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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 to Deal With Inevitable Election Day Problems in Philadelphia

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Tom Corbett’s Crusade: Conquering Donald Trump’s Big Lie

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

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Nina Simone’s Complicated Relationship With Philadelphia

Her career might have turned out a bit differently had it not been for Philly.

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The Best Thing This Week: Making It Rein

West Philly’s Work to Ride program saddles up with Ralph Lauren.

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Scenes From the Philly Planned Parenthood Protest

The nationally promoted anti-abortion gathering felt in some ways like a Trump voter family reunion.

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Pennsylvania Ranks Third for Number of Bigfoot Sightings

That’s according to a list compiled by the very scientific Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization.

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DA’s Office to Axios: You Got Our Drug Arrest Policy Completely Wrong

The publication wrote that Larry Krasner was considering a policy where he’d “stop charging drug users as criminals.” A spokesperson says that’s not even remotely true.

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Anti-Abortion Activists Plan to Converge on Philly Planned Parenthood on Friday

Brian Sims stirred the pot with two viral videos, and now the pot might just boil over.


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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Biden Campaign Rally in Philly: Tickets, What to Expect, and More

First things first: You’ll have to leave your homemade Gritty signs at home. (Boo.)

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Overwatch League to Host Its Esports Championship in Philly

It’ll be live-streamed in 190 different countries, but you’ll have the chance to check it out in real life at Wells Fargo Center on September 29th.

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John Fetterman’s Marijuana “Listening Tour” Will Make Four Stops in Philly

Here’s your chance to talk about legalizing weed with Pennsylvania’s chillest politician.

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Sorry, Sheetz — Wawa Already Beat You to Coffee-Flavored Beer

The store’s forthcoming “Project Coffee Hopz” will surely have nothing on Wawa’s Winter Reserve.

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Philly Uber Drivers Are (Supposedly) Striking This Week

But not one of the Uber drivers I’ve had over the last several days seems to be in solidarity with their comrades.

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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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Brian Sims Berates “Old White Lady” Protesting at Philly Planned Parenthood

In a now-viral video, the state rep exercises his First Amendment right to go off on a protester exercising hers.

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At Candidates Forum, Jannie Blackwell Accused Challenger, BBWC Activists of “Dirty Activities”

“Rather than spread lies about me and my campaign, Councilwoman Blackwell should address the serious concerns residents have,” says her primary opponent, Jamie Gauthier.

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Rushing to Top Up Your SEPTA Key? You’ll Have to Watch This Ad First.

At least one person has already complained about missing a train thanks to SEPTA’s new captive advertising pilot.

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Can Mary Gay Scanlon and D.C.’s New Wave of Female Voices Derail the Trump Train?

The Philly lawyer-turned-Congressional newcomer is doing her best to find out.

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