsuit under Philadelphia’s rental license and certificate law, according to the Philadelphia-based Public Interest Law Center, which sued on behalf of Bentley Manor tenants in March 2025.” I know that’s right.

Philly tenants have reached a deal with their landlord over unsafe conditions and could get rent refunds

The tenants' class-action lawsuit alleged that Odin Properties, one of Philadelphia's largest landlords, kept charging rent at the Bentley Manor apartments without making required safety repairs.

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they announced that we got LeBron over the PA speakers at the Acme lmao

This is how we get our news in the Delaware Valley.

Walnut chocolate chip cookies, hold the walnuts.

‘The Frog Commissary Cookbook’ remains a Philadelphia icon over 40 years after its debut

Drawing from menu items at the Frög and the Commissary, the cookbook introduced Philly home cooks to unfamiliar ingredients. Forty-one years later, the book still has devoted fans.

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A pathbreaking lawyer, and good human being, who would regularly call my childhood home at night and shout “HI IS IRV THERE, PLEASE? ITS GEORGE GOULD.”

jennifer kates@jenniferkates.bsky.social · 3w ago

Grateful on behalf of everyone who got to stay in their homes and all the children who were never lead poisoned thanks to his tenacity — via @jblumgart.bsky.social

The awful company that sponsors your favorite sports podcast is fighting for the right to stay awful. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

DraftKings sued Philadelphia for investigating whether it’s violating city consumer protection laws

DraftKings sued the city of Philadelphia after it opened an investigation into its business and marketing practices.

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Watching my grandfather / idol / kindred spirit die one bloody cough at a time truly sucked.

Olivia Hill@machineiv.bsky.social · 3w ago

I genuinely hate the push to make smoking a thing again. I have watched so many drawn out, ugly, painful deaths from smoking. It makes everything disgusting. It enslaves us to the worst kinds of corporations. There’s ZERO positive here.

I have now watched this eight times.

Stephanie Farr@farfarraway.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is classic Philly because he's saying something very touching and poignant but he sounds like he's about to fight the crowd. He's like: "I'm angry at how passionate this friggin' bell makes me and I need all of you to be too!"

This is classic Philly because he's saying something very touching and poignant but he sounds like he's about to fight the crowd. He's like: "I'm angry at how passionate this friggin' bell makes me and I need all of you to be too!"

Jennifer ♾️ aura points KP@jeniuskp.bsky.social · 3w ago

I truly don’t see how this country can go on if we don’t ban online sports betting. This story is stomach-turning.

FanDuel sent a personal message from Phillies star Bryce Harper to a customer with a gambling addiction

Terry Thompson lost $1.5 million on bets he placed with FanDuel. The company gave him VIP treatment — including a personalized video message from the Phillies' All-Star first baseman.

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It is actually against the law to live in South Philly and root against Mexico.

Don’t mind if I do.

Rich Hofmann@richhofmann.bsky.social · last mo.

Newsletter might be 10,000 words tomorrow.

Do you guys think Jaylen Brown will make amends to Embiid after he’s traded to Philly for Paul George?

Trans rights are human rights always and forever.

Brad Lander, now America’s earnest dad. 💞

I showed this to my ten year old as he was going to sleep. He rolled over in his bed, let out a satisfied sigh and said “that’s NyQuil to me.”

TrumpsTaxes@trumpstaxes.com · 2mo ago

LOL if you thought the Trump boos were loud on TV, wait until you hear them from inside MSG. Video courtesy of Evan Roberts from WFAN on X.

Are you sure

@danua.bsky.social is right: If the District doesn't act immediately to reverse the staff cuts, they could be lost for good. Philly public school students need these positions filled. www.inquirer.com/education/ph... #PhlEd

Philly teachers union and advocates implore school officials to restore 340 classroom positions

Their plea came the day after the dramatic public collapse in City Council of Mayor Parker's rideshare tax that would have provided recurring funding to the school district.

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I’m yuge on tik tok.

How do we know Philly's schools are underfunded? The courts told us. #philadelphia #philly #lawyer #publiceducation #teacher

TikTok video by publicinterestlawcenter

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Without the rideshare tax, Philadelphia students will lose the support of hundreds of school-based positions, including teachers and counselors. Join ELC-PA and partners at City Hall (North Apron) on Tuesday, June 2 at 4:30 p.m. to advocate for the funding needed to reverse these classroom cuts.

Chris T. Jones (middle name is just T, thank you very much).

Aaron Schatz@aaronschatz.com · 2mo ago

If any Republicans want to have an obscure wide receiver-off I will wipe the floor with them.

PHILLY (anywhere from 41 to 33% of Bluesky): Are you curious why the school district budget continues to be in crisis? Want to know how to avoid laying off reading teachers in the middle of a literacy crisis? Wednesday at 5pm, a smarter person than me will explain. RSVP here: luma.com/e7cgfzb8

If you want to know how long Chris Rabb has been doing progressive activism, I took this picture last fall in the basement of what is no longer John Calhoun College at Yale. (It's now named for Grace Hopper.)

👀

Nathaniel Rakich@baseballot.bsky.social · 3mo ago

With 50% of the estimated vote counted in the #PA03 Dem primary, progressive Chris Rabb has taken the lead with 41%. Ala Stanford is at 29%, Sharif Street at 28%.

PA legislative election results thread starting below ⬇️

The Phillies have a winning record again. Some things I think I think: www.nytimes.com/athletic/728...

Eight thoughts on the resurgent Phillies, starting with Zack Wheeler and Kyle Schwarber

A smattering of things I think I think about the Phillies after a 5-1 road trip to Boston and Pittsburgh.

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Philly law protects tenants from being evicted on account of tenant organizing. Maybe for the first time in history, my colleague just enforced that prohibition.

In a rare ruling, Philly’s Fair Housing Commission said a landlord unlawfully retaliated against a tenant for organizing her peers

Public Interest Law Center called the decision “a victory for the city’s growing tenant organizing movement.”

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