David Murrell

Contributing Writer

@davidmurrellv
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City Life

YA Author Kacen Callender on Transgender Characters and Writing for Teens

Their first adult book, Queen of the Conquered, is out on November 12th.

City Life

Your No-B.S. Guide to Philly’s 2019 General Election

Voting day is less than a week away. Study up.

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City Life

Prevention Point Needle Exchange Kept 10,000 People From Contracting HIV Over 10 Years, Study Says

Researchers from George Washington University also estimated the total lifetime taxpayer savings for 10,000 averted cases: $1.8 billion.

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City Life

It’s 2039. Here’s How Philadelphia Built a Citywide Sports Dynasty.

At ThinkFest, sportscasters Seth Joyner, Ray Didinger, and Molly Sullivan will discuss an ambitious vision — five titles for each of the city’s big-four franchises in the next 20 years.

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City Life

Exit Interview: Veteran Inquirer Reporter and Editor Bill Marimow

The two-time Pulitzer winner, who’s leaving the paper at the end of the year, on being fired multiple times and the MOVE story he wishes he’d written.

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City Life

What Can Philly Do About Climate Change? A Whole Lot, Actually.

Ten ways the city can prepare for airport flooding, climate migrants, and destruction at the Shore.

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City Life

New Phillies Manager Joe Girardi Is the King of Managerial Meltdowns

If these videos are any indication, Girardi seems to intuitively understand the Philly tradition of losing your shit at sports games.

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City Life

A Delco Couple Hopes You’ll Say Yes to Funding Their Sexual Consent Card Game

The game exhorts players to “Explore your boundaries. Touch your friends. Change the world.” But its Kickstarter campaign is foundering.

City Life

Meet the Candidates Trying to Shake Up the City Council At-Large Race

Among those who will attend Monday’s candidates forum at the Free Library’s Marrero branch: Kendra Brooks and Nicolas O’Rourke, who are hoping to be the first ever third-party at-large councilmembers.

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City Life

The Northeast State Rep Who Thinks Democrats and Republicans Can Actually Get Along

Jared Solomon has a radical notion.

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City Life

Richard Florida Releases His Plan to Solve Philly’s Budding “New Urban Crisis”

Four takeaways from the report Florida published as the culmination of his yearlong Philadelphia Fellowship.

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City Life

Mayor Kenney Proposes Vaping Legislation to Protect Minors

The bill would restrict minors’ access to flavored e-cigarettes, but keep them available — in specialized stores — to everyone else.

City Life

This Might Be the Biggest Scabby the Rat Contingent We’ve Ever Seen

We counted seven Scabbys (or is it Scabbies?) along 6th and Chestnut streets as part of a building trades demonstration outside the Public Ledger Building.

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Caught in a Sinkhole? This Franklin Institute Exhibit Might Just Help You Survive

It’s a wild, wild world out there. Can’t hurt to be prepared for some worst-case scenarios.

City Life

The New Flyers Rage Room Is An Outrageously Bad Idea

It’s a place where you can pay to break stuff during the game. Apparently, the Flyers anticipate providing plenty of reasons to make fans angry this season.