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What 25 Years of Teaching Our Kids Has Taught America’s Teacher of the Year Leon Smith

After a quarter century at Haverford High, 2026’s National Teacher of the Year Leon Smith shares what he’s learned about connection, critical thinking, and helping young people see what they’re capable of.


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The Biggest Game in Town: Inside the Eagles Media-Industrial Complex

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A Center City Kid Remembers the Academy of Natural Sciences Museum

Opinion

Dear AT Frenchies, You Had Us at “Geaux Birds!”

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Princeton Expands Vaccine Program

Meningitis vaccines will be offered to students’ significant others.

Your Gay Weekend Guide

Edie Windsor at Temple, Candela Sabados, and More Gay Black Pride.

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Reputed Mobster Charged in Second Murder-for-Hire Plot

Feds: He wanted daughter’s boyfriend dead.

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VIDEOS: 6 Great Phillie Phanatic Clips

The Phanatic debuted on this date in 1978.

Suburbanista: Food Fight in the Wegmans Parking Lot

At 3 p.m, on Saturday, the day before Winter Storm Titan was due to bury the entire Delaware Valley in a foot of snow, my […]

"Léopold Zborowski," painted by Modigliani in 1919, totally looks like ... Pete Campbell from Mad Men, if he had a beard. "Pete, Pete, Pete...what are we going to do with you, buddy?" - everyone who watches Mad Men to their TVs, every week.
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Meet the Barnes Foundation’s Celebrity Twinsies

Lazor: With apologies to Dr. Albert, here’s who the works in his great collection remind me of.


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.


Why Is Everyone in Philadelphia So Stressed?

I have a knot. It lives between my shoulder blades, a little to the right of center. I feel it when I sit at my […]

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Michael Smerconish Has Incredible Pillows

They have his silhouette on them! Also, he wrote a novel.

Philly Trans Man Makes the Cover of FTM Magazine

Giovanni Carlo talks about being a trans dad of two.

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Christie: No Problem with Office Culture

The N.J. governor says the facts are on his side on this.

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Bob Guzzardi: Tom Corbett is a Democrat

Mendte: That’s why the Ardmore Republican is tilting against PA’s embattled incumbent governor.

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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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VIDEO: Pope John Paul II Arrives in Philly, 1979

The pope will be canonized this weekend.

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New Jersey Is Burning

Dry, windy conditions sparked four forest fires Thursday.

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Cops in ‘Tainted Justice’ Series Escape Charges

Case called ‘weak’, but sources say no accusers were called before a grand jury.

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Wolf Campaign Fires Staffer After Plagiarism Complaints

We’d say he was “terminated with extreme prejudice,” but that would be copying.

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