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Massive Vegetable Recall Includes Veggies From Trader Joe’s, Walmart and More
If you bought packaged veggies recently, it’s time to check them. Mann Packing, a vegetable wholesaler, is recalling products sold across the U.S. and Canada under over […]
Ivanka Trump Is Coming to Bucks County on Monday
Ivanka Trump is scheduled to make an appearance in Bucks County on Monday. The businesswoman’s visit comes less than two weeks after her father, president […]
Nicole Cashman: Maven of Messaging
Over nearly two decades, Nicole Cashman has grown her single-employee start-up shop into one of the most formidable public relations powers in the region. Cashman […]
The Sixers’ Future: Markelle Fultz, Ben Simmons & Joel Embiid
A few years ago, the Sixers marketing team got out ahead of the actual team, which created a bit of a problem for the win-thirsty […]
A Challenge to Our Most Influential Philadelphians
A few weeks ago, this magazine moved its offices from Rittenhouse Square to Washington Square, which means my daily commute in and out of the […]
Shani Akilah and Abdul-Aliy Muhammad: Rebels With a Cause
Pink slips for mayoral appointees are rare. But Mayor Kenney’s axing of Nellie Fitzpatrick as his liaison to the LGBTQ community was particularly remarkable because […]
Jon Geeting: The Urbanist
Jon Geeting changed Philly with a blog post. Granted, it’s a very small part of the city — one intersection, really — and it took […]
Feminista Jones: The One-Woman Social Justice Crusade
By day, Feminista Jones works at Witnesses to Hunger, a project of Drexel’s Center for Hunger-Free Communities. But her real clout comes from her massive […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Attack of the Narco Bunnies
There’s so much shaming going on in the world today: slut shaming, body shaming, parent shaming, president shaming, food shaming … hey, are you eating that […]
Coatesville Students Leave School to Protest Racist Pumpkin Carvings
Students at Coatesville Area High School walked out of their classes on Friday to protest a disturbing photo of their classmates posing with swastika- and […]
Where to Eat This Weekend: All Around the World
No one can agree on anything around here. When I asked everyone where they were eating this weekend, the responses I got back bounced around […]
Seth Williams Petitions Judge to Visit His Mom
Behind bars, disgraced former Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has petitioned a judge to allow him one last visit with his adoptive mother – the same […]
Cops Will Card Drivers During Chestnut Hill’s Harry Potter Festival
Has the massively popular Harry Potter Festival gotten too big for Chestnut Hill? If you were anywhere on Germantown Avenue during last year’s event, this […]
School Reform Commission Could Vote to End Itself by 2018
The contentious debate over the School Reform Commission’s existence took a major turn on Thursday night. At a heated board meeting, SRC chairwoman Joyce Wilkerson simply laid out […]
Pa. Just Approved Its First Medical Marijuana Grower
Pennsylvania has fully approved its first medical marijuana grower. Earlier this week, the state gave final approval to Cresco Yeltrah, which will operate out of […]