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

April 28, 2016

Business

Camden's Campbell's Soup Co. adopts 10 paid weeks of parental leave for primary caregivers

by Michael Tanenbaum

Camden-based Campbell's Soup Company announced Thursday that it will institute a new policy offering 10 paid weeks of parental leave for primary caregivers and two fully paid weeks of leave for non-primary caregivers.

April 28, 2016

Wildlife

Some Pa. viewers recoil after Eagle Cam shows cat consumed during livestream

by Michael Tanenbaum

Pennsylvania's popular wildlife livestreams have become a sensation over the past two years, but some viewers in state became nauseous and upset this week after a feed from the Hays nest site in Pittsburgh showed two eaglets feeding on a cat.

April 28, 2016

Neighborhoods

Northern Liberties ranked among top 30 U.S. 'Boom Towns'

by Michael Tanenbaum

For most of the past decade or so, Northern Liberties has been regarded as equal parts hipster-yupster village and quiet neighborhood with great restaurants, plenty of local businesses and breakneck residential development. Compared to the industrial wasteland many recall from 25 years ago, Northern Liberties came a long way to transform into the destination it now is in Philadelphia.

April 28, 2016

Politics

Downingtown mayor spars with Donald Trump after Twitter shade

by Michael Tanenbaum

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump appeared for a rally at West Chester University on Monday in advance of Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary election, one of five he won in a clean sweep as his moves closer to locking up the party nomination. On his way through Chester County, Trump snapped a photo of defunct mill in Downingtown and tweeted it out to his followers to lament the decline of American manufacturing.

April 28, 2016

Eagles

WATCH: Brent Celek delivers a bunch of cheesesteaks in South Philly

by Michael Tanenbaum

As one of the longest tenured Philadelphia Eagles, stalwart tight end Brent Celek has steadily and methodically branched out to establish himself as a prominent figure in the City of Brotherly Love.

April 27, 2016

Investigation

Report: Baltimore police shoot teen carrying toy pistol

by Michael Tanenbaum

A 13-year-old Baltimore boy is recovering from a gunshot wound after police in the southeast section of the city shot him in response to his flashing a replica semi-automatic pistol.

April 27, 2016

Baseball

Raúl Ibáñez picked to replace Curt Schilling on ESPN

by Michael Tanenbaum

ESPN has chosen another former Philadelphia Phillie to replace the one it cast off as a studio analyst and host of "Baseball Tonight," the network announced Wednesday.

April 27, 2016

Investigation

City Controller: Mail Center chaos cost Philly more than $1.5 million

by Michael Tanenbaum

A new report from Philadelphia City Controller Alan Butkovitz, released as part of an ongoing investigation of systemic mismanagement in the city's Mail Distribution Center, says that improperly sorted mail has cost Philadelphia more than $1.5 million.

April 27, 2016

Obituaries

Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Willie Williams dies at 72

by Michael Tanenbaum

Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Willie Williams, the first African-American police chief in Philadelphia, passed away Wednesday at the age of 72.

April 27, 2016

Investigation

Report: CHOP staff manager threatened by suspect armed with knife

by Michael Tanenbaum

Philadelphia police have a suspect in custody after a former employee of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia allegedly threatened a hospital staff manager with a knife Wednesday afternoon.