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How One Philadelphia Prison Could Change Incarceration in America

A ground-breaking partnership between Drexel and the Pennsylvania­ Department of Corrections is revolutionizing the U.S. prison system, one block at a time.


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Longform

How a Vicious Legal Battle Over a Wildflower Farm Tore This Bucolic Philly Suburb Apart

News

Guns, God, and Greeley: Three Days in a Poconos MAGA Cult

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Guides

30 Fascinating, Must-Visit Pennsylvania State Historical Markers

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Massage Therapist Gets Probation in South Philly Sexual Assault Case

He can thank his accuser, who tells Philly Mag, “I wasn’t out for revenge.”

News

Philly Today: Comcast Is Ditching MSNBC and Other Cable Channels It Owns

Plus, Philly gets Uber XXL and our own TKTS ticketing booth.

News

Philly Today: How the City’s New Twice-a-Week Trash Collection Works

Plus, crime does pay if you’re a Philly politician.

News

Metropolitan Opera Visits South Philly to Find America’s Future Opera Stars

Queen Village’s Settlement Music School was the place to be earlier this month.

News

Philly Today: The Looming SEPTA Strike Apocalypse

Plus, Penn vending machines now give out Narcan, emergency birth control, and sleep masks.

Opinion

I Love My Kid, But How Long Am I Supposed to Keep His Baby Teeth?

When childhood memories become “love clutter”


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?


News

Philly Today: Neighbors Grapple with Swastika Flag In Philly Burbs

Alas, there’s not much you can do about it, as the residents are now learning.

News

Philly Today: Finally, a Class-Action Lawsuit Over a Cheesesteak

Plus, is Macy’s leaving Center City?

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Opinion

What SEPTA’s Next GM Must Do to Avoid Doomsday

First, get money. Then, push for more change.

News

Philly Today: Delco Man Charged In “Chilling” Waldron Mercy Academy Threats

The Main Line school was in lockdown on Thursday.

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News

Philly Today: Your Wawa Tumbler Might Be Trying to Hurt You

Plus, the Main Line town with the hottest housing market.

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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.


Opinion

How Did Philly Dog Culture Get So Out of Control?

Pups are everywhere these days, thanks to indulgent owners and business proprietors.

Bob Brady is blaming the Kamala Harris campaign for the Philadelphia election results
News

Philly Today: Bob Brady Lashes Out at Kamala Harris Campaign In the Blame Game

And the campaign disses him as well.

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Philly Today: Meet the Philly Neighborhood That Loved Donald Trump the Most on Election Day

Plus, some completely election-free news.

News

Why One Main Line Woman Is Lying to Her Husband About Her Vote

“I wish I didn’t have to lie to him. But that’s where things are right now.”

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