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Trump’s Cuts Are Hitting Philly Hard. Can the City Hold On?

Why we are uniquely vulnerable to the president’s economic rampage … and how Philadelphia can (maybe) fortify itself for the future.


Guides

The Editors’ Cut: What We’re Reading, Watching, Doing, and Liking This Week

Q&A

Philly’s Top Cop Talks Plummeting Homicides, Horrible Drivers, and ICE Raids

News

Josh Shapiro Puts Kamala Harris on Blast Over “Blatant Lies”

Latest Stories

News

Mayor Kenney: Trump Insulted Philadelphia Police Today

The president said, falsely, that our murder rate was “terribly increasing.”

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Trump Lies About Philly’s Murder Rate in Loews Hotel Speech

Don’t fall for his tricks.

LGBTQ Event of the Week

Our pick: Toasted Walnut Grand Opening Celebration.

News

Kenney Signs Bill to Crack Down on Illegal Towing in Philly

Victims of tow-truck bait schemes have long pushed for action.

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News

Royal Rumble Coming to Philadelphia in 2018

Wrestling! In Philadelphia?!

Scenes From the Trump Protest at Paine Plaza

The best signs so far at Thursday’s anti-Donald Trump rally.


Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. This prom is like no other.


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Report: Pa. State University System Exploring Mergers, Closures

It’s experienced steady enrollment decline and federal funding cuts.

Meet Philly’s Make-a-Sign Protest Guy

Stephen Horcha’s tricycle cart is all the rage at today’s Trump protest.

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Photos: Philly Showed Up at Last Night’s “Queer Rager”

More than 1,000 people protested the GOP retreat.

9 Other (Bipartisan) Times When U.S. Presidents Told Big Whoppers

We the People should be getting used to this by now.

Fox 29’s Mike Jerrick Suspended Over Conway “Bullshit” Comment

It was language, not politics, says our source.

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

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.


Change.Org Petition Calls for Mazzoni CEO, Medical Director to Resign

The nonprofit was named in the Gayborhood racism report.

News

Here Is the (Apparently Leaked) Agenda for the GOP Retreat

Philly protesters might want to take note.

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Report: Pa. Judge on Trump’s Shortlist for Supreme Court

Judge Thomas Hardiman, 51, lives in Pittsburgh.

News

Trump: I’ll Strip Federal Funding From Philadelphia

President comes out hard against sanctuary cities.

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