Max M. Marin

New documents show Jeffrey Epstein tried to buy Bill Cosby’s home and closely followed the entertainer’s sexual assault case ebx.sh/jYvqb0

BREAKING: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will shut down. It's last issue will be May 3. This comes after years of turmoil in the newsroom, and striking workers returning to work after 3-years on the picket line, though many strikebreakers worked throughout.

Proud of the work we've done. Proud of what this place has meant and the people I/we have gotten to follow to try our best to uphold the tradition. Don't care about your religion, politics or level of Pirates anger. This sucks: post-gazette.com/local/city/202…

How a Philly ‘betfluencer’ wound up at the center of an NBA gambling scandal inquirer.com/news/shane-hen… via @phillyinquirer

This story on the collapse of the Valley Forge Military Academy was very difficult to pull together in five days, even with @MaxMMarin & @wbender99 We owe a debt to the many reporters who chronicled the school's long decline, especially @Jasper_Craven inquirer.com/news/valley-fo…

THURSDAY @ 7PM - New Yorker journalist Eliza Griswold will discuss her book CIRCLE OF HOPE, which details turmoil within a Philadelphia-based Christian movement Inquirer reporter @MaxMMarin will moderate a Q&A about the book, now in paperback. RSVP here: penandpencil.org/content.aspx?p…

Reporters Max Marin and Ryan Briggs spent the last few months buying “legal” weed... for work. Their investigation revealed it's full of harmful contaminants that some companies are intentionally hiding from consumers. 🔗 Ask us anything: reddit.com/r/philadelphia…

Pennsylvania’s unregulated hemp stores are booming, but tests show products are rife with toxic and illicit chemicals. Almost every sample The Inquirer tested was over the legal potency or contained mold or pesticides. Story by @MaxMMarin and @rw_briggs: inquirer.com/news/a/pennsyl…

"Three [samples] exceeded legal limits for pesticides in New Jersey, including carbofuran, a neurotoxin banned in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. One sample contained mold, pesticides, and high levels of chromium, a carcinogenic metal." inquirer.com/news/a/pennsyl…

Pennsylvania’s Wild West of unregulated weed Almost every sample The Inquirer tested was over the legal potency or contained mold or pesticides. via @MaxMMarin & @rw_briggs inquirer.com/news/a/pennsyl…

As the strike ends, I want to give extreme kudos to @sbcmw who covered the hell out of this thing. (I particularly loved his media analysis below.) 24 bylines this month so far! inquirer.com/politics/phila…

🚨 The Philadelphia city worker strike is over. 🚨 Mayor Cherelle Parker and AFSCME D 33 Prez Greg Boulware reached a deal early Wednesday morning, ending a work stoppage that lasted eight days and ab 4 hrs.

Pennsylvania has one of the highest SNAP "error rates" of any state, which puts it on track to shoulder up to $800 million in additional funding costs should Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" pass, from @makkerneckel and @JuliaTerruso inquirer.com/politics/penns…

Just like any slumlord, Philly’s government treats its buildings like assets that can br disposed of and monetized. Great story from @maxmmarin on the sorry state of former city history museum designed by John Haviland in 1824. inquirer.com/news/philadelp…

Dozens of Philly immigrants were unexpectedly ordered to report to ICE on Father's Day. Some families that had planned celebrations were instead abruptly separated. W/⁦@MichelleAMyers⁩ inquirer.com/news/philadelp…

An important investigation from @maddiehanna, @LizzieMulvey, and @enactdev: Pennsylvania is supposed to "immediately" suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen. inquirer.com/education/penn…

Double header for Philly Sheriff's Office news. First, they are asking the city to nearly double their $34M budget and seeking authorization to lease out two huge buildings in North Philly for a new HQ & academy inquirer.com/news/sheriff-b…

The city’s Kensington Wellness Court has been placed on hold amid judges’ mounting frustration with the city officials tasked with overseeing the program. A judge who presides over the cases called city leaders "fake." inquirer.com/crime/kensingt…

I don't like discussing my personal life, but I'll do it for a good cause. More than 100,000 people nationwide, including 5,000 in the Philadelphia area, are waiting for organ donations. Of that 10K, 17 die every day. I was nearly one of them. share.inquirer.com/nOSS3N

Pennsylvania has a state-run liquor monopoly. Thus, you can FOIA an entire year's worth of alcohol sales data which is exactly what we at @PhillyInquirer did. See what your neighbors are drinking (some of my neighborhood's faves: Tito's, Amaro, and rosé): inquirer.com/food/drink/inq…