Daniel Rubin

Philadelphia

Senior Editor, Investigations at The Philadelphia Inquirer

Sr. Editor, Investigations @phillyinquirer, ex-Knight Ridder Berlin buro chief, lecturer @penn https://t.co/YifgR1IA8L Signal: drubi.36

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Articles

The Student Loan Funding Gap Is Growing Wider: Is Congress Making The Divide Irremediable?

2 weeks ago | benzinga.com | Daniel Rubin

A sweeping new proposal by Republican lawmakers would alter key federal student loan programs, raising the cost of college for millions and accelerating a shift toward private lending — without offering viable alternatives. If enacted, the changes proposed could deepen inequities and reduce access. The draft legislation proposes eliminating or restricting several key federal student loan programs.
MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy | The Aftermath

1 month ago | inquirer.com | Daniel Rubin

Description: In the wake of the May 13th bombing, the City of Philadelphia holds a series of hearings to determine how an attempted arrest caused such profound destruction. We speak to former Mayor Wilson Goode on his own role on that day. MOVE continues to make headlines with allegations of child abuse within the organization, and people are still arguing over the identity of the youngest victims’ remains, some of which Penn Museum only recently acknowledged it still possessed.
A World War II soldier’s letters bring back the horrors of war

1 month ago | danielrubinphl.wordpress.com | Daniel Rubin

As a member of the Ninth Infantry Division, it was my cousin Bobby’s lot to be tethered to the front line in some of World War II’s most fearsome fighting. Normandy. The Huertgen Forest. The Battle of the Bulge. He rarely mentioned any of it. But when he lay in the hospital, dying of cancer in the spring of 2009, he couldn’t stop talking. And the morphine made his accounts suspect. It wasn’t clear what he’d seen, what he’d dreamed.
MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy | The Bomb

1 month ago | inquirer.com | Daniel Rubin

Description: Former Daily News reporter Linn Washington takes us through his memories of May 13th, 1985, as police use everything in their arsenal to remove MOVE from their Philadelphia headquarters. The attempted eviction culminates in the dropping of a bomb on MOVE’s rowhouse, sparking a fire that killed 11 MOVE members — five of them children — and destroyed 61 homes in Philadelphia. Subscribe to “MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy” on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
Stabilizing brain-computer interfaces through alignment of latent dynamics - Nature Communications

1 month ago | nature.com | Kevin Bodkin |Xuan Ma |Daniel Rubin |Ziv M. Williams |Leigh R Hochberg |Lee Miller

AbstractIntracortical brain-computer interfaces (iBCIs) restore motor function to people with paralysis by translating brain activity into control signals for external devices. In current iBCIs, instabilities at the neural interface result in a degradation of decoding performance, which necessitates frequent supervised recalibration using new labeled data.
MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy | The Standoff

1 month ago | inquirer.com | Daniel Rubin

Description: The City of Philadelphia tries to evict MOVE from their Osage Avenue headquarters. As neighbors evacuate the block, former Inquirer reporter Maida Odom and former NBC10 photojournalist Pete Kane stay behind to tell the story. We follow Maida and Pete as they watch police prepare to remove MOVE from their rowhome by any means necessary. Subscribe to “MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy” on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy | Shattered Peace

1 month ago | inquirer.com | Daniel Rubin

Description: MOVE relocates to Cobbs Creek, a predominantly Black middle-class neighborhood in Philadelphia, disrupting life as its residents know it. Former neighbors recount the rising tensions between MOVE and the residents of Philadelphia’s 6221 Osage Avenue, as MOVE employs new disruptive tactics — including a bullhorn, vermin, and a bunker — in their fight to free imprisoned members. Subscribe to “MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy” on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy | The Battle of 1978

2 months ago | inquirer.com | Daniel Rubin

Description: Conflict between MOVE and the Philadelphia Police escalates. Former Daily News reporter Linn Washington and civil rights activist Walt Palmer take us through the events leading up to the 1978 Powelton Village shootout, and the incarceration of the MOVE Nine. Subscribe to “MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy” on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy | The Beginning

2 months ago | inquirer.com | Daniel Rubin

Description: In 1970s Philadelphia, John Africa thinks he has a solution to the problems plaguing the city — extreme back-to-nature living. He founds MOVE, and the organization begins its fraught relationship with Police Commissioner — and eventual Mayor of Philadelphia — Frank Rizzo. Subscribe to “MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy” on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Episode transcriptALLISON BECK: CONTENT WARNING, THIS SERIES CONTAINS DESCRIPTIONS OF ABUSE, TRAUMA, AND FOUL LANGUAGE.
‘Untangling the Tragedy’: Our new podcast examines Philly’s decision to bomb the MOVE rowhouse in 1985

2 months ago | inquirer.com | Daniel Rubin

On the morning of May 13, 1985, the city dropped a satchel bomb on the roof of a rowhouse in West Philadelphia in the hopes of flushing a radical, Black-led, back-to-nature group called MOVE from its compound, a decision that led to the deaths of 11 people — five of them children — and the destruction of a neighborhood. What amazes Yvonne Latty, director of Temple University’s Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting, is how many Philadelphians don’t know this happened.