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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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Kevin Boyle, who just saw an arrest warrant that was in his name withdrawn
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Philly Today: So Much for that Kevin Boyle Arrest Warrant

Plus, meet the $30,000-per-month Philly apartment.

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The No B.S. Guide to the 2024 Pennsylvania Primary

Did the primary sneak up on you this year? Fear not! From Congress to a very-crowded attorney general race, we’ve got everything you need to know to make your vote count in Tuesday’s election.

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Are These Taylor Swift Lyrics About Jason Kelce?

Sure, she drops references to boyfriend Travis, but it’s the elder Kelce I’m interested in finding in The Tortured Poets Department.

What caused Philadelphia to disappear from Facebook and Instagram?
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Philly Today: Philadelphia Mysteriously Disappears From Facebook and Instagram

A Meta spokesperson explains.

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Is This the John Fetterman Pennsylvania Elected?

John Fetterman is staking out positions that have some of his staunchest supporters crying foul. What gives?

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Philly Today: The Battle Between Wawa and Sheetz Heats Up

Plus, Philly swinger’s clubs apparently still exist.


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?


Larry Krasner, Terry Gross, Jalen Hurts, Cherelle Parker, and Brittany Lynn are all part of our Philadelphia salary report
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What Philly Makes: The Great Philadelphia Salary Report of 2024

From drag queens to politicians to sports stars to your Wawa cashier, here’s what locals are earning.

Jelly Roll, seen here at the Grammys with Taylor Swift earlier this year, is the subject of a new lawsuit filed by the Delco wedding band Jellyroll
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Philly Today: Delco Band Claims Country Star Jelly Roll Stole Its Name

Plus, the crackdown on Broad Street madness.

News

Philly Today: City’s Unemployment Rate Drops to Lowest in 30 Years

Pew’s latest report on Philadelphia contains plenty of good news.

Mickey Mouse at Disney World, which is just down the road from Comcast's Universal Studios
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Philly Today: Disney World Has a Major Comcast Problem

Plus, police make quick arrest in Center City stabbings.

Longform

Four Years After the Pandemic Began, Are We All Just Awkward Now?

In the wake of COVID isolation, socializing seems so much harder than it used to be.

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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.


You can now get dirt cheap flights from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh on Frontier Airlines. (Photo illustration by Jamie Leary)
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Philly Today: It’s Now Cheaper to Fly to Pittsburgh From Philadelphia Than Drive

New flights start May 16th. Plus, a breathtaking new local album.

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Philly Today: When That Phone Call From Your Kid Actually Isn’t

A local couple was just scammed out of $34,000.

A sign for Media Food Bank at First United Methodist Church, where a lawsuit has erupted over another food bank.
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Philly Today: A Food Bank Fight Fumes in Delco

It’s “complicated,” says an attorney representing one of the feuding food banks. You can say that again!

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Philly Today: Shootings Have Plummeted to Pre-Pandemic Levels

And homicides are headed that way as well. Plus, Cecily Tynan tried her best to clear up eclipse misinformation.