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 24, 2017

Public Health

Philly violence rises with density of alcohol merchants, study finds

by Michael Tanenbaum

The greater the availability of alcohol in a given Philadelphia neighborhood, the higher the likelihood of violence will be, according to a new review of crime data by researchers at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health.

January 24, 2017

Politics

Rendell to Trump admin: Pick battles or 'drown in your own bile'

by Michael Tanenbaum

Former Pennsylvania Gov. and Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell made no secret of his opposition to President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, throwing his hat behind Hillary Clinton and serving an active role in producing last July's Democratic National Convention.

January 24, 2017

Crime

Wolf names Charles Ramsey chairman of Pa. Commission on Crime and Delinquency

by Michael Tanenbaum

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced Tuesday that former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey will take over as chairman of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, adding to a growing list of roles he's assumed since retiring last January.

January 24, 2017

Recreation

Jumbo water slide (actually) coming to Jersey Shore this summer

by Michael Tanenbaum

We know this is a sore subject for Philadelphians after the great water slide debacle of 2016, but this here sounds pretty legit and if it does fall through, you won't have to be upset with your own city.

January 23, 2017

Legislation

Mayor Kenney signs wage equity bill guarding salary history in Philly

by Michael Tanenbaum

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed a pending wage equity law that will prevent Philadelphia employers from asking job applicants to disclose their salary history, a measure intended to ensure equal pay for women and minorities.

January 23, 2017

Movies

WATCH: Makers of upcoming horror film 'Rings' stage hair-raising prank

by Michael Tanenbaum

Back in 1999, the premiere of "The Blair Witch Project" scared the living daylights out of a public that was just getting used to watching shows and movies filmed with handheld cameras. It was a big moment for the horror genre that breathed new life into crossover premises that felt freer to explore the links between fear and the supernatural.

January 23, 2017

Weather

Ferocious winds rip chunk of mural off Hahnemann hospital facade

by Michael Tanenbaum

On a wet, windy Monday that has flipped umbrellas inside out and generally annoyed everyone in the Delaware Valley, a piece of a celebrated mural on the facade of Hahnemann University Hospital became a casualty of the weather, as did two cars parked directly below the fallen artwork.

January 23, 2017

Internet

Penn Wharton Women's website domain pilfered by Russian porn site

by Michael Tanenbaum

Everyone you turn in the United States these days, it seems the American people can escape the spectre of a foreboding Russian intrigue.

January 23, 2017

Real Estate

Sam Hinkie, 'Process' looking pretty, puts Main Line mansion up for sale

by Michael Tanenbaum

If Sam Hinkie were a politician, he'd be hailed for achieving a record turnaround in his approval rating, all the more so because it was by way of resignation and the healing effects of time. Much of the credit should go to Joel Embiid and the optimism surrounding Ben Simmons, but the 2016-17 Sixers are starting to look like the team Hinkie's "Process" was meant to establish after languishing through a 47-195 record in three seasons.

January 22, 2017

Higher Education

Study: Villanova, Penn among few schools with more grads in top 1 percent than bottom 60 percent

by Michael Tanenbaum

The University of Pennsylvania and Villanova University are among just 38 colleges in the United States that produce more graduates in the top one percent of the income scale than the bottom 60 percent, according to findings from a new study of anonymous tax filings and tuition records.