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The Internet Is Killing Happiness. Can We Stop It?
So, I’ll admit it: I was looking at my phone the moment my two-year-old fell off a stump at our little Fairmount playground and bashed […]
Reuben “Big Rube” Harley Is Philly’s Most Beloved Hustler
I don’t want to get my picture taken. It’s a soupy Wednesday afternoon, and I’m four months pregnant. I’m exhausted, pasty-white with nausea, and wearing […]
Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, and Their Wildly Separate Paths to the Sixers
Ben Simmons wears the face of a kid getting dragged to Sunday school when he’d rather settle in for a Call of Duty marathon with […]
Can Kevin and Brendan Boyle Save the Democratic Party?
Brendan Boyle had only been on the campaign trail for a couple of months when his high-priced D.C. consultant told him he should quit. It […]
Can Clinton and Trump Supporters Agree on Anything?
The most rancorous presidential election in modern history has left voters in the Democratic stronghold of Southeastern Pennsylvania stunned and the country bitterly divided. But […]
One of Us: Erin Elmore
My name is … Erin Maryn Elmore. It’s pronounced like the county near San Francisco where Sausalito is. My parents were there when they were […]
How Philly-Based Five Below Became a Billion-Dollar Company
Twenty minutes to go until a brand-new Five Below is scheduled to open its doors, and the line is already 30 people deep. It’s a […]
Philly Babies: A Love Story in Photographs
Baby Aria: The Perfect-Timing Labor Delivered at Virtua Voorhees As a teacher in Princeton, Amanda Hartstein has an hour-long commute. Her first child — Paul, […]
Jersey Shore Politics: This Is What Happens When No One’s Looking
THE SKY IS SHAPELESS and gray, looming above Margate like a wool curtain. Dustin Widas sits behind the wheel of a black-and-white Ford Explorer, sizing […]
You Wanna Make America Great Again? Save the Bank Tellers, Not the Coal Miners
A couple of decades ago, my sister confided to me that she tried to buy only clothes and household goods that are made in America. […]