THE PHILADELPHIA CITIZEN

Your Ultimate Guide to the 2025 General Election

Who’s running for Philadelphia District Attorney, City Controller, and local and statewide judicial posts on November 4th


Opinion

When Did Everything Become So … Disneyfied?

Longform

A Century Later, the Parkway’s Grand Vision May Finally Come True

Q&A

Christian McBride Talks Playing Bass for James Brown and His Dolly Parton Dreams

Latest Stories

News

Philly Today: Larry Krasner Coasts to Victory Over Pat Dugan

Plus, the Inquirer‘s big AI problem.

Longform

What Happens to Friendships When Money Gets in the Way?

Money doesn’t just change what you can afford — it can change who you feel close to.

News

Philly Today: Delco Pooper Has Bad Day in Court

Plus, local woman tries to convince world she’s not dead.

Q&A

WHYY’s Cherri Gregg Talks Her Badass Husband, Wawa, and Regrets of R. Kelly

An interview with the co-host of the Best of Philly-winning Studio 2.

News

Philly Today: Why This Main Line Woman Is Suing NYU for Libel

And what it all has to do with Larry Krasner. Plus, a Phanatic-Jason Kelce yarnbomb. And vegans score a big win in South Philly.

News

Just Ask Victor: How Not to Fall Victim to Philly Event Ticket Scams

We’re light years beyond some shady guy outside the Spectrum selling counterfeits.


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.


News

Philly Today: Jake Tapper’s New Biden Book Has Everybody Talking

And not everybody is happy that everybody is talking about the Philly native’s damning book.

News

Philly Today: Inside the Republican Scheme to Defeat Larry Krasner

Plus, readers react to Pete Rose news.

News

This Delco NPR Host Is Positively Obsessed With Eurovision

She’s hosting a big watch party of the weird event this Saturday in Philly.

News

Philly Today: Child-Sex Enthusiast Pete Rose Reinstated By Major League Baseball

Hall of Fame, here Pete comes!

A scene from a Fourth of July parade, like the one that has been canceled in Whitemarsh Township
News

Philly Today: Terrorism Fears Cancel Suburban Fourth of July Parade

Plus, Taylor Swift and some football guys and their mom brunched in Philly.

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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.


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Longform

How to Grow Up in Philadelphia

Author Tom McAllister’s new book navigates the ups and downs of being raised in Philly, and the adult who came out the other side.

Longform

How Conshohocken Got Cool

The sleepy borough on the Schuylkill has surprisingly become one of Philly’s hottest places to live.

Preston & Steve cast members Preston Eliot, Kathy Romano, and Steve Morrison react to the news that Romano no longer works for WMMR (images via livestream embedded below)
News

Yesterday Was a Devastating Day at WMMR’s Preston & Steve Show

“We feel absolutely gutted.”

Opinion

Just Ask Victor: Who Is Supposed to Pay for Prom These Days?

A Main Line parent is fed up over the financing of the big upcoming event. But his concerns raise much bigger questions.

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