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Our Prayers Are Answered: HBO Plans Netflix-Style Service

Are you the kind of person who would like to pay for HBO and not, like, everything else on cable? Then today’s a good day […]

City Life

Pa. High School Soccer Coaches Resign After Team’s “Ebola” Taunts

Last week, the Konkrete Kids soccer team of Northampton, Pennsylvania, traveled to Andrew Leh Stadium in Nazareth for a match against the Nazareth Blue Eagles, […]

City Life

A Reply to Dom Giordano About Mumia Abu-Jamal

I don’t blame Dom Giordano for wanting convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal to shut the hell up. But even after reading Giordano’s case for anti-Mumia legislation […]

City

2 Pennsylvania Lawmakers Involved in Shootout Near Capitol

Pennsylvania State Rep. Marty Flynn was involved in a shootout with robbers near the Capitol in Harrisburg. Flynn exchanged gunfire with several men who allegedly […]

Property

Morning Headlines: Could the Land Bank Plan Be Better?

We’ve been waiting for it since the beginning of the year, but now that the city’s new Land Bank is expected to launch in 2015, […]

City Life

Gun Debate About to Flare Up in Pennsylvania Senate

The gun debate seems likely to get heated today in the Pennsylvania Senate. We told you last week about House Bill 1243, which would give the NRA […]

City

Anti-Abortion Group to Broadcast Videos of Abortions on Independence Mall

Images of bloody, dead fetuses will be projected on a 10 foot by 12 foot screen at Independence Mall on Friday, as part of an […]

City Life

Missanelli: The Real Story Behind the Victor Cruz Tweet

We all have things we want to do when the job is over and after this week, I have decided that I’m going to create […]

City Life

Journalists Back Neshaminy Editors

A coalition of journalists and educators from across the country have sent out a letter condemning school officials at Neshaminy for their actions against the […]

City Life

Poll: Christie Hits Low With Jersey Voters

He’s thought to be running for president in 2016, but Chris Christie hasn’t done much to stoke support among New Jersey residents back home: A […]

City Life

Labor Leaders Contemplated Citywide Strike to Protest SRC

The School Reform Commission’s decision to unilaterally end its contract with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers nearly caused a shutdown of the entire city, the […]

City Life

School Boards, Elections, and Philadelphia’s Utterly Failed Democracy

Maybe democracy in Philadelphia isn’t working so well. That’s not a novel observation, I realize, but it takes on new urgency with the growing campaign […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Here’s How to Keep the Post-Wedding Blues From Happening to You

It may be hard to believe right now—you know, as you’re knee deep in all of the excitement and joy that comes with planning your wedding—but […]

Restaurants

Shake Shack Gets a Mural

The ever-popular joint Shake Shack has partnered up with Mural Arts to create a mural above the Sansom Shack. The muralist selected for this project […]

Restaurants

Little Spoon Cafe Is Now Open

Little Spoon Cafe opened today at 15th and South Streets, in the former (and a bit weird) home to Baja Room. The space has been […]