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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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PPA Is Doling Out More Tickets to Cars Parked in Bike Lanes

The number of tickets written for vehicles blocking bike lanes rose 17 percent in 2018.

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Philly Pols Roast Trump After State of the Union Address

One state rep’s review: “The State of the Union is that it’s a shooting gallery controlled by ammosexual gundamentalists.”

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This Philly Woman Is Fighting How Black People Are Portrayed in Horror Films

Her fascinating documentary Horror Noire premieres this week on AMC Network’s Shudder streaming service.

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Opinion

Mayor Kenney, Where Is the Call for Bobby Henon to Step Down?

As an experienced politician, Mayor Jim Kenney should know by now that when it comes to holding political figures accountable, consistency is the key to […]

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CNN Declines to Renew Michael Nutter’s Punditry Contract

Good thing the former mayor has a bunch of other jobs to fall back on.

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We’ve Found the Ultimate State of the Union Watch Party for Trump Fans

The bar owner is making two sets of Donald Trump coasters — one pro-Trump, one anti-Hillary.


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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Here’s Why Jamie Gauthier Thinks She Can Defeat Jannie Blackwell

“I am the right person, for this moment, to lead the 3rd District into the future,” says the West Philly native and former executive director of the Fairmount Park Conservatory.

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2019 Super Bowl Ad Winners and Losers, According to a Philly Ad Exec

Here are the five commercials that were worth the more than $5 million a spot — and the five that should have died in the pitch meeting.

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Johnny Doc’s People Told Us to Reach Out to His “Friends” for “Fairness”

So we did. The results are probably not what the recently indicted union leader was hoping for.

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Gritty Crashed Stephen Colbert’s Super Bowl Party

And it was more exciting than the Super Bowl itself.

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Ice Skate for Free at Dilworth Park in February

You just have to stop by the Capital One Cafe in Rittenhouse first to grab a ticket.

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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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Temple Coach Fran Dunphy Deserved Better

I’ve got some issues with how the Owls treated this Big Five legend.

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Teenagers Are More Stressed Than Ever. Who’s to Blame?

In Philly, well-off adolescents are experiencing a level of anxiety that’s unprecedented.

Best Thing This Week: There’s a Roomba Lawnmower!

Suburbia will never be the same.

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Here’s What Steve Klasko Had to Say About His First Trip to Davos

The Jefferson CEO dishes on the future of healthcare in Philly and what some observers have called the “Decline of Davos.”

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