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Philly Mag’s Favorite Long Reads of 2025

Beef bandits, billboard wars, an epic high school prom, and profiles of the biggest names in Philly — it’s our roundup of our favorite stories of 2025.


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How Philly Fell for Krampus — and a Darker Kind of Christmas

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Youth Sports in Philadelphia Are Uneven — and the Gaps Are Growing

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

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Prosecution Rests in Catholic Sex Abuse Case

Prosecutors rested their case today against the Rev. Charles Engelhardt and former lay teacher Bernard Shero on charges the two men sexually abused the same boy […]

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Boyz II Men: Trending On Twitter

“Boyz II Men” is trending on Twitter Philadelphia, probably for the first time in Twitter’s seven year history. Well, technically, “Boys II Men” is trending, […]

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Vegas Ads Target Gay Tourists

They say heteros are welcome, too.

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Online Petition Aims To Deliver Fresh Fruit to Vince Fumo

It’s a long way down from being the most powerful man in Pennsylvania politics. Former State Sen. Vince Fumo can barely get a fresh banana […]

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Bradley Cooper Wants to Play Lance Armstrong in the Movie

We don’t even know yet if there will be a “Lance Armstrong’s fall from grace movie”—Just kidding! There totally will be!—but the competition for casting […]

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Mark Segal’s Reputation Deserves Better Than Mark Segal

Mark Segal sure likes his adjectives. Last Friday the Philadelphia Gay News publisher wrote a column in which he called Philly Mag “racist,” “sexist” and […]


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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Dear Hippies: Weed Is Still Illegal, Probably Not Medically Useful

Reason reports: The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C. ruled today in favor of the DEA’s decision to keep marijuana a Schedule I […]

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VIDEO: Jerry Seinfeld Made a Rap Album in Philadelphia. Really.

Right now is a good time to go remix all of Jerry Seinfeld’s old routines into the modern language of hip-hop. “What’s the deal with […]

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Phillies Consider Adding Delmon Young, Delmon Young’s Anti-Semitic Baggage

Just a few more weeks until pitchers and catchers report, but Ruben Amaro Jr. is still apparently willing to make deals. Reports say the Phillies […]

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“Obama Condoms” Big Sellers at Inauguration

Stamped with slogans like “Won’t break as easily as his promises,” and “Hope is not a form of protection,” condoms branded with the likeness of […]

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Gay Highlights From the Inauguration

Obama’s shoutout to the gay community.

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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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UPDATE: Slaying of Pediatrician in Center City Drawing Worldwide Attention

The slaying of Melissa Ketunuti—the Philadelphia pediatrician whose burning and bound body was found Monday in her Center City home—is drawing attention from national and […]

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VIDEO: Woman Falls, Rescued From Subway Tracks

We’ve seen so many stories of people falling or being pushed onto subway tracks—often to their deaths—that it’s heartening to see one with a happy […]

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Silver Linings Playbook Could Replace Rocky As Source of Philly Movie Cliches

If you’ve ever been to the Philadelphia Museum of Art on a halfway warm day, you’ve no doubt noticed the waves and waves and waves […]

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PA Kindergartner Suspended for Hello Kitty “Terroristic Threat”

It is time to immediately boot all school administrators who had any involvement in suspending a five-year-old kindergartener from the Mount Carmel Area Elementary School […]

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