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Trump’s Cuts Are Hitting Philly Hard. Can the City Hold On?

Why we are uniquely vulnerable to the president’s economic rampage … and how Philadelphia can (maybe) fortify itself for the future.

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The Editors’ Cut: What We’re Reading, Watching, Doing, and Liking This Week

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Philly’s Top Cop Talks Plummeting Homicides, Horrible Drivers, and ICE Raids

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Josh Shapiro Puts Kamala Harris on Blast Over “Blatant Lies”

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Shore Could Lose FEMA Money Thanks to Christie’s Suspect Deal-Making

After Hurricane Sandy struck, Chris Christie awarded a bulk of the debris cleanup to a Florida company called AshBritt, without letting other contractors bid on […]

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Fall to Grace

Jim McGreevey’s redemption plan.

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And the Results Are In: Penn’s Acceptance Rate Lower than Ever This Year

For high school seniors, this week–college decision week–is among the most stressful they’ll ever face. So for all you applicants disappointed about not getting into […]

The Hottest Philadelphia City Neighborhoods

Graduate Hospital Cooler and cheaper than Rittenhouse, G-Ho’s the new go-to for youngish buyers planting roots in Philly. Median home price: $285,500 Increase in number of […]

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Phillies Season About to Get A Little Bit Easier

Baseball’s loss is the Phillies’ gain. Johan Santana, once a pitcher of world historical importance, a graceful southpaw on the fast track to Cooperstown, may […]

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Don’t Watch Game of Thrones Without This

Winter is almost here. This Sunday at 9 p.m., the third season of Game of Thrones begins on HBO. Anyone familiar with the show—or the […]

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. This prom is like no other.

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The Couple That Works Together

Meet the gay lovebirds behind Much Ado.

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Man Jumps onto SEPTA Tracks to Save Another Guy’s Life

At 12:40 p.m. yesterday at the Cecil B. Moore station on the Broad Street line, a man walked off the subway platform (deliberately or not, […]

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Lisa Scottoline Shovels Horse Poop

My name is … Lisa Scottoline. It’s extremely Italian. And rhymes with “scallopini.” I am a … mom. I live in … the suburbs, on […]

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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: The Old-School Excellence of Fork

Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason anybody opens a restaurant nowadays is to work it for a year, or maybe six […]

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Bad Neighbors, Nasty Notes and the Death of Idyllic Suburban Life

One of our neighbors put a nasty note on the car of someone who was visiting our house. I could not believe it. So I […]

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.

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The Hamptons: A Perfectly Luxurious Weekend Getaway

How to Get to the Hamptons from Philadelphia: It’s at least a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Philly, and there’s no getting around the often congested (but […]

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City Commissioners Al Schmidt and Stephanie Singer Just Can’t Get Along

Stephanie Singer is warming to her point. For 45 minutes she has been explaining the arcane workings of elections in Philadelphia to a few dozen […]

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George Norcross: The Man Who Destroyed Democracy

In a story this profane, a story about power and legacy, fathers and sons, a story in which F-bombs rain down in a kind of […]

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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: The Infamous Pizza Brain

First, a confession. I don’t watch the Today show or CBS This Morning—nor do I read Qantas in-flight magazine or Jeopardy’s Twitter feed—so by the […]

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