In my family, death is never really far away. I don’t mean this in a macabre, Edgar Allan Poe sort of way, or because any […]
Marc Lamont Hill was never the same after his brother Anthony gave him a copy of The Autobiography of Malcolm X when he was a […]
Listen to the audio edition here: A huge granite bar on the first floor, a pool table on the second, a bright patio […]
Missing firearms, a no-bid contract, stalled reforms: Why are Rochelle Bilal’s fellow pols still standing by her? Read more at The Philadelphia Citizen.
Welcome to the fifth installment of the Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz! We’re all the way up to the 19th century now. (For you youngsters, […]
This month, we’re digging into what might be the most vital part of Philly’s history to date: the American Revolutionary War. Strike up the fife […]
Few people know more about monuments than Paul Farber. He’s the founder of Monument Lab, a Philadelphia-based public art and history organization that studies how […]
Writer Emma Copley Eisenberg, whose byline has appeared in The New York Times, Esquire, McSweeney’s, and right here in Philly Mag, made a big splash […]
How the hell did that happen? And why is the mayor not taking more credit for it? The anatomy of a stunning turnaround. Read more […]
This is Month 3 of Philly Mag’s “America 250” celebration quiz, and we’re sure you’re all off to a great start. This time around, we’re […]
