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Wilmington Is Becoming the It City Next Door
The bar is three or even four people deep, making it tough to get through the door. Inside, millennials and boomers alike are sipping fancy […]
Telemedicine Revolutionized Healthcare. But Its Future Is Uncertain
Last year, at age 28, Tori Muchnik found a lump on her right breast. After an ultrasound indicated it was normal, she went back to […]
Will the Real Estate Boom Change Philadelphia’s Status as a City of Homeowners?
Up on North 16th Street in Ogontz, a few blocks from Broad and Olney, someone bought a newly renovated rowhouse in early March, about a […]
The Totally Accidental Success Story of Delco Steaks
It was The Beard’s first night playing in Philly: Wednesday, March 2, 2022. With 15 minutes to go before tip-off, bands of rabid fans were […]
Paul Martino’s Audacious Plan to Disrupt the Republican Party
I start with a problem — a problem we all share in one way or another. I told a friend I was working on a […]
Trouble Telling Left from Right? You’re Not Alone.
My husband and I are in the car, and he’s driving. I’m giving directions. “Make a left up there,” I tell him, pointing. “Just past […]
Inside the Plan to Bring New Energy to the PECO Power Station on the Waterfront
They’re keeping the smokestacks. The eight 167-foot-high chimneys of the former PECO Delaware Generating Station haven’t barfed out noxious exhaust from coal that’s burning to […]
Benjamin Franklin: 45 Things You Never Knew About Philly’s Own Founding Father
This month on WHYY TV 12, PBS.org and the PBS Video app, historical documentarian extraordinaire Ken Burns debuts a new two-part, four-hour production, Ben Franklin, […]
My So-Called (Semi-Sober) Life
There wasn’t one catastrophic event that led me to reevaluate my relationship with alcohol. Rather, smaller, not-so-great moments began stringing themselves together like pearls on […]
The Surprising Truth — and Fascinating Science — Behind Smiles
My daughter Marcy was in high school when her course of orthodontia went seriously awry, resulting in the loss of two of her front teeth. […]
The Inside Story of the Flyers’ Fan Code of Conduct
In the spring of 2021, the Wells Fargo Center was gearing up to let fans back into the arena for the first time since the […]
My Autistic Child Might Know More About What’s Important and How to Live Than I Do
My son Sam is on the autism spectrum, with Asperger’s. He now sees that as a gift, and Sam is becoming the focal point of […]
Life After Johnny Doc
John Dougherty was out on a leisurely walk. Destination: the James A. Byrne federal courthouse. It was the first week in October, and Johnny Doc, […]
The Icewomen Cometh: Why Dozens of Women from the Philly Area Are Taking Arctic Soaks in Winter
January 3rd could have been just another day in Philadelphia. Just another Monday. But thanks to a certain four-letter word that tends to send Philadelphians […]
Help! My Kids Are Developing Philadelphia Accents
Last summer, my two small children, my late husband’s mother and I took a road trip across Utah in a 25-foot rented RV. On the […]