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

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

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30 Fascinating, Must-Visit Pennsylvania State Historical Markers

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Alleged Prep School Drug Ring Busted in Montco

Read this story quick before Hollywood makes it into a movie!

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Study: Paid Sick Leave Days Don’t Hurt Biz

Will this clear the way in Philadelphia?

ACLU Takes Action to Expedite PA Marriage Equality Ruling

A decision could come as early as next month.

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Jogger Pulls Ailing Boater from Schuylkill

Man hospitalized after watery incident.

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Why Flossing May Be the Easiest Way to Improve Your Health

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Everybody’s Making Happy Videos, Apparently

We can’t get enough of them, is the sad thing.


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?


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Comcast Today: Will Wifi-Based Phone Service Work?

Wall Street Journal thinks so.

7 Questions With Garrod McFadden

How HIV has affected him, and why you should dine out for life.

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What’s Weird About Chelsea Clinton’s Baby

Hingston: Who gets married and then has kids anymore?

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PA Denies Welfare Benefits to Most Applicants

75 percent are rejected.

Philly Rep. to Introduce PA’s First Trans Rights Bill

The legislation will address trans discrimination in the state.

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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.


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Philly 4/20 Protest Features No Pot Smoking

About a dozen cops hovered at the edge of a 50-person protest at Philly’s Independence Hall.

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Bariatric Surgery: Which Surgical Option is Right for You?

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Today Is The Last Day to Register to Vote in May

Want to vote in the gubernatorial primary? Better get paperwork filed today.

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Howard Gensler Has Just About Had Enough of Your Bullcrap Whining, Already

Chelsea Clinton column lands him in trouble with readers.