Daniel Pearson
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- Sep 25, 2026
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SEPTAâs new plan paints a brighter transit future | Shackamaxon (opens the original)
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This week marks a year since Shackamaxon debuted. Named for the place Lenape chiefs would meet for discussions and community ceremonies under the great elm, the column is focused on what happens at City Hall and Harrisburg â our modern Shackamaxons. This weekâs edition focuses on SEPTA and whether bipartisanship is truly dead. In 2032, if all goes according to plan, SEPTA will look quite different. The Market-Frankford Line will have new trains and run more frequently. Thereâll be new trol
Will a pedestrian death move Philadelphia police to step up traffic enforcement? | Shackamaxon (opens the original)
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This weekâs edition of Shackamaxon looks at a crackdown on âsmoke shops,â the Philadelphia policeâs handling of traffic citations, how Harrisburg deadlines can be leveraged to fund transit, and what City Council forgot to talk about in its first session after returning from summer break. An increasingly common frustration has been expressed across Philadelphia over the rise of what are known as âsmoke shops,â which have proliferated in the cityâs commercial corridors. Ostensibly op
America lost its way after 9/11. We donât have to stay on the wrong path. | Daniel Pearson (opens the original)
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On Sept. 11, 1990, President George H.W. Bush gave a speech to a joint session of Congress with his vision for a âNew World Order.â He promised that instead of the spheres of influence and deadly competition that had dominated international politics, there would now be a future where âthe rule of law supplants the rule of the jungle.â For a while, it seemed like this could be true. War and conflict did not end in the 1990s, but peace seemed plausible. A United Nations-sanctioned coalitio
Neighbors struggle against a decade-plus of South Philly sinkholes | Shackamaxon (opens the original)
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Welcome to Shackamaxon, a weekly politics column focused on whatâs happening at City Hall and in Harrisburg. It is named for the place where the Lenape chiefs would meet to conduct the peopleâs business, which is now known as Penn Treaty Park. This weekâs edition covers sinkholes, the embrace of âslopulism,â the ongoing struggle over the future of the Cecil B. Moore Library branch, and the loss of a venerable museum. How long does it take for a 311 request to be resolved? For residents
The invisible volunteers who help keep democracy running | Daniel Pearson (opens the original)
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Theyâve been called the âmost important people in running an electionâ by Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt, yet even as interest in election security has skyrocketed after Donald Trumpâs persistent false claims of voter fraud, their jobs seem to be hidden in plain sight. Unlike the grifters and sycophants who help feed the presidentâs Big Lie and earn millions of social media followers, make frequent TV appearances, and are showered with adulation by the White House, the roughl
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