Philadelphia is the poorest big city in the United States. There are about 395,000 people living below the poverty line here, including 126,000 children. The city’s poverty is brutal, […]
Leonard “Hub” Hubbard joined The Roots in 1992, back when the Roots were just a really good local band and long before Questlove and friends […]
This afternoon reports on social media started pouring in: People all over South Jersey had felt an earthquake — a series of earthquakes, even. Wildwood […]
Remember how we raved and raved and raved about Free People’s first-ever bridal collection, FP Ever After, when it debuted last May? (We loved it […]
Perhaps the Phillies can Rickroll their opponents to distract them next season. Okay, maybe not. But today the team announced it had hired 30-year-old Andy […]
Ed O’Donnell knows he’s not going to become president. “The only way I can become president is if the vice president resigns,” O’Donnell says. “And […]
The news earlier this month that PennDOT is considering opening the shoulders of the Schuylkill Expressway to general traffic at peak hours caused a stir […]
No, Kenyatta Johnson does not need your money. No, he is not stranded in the Philippines. And yes, an old email account of his was […]
What a difference a day makes. On Wednesday, we told you that Bart Blastein’s wife of 35 years had filed for divorce, but today, we’re […]
Here’s the good news: Philadelphia Gas Works has been given permission to make moves that will help it speed its replacement of aging gas lines […]
From the frying pan into the fire? The Philadelphia Union on Wednesday named Tim McDermott as their chief business officer. He comes from the 76ers, […]
There’s nothing like a group of municipal lawmakers to ruin a good time, and Philadelphia’s City Council seems to be especially well versed in the […]
Pity the poor American institution of higher learning. Student drinking on campuses leads to property damage, arrests, injuries and deaths, hazings, and a tsunami of reports of […]
It looks as though the long-held calls of S.O.S for the SS United States have finally paid off, as the SS United States Conservancy has […]
Just a day after a girl was arrested for making a racist threat against the Chester Upland school district, a man has been accused of […]
