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Philly’s Neighborhood Pharmacies Might Just Save Us. Can We Save Them?

Independent drugstores are filling the gaps left by struggling chains, even as financial pressures put their own futures in jeopardy.


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Mayor Parker’s FY27 Budget, By the Numbers

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Is Philly’s Next Hot Neighborhood … the Navy Yard?

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How Hoagie Heir Joey Sacco Became an OnlyFans Millionaire

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Churches 4 Cash! Philly Archdiocese Selling Off More Properties

Several months after it cut jobs and sold off a couple opulent mansions to raise money, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is selling the Holy Family […]

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The Possible Repeal of DOMA

Would it extend rights to Philly gay couples?

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Graham Spanier Apparently Still In Denial Over Sandusky Charges

Last week, I reported that Graham Spanier was asking his bail officer to let him travel to Europe, for a wedding in Slovakia, among other […]

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Wilmington’s New Mayor Inadvertently Vows to Ignore Crime

And I quote from Mayor Dennis Williams’s inaugural address: “We have a gun problem in this city that is beyond reproach, we have a homicide rate […]

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Penn Frats Getting Tax Breaks They Don’t Deserve

In recent years, Philly has revoked tax-exempt status for several non-profits, including a church, a halfway house, and two UPenn fraternities, for failing to file […]

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Christie Not Happy With His TIME Cover Photo

The cover of this week’s Time magazine features a big, bleak mug of the guv, over the words “THE BOSS.” On its face, the cover […]


Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Brainiac scientists. The city’s most fanatical fans. A Mister Softee aficionado who stole our hearts — and more of our favorite neighbors this year

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.


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Penn Slated to Lose Tens of Millions in Fiscal Cliff Cuts

Though the battle in Washington over tax hikes ended a week ago, big automatic spending cuts still loom. If no deal is reached on the […]

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Fox 29 Crew Attacked at Delilah’s Reporting on Four Seasons Rape

Trying to report from Delilah’s, where the alleged Four Seasons rape victim was supposedly picked up, a FOX crew was beaten up by some guy […]

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Obama Apparently Needs Some Binders Full of Women

Oh the irony. After Mitt Romney was ridiculed for touting his lame, quasi-offensive hiring practices in the second presidential debate this fall, it seems Obama’s […]

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What the NYT Got Wrong About Philly

We’ve been noticed! Over the weekend, the New York Times’ 36 Hours column directed its searchlight to Philadelphia, joining such places as New Haven, Queens and […]

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Buzz Bissinger Tells Piers Morgan to “Pop” Alex Jones

Just when you thought the Piers Morgan/Alex Jones melee couldn’t get any weirder, Buzz Bissinger appears on CNN the next night to tell Morgan he […]

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76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

Sure, Philly gave America democracy. But, from bubble gum to the world’s first computer to life-saving medical breakthroughs, Philadelphia’s greatest export is actually our influence.

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

We launched a petition to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor the brave former slave who escaped from George Washington — because no one tells Philadelphia to keep the truth to ourselves.


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Women Have an Obligation to Keep Their Legs Shaved

Let me know if you’ve ever heard a lament that sounds like this one: “I’m a nice guy. I really am. I’m nice to women […]

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Philly Partners with Goldman Sachs to Help Grow Small Biz, Further Enrage Left

Between striking firefighters, angry teachers, and faux-caroling union workers, Philadelphia officials felt it wasn’t doing quite enough to upset left-wing groups and organized labor in […]

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Top 10 Professions That Attract Psychopaths

You have to be nuts to make it in media. No, really.

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Chuck Hagel Isn’t an Anti-Semite

Now that Obama has moved forward with his nomination of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary, the cries that Hagel is an anti-Semite or anti-Israel (or […]

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