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Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

The 3rd Congressional District has a highly competitive primary for the first time in 35 years. From the son of a former mayor to a famous doctor to a high-profile state representative, here’s what you need to know before you head to the polls.


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How Should We Memorialize Pierre Robert?

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The Forgotten Cemetery

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Why Philly Needs an Ona Judge Day

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Study Ranks Social Mobility of Philly, ’Burbs

Education trumps income, and gentrification may have benefits for gentrified.

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Even GOP Not So Hot on Tom Corbett Re-election

The party is almost evenly divided on supporting its standard bearer.

LGBT Six-Word Memoir of the Day

Trans activist Van Nguyen

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Penn State Postpones Presidential Announcement

It’s not Mark Emmert of the NCAA, is it?

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ThinkFest Snapshot: Chris Matthews

Don’t miss the keynote Q&A with the Philly native, host of MSNBC’s Hardball.

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Nobody Knows Who the Inky’s News Columnists Are

And more news from Philadelphia’s newspaper wars.


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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Epic Rant: Why I Hate Halloween

Gene Marks: Crazy costumes and mischief night are just the beginning.

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Sixers Open Their Worst Season Ever With Best Win Ever

The whole season won’t be this great. Will it?

For a Good Time

Go see Gunnar Montana’s Drag Me to Hell.

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Supreme Court May Have the Final Word on “Boobies”

Girls challenge Pennsylvania school’s bracelet ban.

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UPDATED: Norcross, Majority Owners Offer $29 Million to Buy Out Newspaper Partners

Say paper is on “path to profitability.”

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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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Would You Let Apple Babysit Your Child?

Technology and kids: How much is too much? How soon is too soon?

Interview with Mary Lambert

We chat with the singer on Macklemore’s “Same Love.”

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Central PA Family Suing to Let Daughter Wrestle

What are the boys so afraid of?

Giveaway

Win tickets to the Attic Youth Center’s 20th Anniversary Gala, starring Glee‘s Alex Newell.

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