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The Opioid Crisis Is Worsening Homelessness in Philly. Solving the Problem Is a Matter of Survival
It’s another perfectly shitty day to be homeless in Philadelphia. Cold, wet and pitiless. T.S. Eliot famously said that April is the cruelest month, but […]
Foglietta Plaza May Be Philly’s Most Criminally Underused Public Space
I got a call from a Queen Village resident asking for help solving a mystery: Why doesn’t anybody use Foglietta Plaza for anything? If the […]
A Twist of Fate Led a Main Line Doc and Her Patient on a Fight for Sexual Assault Victims’ Rights
Hi, this is Dr. Liz Goldman. Please feel free to leave me a message, and I will return your call within 24 hours. I apologize, […]
Malcolm Harris on Abatements, Developer Extortion, and Philadelphia’s Role in the Revolution
The Rundown Age: 31 CV, abridged: Editor, The New Inquiry (2011-present); author, Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials (2017); coordinator, Philly […]
Why I, Like So Many in My Generation, Can’t Make Up My Mind About Having Kids
It seems like it used to be easier. Or at least that there wasn’t much deliberation involved. First comes love, Then comes marriage, Then comes […]
Craps Is the Only Casino Game You Should Play
I used to walk through a casino like a self-conscious teenage girl in a high-school cafeteria — unsure of what the unwritten rules were, but […]
There’s Never Been a Better Time to Hang Out at Philly-Area Casinos
Sports betting is legal, the food is better than ever, and there’s a new venue coming to town: Why not hit up a casino? Here […]
How to Get Started With Sports Betting the Next Time You Visit a Casino
Slots and table games have been around for a while, but sports betting? That’s a relatively new phenomenon around these parts. Tom Gable, director of […]
Philly Sneaker King Brian Nadav on the Things He Can’t Live Without
With his hit menswear shop, Lapstone & Hammer, and capsule collections worn by everyone from Ben Simmons to Post Malone, Brian Nadav is one of […]
6 Very Philly Groundhog Day Predictions
Every February, we turn our frowning, frostbitten faces toward Punxsutawney, PA, to observe the behavior of one special groundhog in order to make vague long-term […]