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I’m HIV-Positive, and I Have No Interest in News About HIV Cures

Philadelphia is all atwitter currently with news out of Temple University that researchers there have gotten a step closer to a so-called cure for HIV. […]

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We’re Not Criminalizing Parents. We’re Criminalizing Poverty.

On Sunday morning, I stopped into a Center City fast-food joint; I’ll not name it for reasons that may soon become clear. I took my […]

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10 Commenter Tropes That Should Get You Banned From the Internet

If it were up to me, we’d just call it a failed experiment, like New Coke or Lindsay Lohan’s music career. We tried it. It […]

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I’m Pre-Gaming My 40th High School Reunion

I spent some of this weekend trying to book a table for nine for lunch next Saturday, which turned out to be a lot more […]

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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending July 18th

The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz: Seven simple questions about the week that was. Are you a newser … or a loser?

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Get Off My Phone? Get Off My Ass!

A few years ago, after receiving some bad directions from a man with a cool accent, I found myself embarrassingly lost in New Orleans’ French […]

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8 Ways to Survive the Jersey Shore’s Busy Season

The Jersey Shore is packed and will be through Labor Day. Here are eight tips on how to make the most out of our very […]

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Delaware Casino Bailout Stinks

  Something stinks in Delaware and it’s not just the horseshoe crabs decaying on the beaches of the Delaware Bay. It is the bailout of […]

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Would the “Hometown Sixers,” an NBA Team of Philly Natives, Be Any Good?

LeBron is back home in Cleveland as its homecoming King, and that got Elite Daily thinking — what would happen if every NBA team was […]

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Philly, You’re No Houston

Why is Houston doing so well? In an interesting Wall Street Journal piece earlier this week, two urban planning experts say that Houston’s “pro-growth policies […]

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Everyone in Journalism Has an Agenda

You read here every day a wide variety of stories. Some offer advice. Some offer amusement. Some may make you jump for joy, while others […]

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The 10 Idiots You Meet Every Year at the Beach

I have been going down the shore, Ocean City to be exact, since before I can remember. On the beach, an instant community is formed […]

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Congrats, 42-Year-Old Women: Esquire Now Deems You Attractive

Did you see? Esquire magazine praised the 42-year-old woman, saying that the age is “not what it used to be.” “Let’s face it: There used to […]

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Mayor Nutter Apologizes for 4th of July Nicki Minaj Cursing Debacle

On Monday, we demanded an apology from Mayor Nutter for turning our 4th of July festivities into a family-unfriendly event filled with f-bombs and penis […]

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The 10 People You’ll Meet at Spruce Street Harbor Park

In Philadelphia, there’s always something to argue about. Whether it’s the Phillie Phanatic, the clientele at Center City Sips or the worthiness of Wawa, we are a people […]