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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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Here’s How to Get to “Sea Monsters HERE”

Never been to the Navy Yard but want to see the new exhibit? We’ve got you covered.

LGBTQ&A: Dorian Parker

We talk to the local actor about Philly’s performance scene, being out in the industry, and his new starring role in All I’m Worth.

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Philly Students Are Going to Grill Tom Wolf and Scott Wagner

Here’s hoping they do a better job than Alex Trebek on Wednesday.

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The Clintons Are Coming! The Clintons Are Coming!

VIP tickets to see Bill and Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia are much, much cheaper than those for Michelle Obama.

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The 6 Worst Urban Outfitters Halloween Costumes, Ranked

You’ve seen the “Influencer.” Here are some other disasters.

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Opinion

Columbus Just Canceled Columbus Day. Philly Should Too.

It’s pretty lame when Ohio is more progressive than we are when it comes to honoring racist murderers.


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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We Still Don’t Know What the PTM’s New Mascot Is

But if we’ve learned anything from our whole Gritty experience, it might be that we don’t really need to.

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Can a Radical New High School Disrupt Education in Philadelphia?

A small group of reformers wants to change the fundamental vision of what a classroom should be. It’s as hard as you might imagine.

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19 Philly-Area Schools Rethinking Education in Big Ways and Small

School hasn’t changed much in 60 years, but don’t tell that to these format-busters.

Kurt Vile Loves His Country

The Philly rocker on outrunning the Parking Authority and his latest collection of jams.

Can a Play Make Sense of Trump Voters?

Philadelphia Theatre Company’s season debut, Sweat, attempts to do just that.

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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.


Best Thing This Week: Ed Rendell’s New Gig

Our ex-mayor is lending some heft to the safe-injection-site movement.

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Is Another Financial Scandal Brewing at the Seaport Museum?

A decade ago, the museum’s CEO pleaded guilty to embezzling $1.5 million. Now, a fired controller claims in a whistleblower suit that there are new financial improprieties.

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NPR Filmed a “Night Owl” Show at Federal Donuts

It’s a beautiful marriage we never knew we needed.

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WATCH: Weak-Armed Vandal Won’t Be Defeated by OCF Coffee House Window

It took three tries for the suspect to actually cause some damage at the Ori Feibush establishment.

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