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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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How Stephen Klasko Intends to Fix Health Care

Hint: It starts with rebranding a train station.

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Who’s Responsible for These Die-Ins?

A Philly activist group is getting noticed in a big way. But are POWER’s tactics turning off potential supporters?

Home for the Holidays

Why do I stuff my family into a minivan every Christmas Eve?

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week

Governor-elect Tom Wolf didn’t throw a party.

Local Drag Queens Break Guinness World Record

Last night at the Trocadero.

What the Gays Did On Instagram This Week

Nailing Solange’s wedding pose, meeting Andy Cohen and more.


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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Fattah Jr. Will Represent Himself at Tax Trial

A judge urged him not to, however.

Gay Things to Do This Weekend

LGBT Night at Nutcracker Market, Night of 100 Queens, gay ice skating and more.

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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week

What we’re bear-ly putting up with this week.

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N.A. Poe’s Splendor in the Grass

The weed activist’s probation goes up in smoke.

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PennDOT to Replace 7 Bridges Over Vine Street Expressway

They’ll spend $65 million to do it.

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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.


ABC Family Orders Reality Show About Transgender Parent

Like a real-life version of Transparent.

Meet Mr. SEXO 2015

Ladies and (mostly) gentlemen, Marcous Marchese.

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20 Guys Streak Through Princeton Class

The police were called.

Revel Casino Hotel, now called TEN
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Revel Sale to Brookfield Axed; Will Backup Bidder Buy?

Glenn Straub is on deck.

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