Julius Erving—the last man to bring this city the NBA championship it so desperately craves sort of wants—is making a cameo appearance on The Office […]

There’s a metaphor here, somewhere: The Philadelphia Student Union—an incubator organization for the city’s youngest activists—plans a “zombie-themed flashmob dance” on Tuesday at School District […]

City Hall paid more than $1 million in fees to three separate banks in 2011, but City Controller Alan Butkovitz says nobody knows what the […]

“Life outcomes for American youth are worsening, especially in comparison to 50 years ago.” So claims this new study presented at the University of Notre […]

Wade Davis knows several, and players don’t care.

It’s not enough that he’s being mentioned as a future mayor of New York—Ed Rendell is clearly trying to parlay the attention into an appearance […]

In Against Fairness (released last fall), philosophy professor Stephen Asma suggests that bias—or the impulse to favor those closest to us over strangers—is a beneficial evolutionary […]

Yes, you’ve seen a million “Gagnam Style” parody videos by now—but you probably haven’t seen the video from Philly rapper Cassidy Da Hustla, and his […]

You’ve probably already heard about the magazine’s list of 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia. You may have overlooked, however, our somewhat shorter ranking of the […]

(Updated with fuller list of nominations below the trailer.) The Oscar nominations are being unveiled at this hour, and Silver Linings Playbook—the movie about tortured […]

I’ve been watching the progress of Philadelphia’s new school superintendent, William R. Hite, Jr., very closely. Every business person in the area should. Why? Because […]

It’s not just the Revel. And it’s not just because gambler Don Johnson has cleaned up at every casino in town. And it’s not even […]

In Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum reigns supreme as the top once-successful-politician-who-made-the-electorate-hate-him-passionately. It’s a rare and exclusive category, but another big name may be joining him on […]

The Hill reports that David L. Cohen, Comcast’s executive vice president, is meeting today with Joe Biden’s gun violence task force. Also expected at the […]

Caroline Pla from Bucks County is the catalyst for what is quickly becoming a national cause celebre, and she’s handling the spotlight impressively. Poised and […]