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We Want Answers: How Rebecca Rhynhart Pulled Off the Political Upset of the Year
When Philadelphians went to the polls during last spring’s primary, most eyes were on the city’s highly competitive DA’s race, in which ultra-progressive Larry Krasner […]
One of Us: Nydia Han
My full name is … Nydia Hyungah Han. “Hyungah” is Korean for “bright and graceful.” People always ask me where Nydia comes from. My father’s […]
How Jack Posobiec Became the King of Fake News
It’s a crisp midsummer’s night in late June in Central Park. The air flickers with fireflies, and the breeze hums with the insectoid klezmer of […]
Behind the Boom: The Next Wave of Philly Developers
Rahil Raza, founder and CEO, Raza Properties Backstory: Despite graduating from Temple with a pharmacy degree, Raza, 33, decided to start a development firm in […]
A Black Face in a White Space: My Four Years at Penn
My first day of class at the University of Pennsylvania was an introduction unlike anything I could have predicted. It was my fourth day living […]
Martina White: The It Girl of Red Philadelphia
Martina White knew this was coming. Less than two weeks before the most shocking presidential election in modern history, the Republican lawmaker was sitting at […]
Best of Philly 2017: 38 Philadelphians We Love
Edited by Brian Howard. Reported by Fabiola Cineas, Victor Fiorillo, Brian Howard, Holly Otterbein, Claire Sasko and Sandy Smith. tv personality Mike Jerrick, host, Good […]
Philly’s Neighborhood Facebook Groups, Annotated
Lost a dog? Found a dog? Want to gripe about a dog? Wondering who on earth keeps parking you in, or who on the block […]
Asa Khalif: The Face of a Movement
Philadelphia activist Asa Khalif is no stranger to controversy, but even he was unprepared for the slings and arrows of Breitbart. As the Philly face […]
Half-Court at Midlife
Twenty-five years ago, I started an early-Sunday-morning half-court basketball game with a bunch of guys. Some I knew from work, some from growing up (or […]