Opinion

Donald Trump at his bizarre rally in Oaks, Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia on Monday night
City Life

Donald Trump Should Probably Just Stay Out of Pennsylvania at This Point

Check phillymag.com each morning Monday through Thursday for the latest edition of Philly Today. And if you have a news tip for our hardworking Philly […]

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker during an announcement about 76 Place. That's the proposed new Sixers arena in Philadelphia (image via City of Philadelphia)
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Mayor Parker Proves She Just Doesn’t Get It When It Comes to Chinatown

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Temple Is Lucky to Have John Fry — and So Is Philadelphia

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article failed to mention the existence of the North Broad Business Improvement District and the work of the […]

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Philadelphia Once Again the Setting for a Signature Moment in a Historic Presidential Race

“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs,” former President Donald Trump said on national television on Tuesday night. “The people that came in. They’re eating the […]

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Hear Me Out: Philly Sports Fans Are Getting More Positive

To paraphrase an ancient proverb — or sleeveless t-shirt — inside every Philadelphia sports fan are two wolves. The one that thrives, the gym-bro meme […]

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Why Crime in Philadelphia Is Plummeting

I spend a fair amount of time talking to people who live in the suburbs. One of the things they’ve told me over the last […]

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Jailing Johnny Doc Won’t Solve Philly Corruption. Here’s What Will

Former labor leader John Dougherty, once one of the most influential public figures in Philadelphia, was just sentenced to spend six years in federal prison […]

a rendering from the Avenue of the Arts 2.0 project on South Broad Street
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Does the Avenue of the Arts Really Need a $100 Million Makeover?

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The SS United States in South Philadelphia has been evicted
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It’s Time to Sink the SS United States

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I Was This Close to Graduating From the University of the Arts

I remember burning acceptance letters in my backyard. It was just over three years ago, and I’d recently been accepted into the creative writing program […]

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Point/Counterpoint: Educators and Students Weigh in on ChatGPT

University-based instructors make the case for AI’s potential to level the educational playing field. Meanwhile, one Temple journalist argues that generative AI could defeat the […]

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72 Years Ago, Philadelphia Made a Huge Mistake

If you picked up a copy of the Inquirer on November 23, 1952, and turned to page 47, here’s what you would have seen: a […]

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Sweet Freedom: An Ode to the Margate Dairy Bar

I never learned to drive. Some combination of my anxiety and my overprotective mother made it feel like something that just wasn’t for me. That’s […]

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I Don’t Know Who Anybody Is Anymore. And I Don’t Care

I think it was this year’s Emmys that finally broke me. I didn’t watch them, of course, because they were opposite that dreadful Eagles wild-card […]

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Crime in Philly Is Falling (Spread the Word)

When I talk to people about what’s happening in Philadelphia these days, the most frequent comments I hear are about crime. My neighborhood doesn’t feel […]