In 1963, Benzion Netanyahu — a Jewish history academic and editor — and his wife, Tzila, packed up their three sons and moved across a […]
The middle-aged man sitting at the bar hadn’t been there before. That’s what he told the bartender, Eddie,* as he ordered his drinks — a […]
To understand why so many Philadelphians are convinced the city is about to become America’s epicenter of professional women’s sports, you need to go back […]
On a cold and windy day in March, a horde of real estate agents descended on deep South Philly, seeking to catch a glimpse of […]
It’s the first day of June, a brightly sunny afternoon, the cornflower-blue sky speckled with a few cotton-ball clouds, no rain, no wind. In other […]
Two years ago, an unexpected notification on my phone derailed my day. A longtime listener of my band, Makeshift Hammer, sent us a DM with […]
Listen to the audio edition here: This is it? On a lovely morning in early spring I’m standing on 3rd Street in Society Hill, staring […]
Marc Lamont Hill was never the same after his brother Anthony gave him a copy of The Autobiography of Malcolm X when he was a […]
Missing firearms, a no-bid contract, stalled reforms: Why are Rochelle Bilal’s fellow pols still standing by her? Read more at The Philadelphia Citizen.
You cannot stay on the summit forever. You have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: There is an […]
Listen to the audio edition here: It is, I have to tell you, the most bitterly cold Independence Day I’ve ever been […]
It wasn’t particularly quiet at the rooftop bar, and anyway, plenty of words sound like “Bok,” so Lindsey Scannapieco was certain she’d misheard. Plus, she […]
Listen to the audio edition here: Here’s a sentence that has not been written in six years: The Philadelphia Flyers are in […]
Mamadu Barry — a 28-year-old structural engineer and part-time Uber driver — was behind the wheel this past February when he first spotted the future, […]
Listen to the audio edition here: Paul Offit was thrilled. It was 2005, and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia immunologist had just […]
