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

February 24, 2017

Opinion

'Mad as hell,' 'demented' artist shares her Trump-as-fascist, loofah-faced, s***-gibbon

by Michael Tanenbaum

A mysterious email came to my inbox this afternoon, of course with a forgotten attachment. Isn't that life?

February 24, 2017

Courts

Jersey Shore pizza chain owner sentenced to prison for tax evasion

by Michael Tanenbaum

The owners of Ocean City's celebrated Manco & Manco pizza chain were sentenced Friday in a tax evasion scheme dating back to 2010, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Friday.

February 23, 2017

Videos

Video: Tour a dystopian 'dead mall' in Pennsylvania

by Michael Tanenbaum

Last month, many jaws dropped when news broke that The Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills Mall, opened in 2005 and once valued at $190 million, was sold for a paltry $100 at auction and left to a dismally uncertain future.

February 23, 2017

Infrastructure

New 'PennDOT Connects' program will engage communities in early project planning

by Michael Tanenbaum

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and PennDOT secretary Leslie Richards unveiled on Thursday a new program aimed at enhancing local engagement in the department's project planning, design and delivery of development initiatives.

February 23, 2017

Universities

Penn panelist withdraws from Biden cancer forum amid allegations of ethnic discrimination

by Michael Tanenbaum

An ambassador for Penn Medicine who had been scheduled to join a cancer forum led by former vice president Joe Biden has backed out of participation in the sold out event after reports uncovered allegations of racial discrimination against an Iraqi-American family at an ice rink she owns in Florida.

February 23, 2017

Art

Vote for South Jersey girl's Doodle 4 Google drawing

by Michael Tanenbaum

The state of New Jersey has a champion in this year's national Doodle 4 Google contest. Now it's up to the voting public to make sure that Allison Kang, a third grader at Cherry Hill's Sharp Elementary School, gets her drawing up on the front page of the search engine that handles more than 3.5 billion queries per day.

February 23, 2017

Television

Watch: Stalking victim Christina Grimmie featured in upcoming '48 Hours' special

by Michael Tanenbaum

February 22, 2017

Schools

Philly students give brutally honest reviews of school lunches

by Michael Tanenbaum

Generation after generation of school children have been subjected to the scourge of lunchtime mystery meat, an agony that's as perfect a culprit as any for the alleged belly aches that send them slumping over to the nurse's office day after day.

February 22, 2017

People

Philly 'House of Horrors' abortion doctor claims he delivered baby Will Smith

by Michael Tanenbaum

Kermit Gosnell, the former Philadelphia abortion provider who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for murdering three infants born alive during a procedure, allegedly claimed in a letter to actor Will Smith that he was responsible for the celebrity's delivery in 1968.

February 22, 2017

Television

Montgomery County company created 'SNL' prop for Sean Spicer skits

by Michael Tanenbaum

The resurgence of "Saturday Night Live" throughout the 2016 presidential race and into the early days of the Trump administration has been a breath of fresh air for many who felt the series had begun to lose steam and relevance.