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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

George Nakashima Woodworkers Arts Building
Guides

30 Fascinating, Must-Visit Pennsylvania State Historical Markers

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a rendering from the Avenue of the Arts 2.0 project on South Broad Street
Opinion

Philly Today: Does the Avenue of the Arts Really Need a $100 Million Makeover?

Plus, Mayor Parker declares, “I am at war.”

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News

Plans Revealed to Turn the Avenue of the Arts Into a 10-Block Park

From concrete canyon to landscaped park.

The new Pennsylvania license plate design released by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro
News

Philly Today: Pennsylvania Finally Gets the New License Plate It Deserves

Plus, more Wawa news than you can possibly handle.

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Guides

The Unwritten Rules for Riding SEPTA

Use your head and common courtesy and you’ll be fine.

Malvern's Great Valley Middle School, where a terrible TikTok scandal unfolded
News

Philly Today: Inside One Main Line Middle School’s TikTok Nightmare

Plus: Major Philly radio station drama. And Johnny Doc to learn his fate.

News

Hall Against Oates

The men behind the famous duo are coming to Philly this summer. But certainly not together.


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?


Longform

Is Philly Going to Decide the 2024 Election?

All eyes were on our region as the world waited to see who would win the 2020 presidential election. Will 2024 be a repeat — and are we prepared?

Howard Eskin, seen here in 2023, finds himself embroiled in yet another scandal.
News

Philly Today: Howard Eskin Is Truly the Worst of Philly

Plus, city workers sue the city over Mayor Parker’s return-to-the-office demand.

The scene on South Street in Philadelphia after a mass shooting in 2022, back when the Philadelphia homicide rate was soaring
News

Philly Today: City’s Homicide Rate Has Gone Down Even Further

Plus, digital beach tags are finally here.

People watching last week's presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, after which calls came for Biden to drop out of the race
News

Philly Today: Biden Shouldn’t Leave Race — Trump Should, Says Inky

Plus, a plastic fork ban in the burbs.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, who just appointed a Kensington drug czar
News

Philly Today: Mayor Parker Taps 25 Schools to Be Open Year Round

But don’t worry, kids. She’s not forcing you to attend all year. Yet.

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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.


Guides

The Ultimate Guide to Queer Literature in Philadelphia

Some of the places and spaces that make Philadelphia one of the best cities in America to be queer and bookish

A woman using spray sunscreen on herself, spray sunscreen being one of the ultimate Jersey Shore sins
Guides

The 12 Worst People at the Jersey Shore, Ranked

From the guy blaring Springsteen all day to the worst offender of all.

Bangkok traffic has nothing on Philadelphia traffic, according to a new report (Getty Images)
News

Philly Today: Our Traffic Is Now Even Worse Than Bangkok’s

Plus, the New York Times with an unexpected best pizza pick in Philly.

The SS United States in South Philadelphia has been evicted
Opinion

Philly Today: It’s Time to Sink the SS United States

Plus, loathsome Dave Portnoy bets $200,000 on the Phillies.

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