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I Never Thought I’d Move Back in With My Parents. But Here We Are
It occurred to me one night at midnight that I never really knew exactly how many clocks my parents have. I know it was midnight […]
How Philly Is Learning to Ditch Dieting and Evolve Our Relationship With Food
It’s 2004, and I’m celebrating my mom’s birthday in Northeast Philly with her six siblings and my 14 cousins. Our family is happily stuffing our […]
For 25 Years, Jimmy Dennis Was on Death Row. Then One Day, He Wasn’t.
Jimmy Dennis lives in a bubble. In the age of COVID, that’s not so uncommon. But even amidst this winter’s tightened restrictions, Dennis’s bubble is […]
Who, Exactly, Is Philly Fighting COVID?
Andrei Doroshin is 22 years old, working toward his degree at Drexel, and a C-suite executive in three different businesses: a real estate firm (CEO), […]
Barstool Sports Is Betting Big on Philly. But Are We the City They Think We Are?
It’s a rainy Friday afternoon in Havertown, and a guy from Boston is about to try a slice of pizza. Dave Portnoy, founder, president and […]
The Day the Great Apes Died: The Legacy of the 1995 Philadelphia Zoo Fire
It was Christmas Eve — December 24, 1995 — and it had snowed in Philadelphia, big soft flakes floating through wintry skies and drifting to the […]
How Philly’s Bioscience Sector Is Driving the City’s Next Big Real Estate Boom
Philadelphia’s life sciences sector is right about where Michael Jordan was in 1989. If you’re into sports history, you know 1989 was a break-out year […]
How Pandemic Pups Are Getting Us Through a Very Dark Year
My husband would tell you that I manipulated him into getting a dog. He’s right. One afternoon in June, I was in my new home […]
Raheem Ikeam Myers Was the City’s 203rd Homicide Victim This Year. This Is His Story.
Every three months or so, Philadelphia Inquirer beat reporters pull a weekend shift. That’s why health reporter Marie McCullough found herself working the July 4th […]
Inside the Fight to Abolish Police in Philadelphia
It’s an incredible idea, one that’s been percolating for a long time in Philadelphia and other cities. Certainly, all of YahNé Ndgo’s life. A 48-year-old […]
Now That I Never Leave My House, I’m Getting to Know All About the Spiders Who Live Here With Me
Late in summer, I was sitting at my kitchen table, right in the spot where I’ve sat every morning for the past 10,423 days. It […]
Here’s How Philadelphia’s Pre-K Program Can Change an Entire Family’s Economic Prospects
This article is published in partnership with the Fuller Project. Malcolm Burnley is a journalist with the Fuller Project, a global newsroom that reports on issues affecting women. […]
Philly’s New Generation of Unions Is Young, Progressive, and Coming to a Coffee Shop Near You
The Cake Life Bake Shop is a sleek, narrow structure on the Frankford Avenue corridor in Fishtown. Its interior looks as much like a photo […]
Science and Religion Have Never Been More at Odds. Can Conshohocken’s Templeton Foundation Bridge the Divide?
One would think claims of performing miracles would have a bit more resonance. After all, billions of people today hinge their religious faith on Jesus […]
The Year We Won It All: An Oral History of the 1980 Phillies
It was a different city then, in 1980. Bill Green had just become mayor after eight years of Frank Rizzo’s reign. As Sam Katz (who […]