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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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You Have Until 9:59 p.m. to Buy Your Powerball Ticket

And everything else you need to know for a chance at $1.5 billion.

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Johnny Doc: “I’m Getting Out of Politics a Little Bit”

The labor boss has stepped down as a ward leader.

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Philly Has 20 Knight Cities Finalists

That’s more than anyone else in the 26-city urban innovation competition.

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Philly Cabbie Blinded in Right Eye by Paintball Attack

Police are searching for his assailants.

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Report: Pastor Wanted for Rape Is in Ecuador

But Jacob Malone has promised to return to Pa. this week to surrender.

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What They’re Saying About the Inky’s New Non-Profit Ownership

Gerry Lenfest’s experiment attracts national attention.


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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76ers Likes and Dislikes

With Ish Smith in the fold, rookie big man Jahlil Okafor has had to create less of his own offense, and in turn has been far more efficient.

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“His Arm Is Virtually Destroyed”

Wounded officer has a hard recovery ahead, police commissioner says.

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Ed Rendell: Kane Doesn’t Need a Law License

Says when he was Philly DA, he didn’t need it 97 percent of the time.

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$20,000 Reward in Murder of West Philly Dog Walker

Police are looking for this man.

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Montco DA: “No Merit” to Cosby Motion to Dismiss

Cosby is free on bail.

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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.


FRA’s Three Big Plans for the Northeast Corridor

One includes a tunnel under Center City to the airport. It would cost a lot.

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Gratz High Lockdown Lifted After Text Threats

Police investigated the North Philly school after staff members reported receiving threatening messages.

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10 Burning Questions About The Inky’s New Ownership

Who’s in charge? Why not sink that $20 million endowment right into the papers? Will it work?

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Can Kenney Make White-Dominated Building Trades More Diverse?

The mayor says at least 45 percent of workers on city projects should be African-American.

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