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Is Brett Brown the Right Coach to Lead Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid to a Championship?

He’s obsessed with helping turn his young stars into great people as well as great players. Sixers fans? They just want to win.

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Jose Garces in Crisis: The Trials of a Celebrity Chef

Jose Garces turned himself into one of America’s culinary superstars. Then the hits stopped coming.

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Ruben Amaro Jr. Is the Worst Executive in Sports

A deeply knowledgable longtime Phillies fan wonders what (if anything) it’ll take for the franchise to make a change.

He was a real-life Horatio Alger, surviving the mean streets of North Philadelphia to become the youngest treasurer in city history. But then Corey Kemp met a gang whose influence he couldn’t escape: the Street administration

In an airless beige room, wearing a dark green jumpsuit, remembering his former life, Corey Kemp shrugs his shoulders. “I think I'm smarter, wiser,” he […]

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A Guide to Philadelphia Weddings During the Coronavirus Outbreak

Resources, news, and real stories from couples who are trying to get married during COVID-19.

The Great Philadelphia Families

The most intriguing, most influential, most essentially Philly family trees.

The Smartest People in Philadelphia

The Smartest People in Philadelphia Technology   Vijay Kumar Robot Designer  Just when you thought Apple had cornered the market on cool gadgets, along comes […]

After four decades in public life, Arlen Specter is still as brash, complicated and unpredictable as ever. Here, an oral history of the career of one of the country’s most famous (and infamous) senators.

The Full Specter

From the June 2004 issue.

This is what $1,000 can buy you: row four, ringside at Madison Square Garden for a Don King heavyweight fight. Waiters hoisting trays of champagne. […]

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Your No-B.S. Guide to Philly’s 2019 General Election

Voting day is less than a week away. Study up.

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For 40 Years, Philly Mayors Have Promised to End Poverty. For 40 Years, I’ve Watched Them Fail.

Administration after administration, their plans have solved nothing. This is what having a front-row seat to decades of political futility looks like.

In a 1995 Philadelphia magazine feature, the 2012 presidential candidate was depicted as a Newt Gingrich acolyte, a Congressional bully, a class clown … and someone who changed his mind about abortion because of “science and religion.”

IN THE SUMMER OF 1989, Rick Santorum and a fellow associate at the Pittsburgh law firm of Kirkpatrick and Lockhart left work to drive to […]

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The Senator Says He’s Not a Rapist

Daylin Leach’s accusers call him a monster. He calls their charges lies.

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Wilmington: the It City Next Door

Thanks to a resurgent downtown and a red-hot dining scene, Wilmington is building a buzz.

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The Philadelphia Folk Festival Is Hanging On By a String

The music fest is gearing up for its 60th installment, but this could very well be its last dance.