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Major Schuylkill River Trail Extension Will Be Ready By Year’s End

The first link in the chain connecting the Schuylkill River Trail to Bartram’s Garden is a cable-stayed bridge in Grays Ferry that will open around the end of spring.


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“I Hope Your Team Sucks and Loses”: Inside the Head of John Kruk

Long Bright River writer Liz Moore, who sees her book become a Peacock series in March / Photograph by Stevie Chris
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Meet the South Philly Author Behind the New TV Show Long Bright River

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Dan Rhoton’s Big, Audacious Plan to End Poverty

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Philly Today: Local Woman’s Arrest Makes White House Lawn

Plus, which Eagles player has the hots for Ivanka?

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Finally, MAGA Fans Know Where They Can Shop In Peace

A Trump-friendly website shows them where to go in the Philadelphia area — and beyond. 

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Philly Today: Educator Sues School District Over Pro-Palestine Signs

Plus, Donald Trump and the Eagles. And are you OK with dying at 75? One Philly doctor is.

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Philly Today: It Turns Out That Not Everybody Is a Fan of Angelo’s

Plus, a Main Line fracas over a Philly bagel shop.

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Philly Today: Main Line School Board Un-Bans Banned Books After Emotional Testimony

Plus, bakery gets heat for telling heavily perfumed customers to use the drive-thru.

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Lashes, Lipstick, and Leukemia: Philly Drag Legend Martha Graham Cracker Tells All

An interview with South Philly’s dazzling Dito van Reigersberg, star of the Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret.


Best of Philly 2024: City Life

Best of Philly 2024: City Life

A squad of teenage robotics champs, a 100-year-old jazz trailblazer, a deeply laughable mascot, and a Flyer to be truly proud of

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


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Philly Today: New Pew Report Contains Lots of Good News for Philadelphia

Plus, the Wawa/Sheetz war expands in the ‘burbs.

The two Philly people on the TIME magazine Most Influential People of 2025 list
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Philly’s TIME Magazine Most Influential People of 2025 Winners

Plus, the Inquirer returns with its atrocious Philly Favorites list.

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Our Phones Are Making Us Miserable — So Why Can’t We Let Go?

In an age of digital overload, opting out is radical — and appealing.

Longform

How the Pandemic Rewired My Sense of Place and Time

Years after lockdown, the world looks familiar — and yet completely changed.

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Abbott Elementary Takes Over the Please Touch Museum for Season Finale

Quinta Brunson brings Philly nostalgia full circle — with a field trip we all wish we were on.

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.


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Woman Hits Liberty Place Victoria’s Secret With Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Ionnae Alvarado-Jones says her manager frequently commented on her breasts and touched her inappropriately.

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Philly Today: The Josh Shapiro Arson Attack

Terrorism and attempted murder charges. Beer bottles filled with gasoline. And a suspect who says he would have beaten Shapiro with a hammer.

Longform

From CAPA to Motown Philly: How One Philadelphia High School Made Boyz II Men

On the 40th anniversary of their formation, we look back at how the group went from being just four friends to the best-selling R&B group of all time.

Scrub Daddy inventor Aaron Krause, the biggest Shark Tank success ever, at his office outside of Philadelphia / Photograph by Jeff Fusco | Scrub Daddy sponges on a store shelf (Getty Images)
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From the Main Line to Shark Tank‘s Biggest Success: The Scrub Daddy Inventor

With the hit show scouting in Philly, we talk to Aaron Krause about $1 billion in sponge sales, just how awful Mr. Wonderful is, and what advice he has for contestants.

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