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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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LGBTQ&A: Kay Martinez

Meet the new Mazzoni employee who is addressing diversity at the LGBTQ nonprofit in a critical way.

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This Quaker Sex Ed Teacher Says Your Kids Need to Be Porn-Literate

As pornography is ever more accessible, Al Vernacchio’s approach to sex education is exactly what the sexologist ordered.

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We Think We Just Found Donald Trump’s Dream Bar in Philadelphia

A new sign at a longstanding Philly watering hole has some of the neighborhood’s newcomers outraged.

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Soon You’ll Be Able to Get Woodsy on the Schuylkill River Trail

It only makes sense that the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education’s 340 acres link with the nearby Schuylkill River Trail.

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Maybe the Phillie Phanatic Is Hotter Than We Thought

The folks at Jezebel asked: Would you have sex with the Phanatic? And Twitter has answered … yes?

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Friday Is National Donut Day, and You Know What That Means

Here’s where you can score freebies — and one-day-only donuts from FedNuts.


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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LGBTQ Event of the Week

Our pick: Queer Bodies.

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Mazzoni Center to Investigate Sexual Harassment Allegation Involving Former Executive

Upper-level managers at the LGBTQ nonprofit were first made aware of the allegation during Tuesday’s LGBTQ State of the Union.

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Pa. and N.J. Are the Worst States for Lyme Disease

They experienced the most Lyme disease cases in the U.S. in 2016.

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Did Internet Sleuths Solve the Bryan Colangelo Twitter Mystery?

The saga surrounding the general manager of the 76ers and some anonymous Twitter accounts continues.

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Man Accused of Punching Horse Outside Eagles Game Sues Eagles, Cops

Andrew Tornetta insists he’s no horse-puncher and says that he’s the real victim here.

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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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Escaped Zoo Peacocks That Caused Scene on I-76 Are Still on the Lam

Zoo officials say they will work with police to corral the missing flock on Thursday.

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VIDEO: Wildwood Police Release Beach Arrest Body Cam Footage

A series of three videos depicts the arrest of 20-year-old Emily Weinman from the lead officer’s POV.

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Philly’s First Medical Marijuana Dispensary Is Officially Open

Customers flooded Restore Integrative Wellness in Fishtown on Wednesday.

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GALAEI’s Interim Executive Director Addresses Transgender Employee Demotions

Fran Cortes has spoken with the GALAEI board about concerns over the downsizing of the nonprofit’s Trans Equity Project.

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