This Friday the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will vote whether or not to extend the license needed for Foxwoods casinos to open one of the two proposed slots parlors in city limits.  Members of Asian Americans United, Casino Free Philadelphia and other in the No Casino in the Heart of Our City Coalition will head to Harrisburg to de

On Tuesday July 14th nearly a hundred people gathered outside of Philadelphia City Hall, standing behind an empty kiddie pool bound in paper chains, to protest the closure of several public pools...

This afternoon, people from all over the city gathered at the brand-new No Slots Spot, right across the street from the proposed slots parlor, for an Anti-Casino Circus. "Because when it comes to bringing slots to Philly, it's not a democracy, it's a circus!"

 
In recent weeks, the City of Philadelphia has been providing new sidewalk trash bins around Center City, for the beautification of our most trafficked neighborhoods. Some question the trash bins on aesthetic grounds, and others hail the new receptacles as an important element of the effort to beautify Philadelphia while making it environmentally conscious. While these are noble pursuits, there is another more telling aspect to Philadelphia's new trash bins, they are made to be homeless proof.