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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.


News

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

Opinion

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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News

From Double Masking to When to Toss Your Cloth Mask: All Your COVID Masking Questions, Answered

With a more contagious variant in the U.S. and updated CDC masking guidelines, we take stock of the available science with immunologist Andrea Love and public-health expert Jessica Steier, of the Unbiased Science podcast.

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Longform

The World Is Freaking Out About Data Privacy, and DuckDuckGo Is Ready to Seize the Moment

The small but growing Paoli-based online privacy company is perfectly positioned to take on the Googles and Facebooks of the world — if it can survive its own success.

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Q&A

Sonia Sanchez Still Has Work to Do

With a new collection of poetry due out this April, the longtime Germantown resident and original Philadelphia poet laureate shares a fraction of her memories.

jim kenney gun violence hunger strike
Opinion

Kenney Must Do More Than “Acknowledge” Philly’s Gun-Violence Emergency

In a clumsy bit of political theater, the Mayor danced around Philadelphia’s current existential crisis. It’s an insult to Jamal Johnson, the man whose hunger strike made the city pay attention.

jazmine sullivan singing the national anthem at the super bowl
News

Jazmine Sullivan on What It’s Like Singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl

The Strawberry Mansion native tells all.

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News

Philly’s New Snowplow App Is Live, So You Can See Exactly Which Streets Have Been Treated

Just in time for the snowstorm, PlowPHL is here.


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.


News

The City Now Has a (Very Tentative) Timeline for When You’ll Be Vaccinated

Health commissioner Tom Farley says he expects Phase 1B vaccinations to conclude in April, Phase 1C to end in May, and for everyone else to be vaccinated by the end of July.

Octavius Catto
News

Octavius Catto Desegregated the Franklin Institute

The Philadelphia educator, orator, civil rights leader and baseball player awakened the conscience of the city.

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Longform

I Never Thought I’d Move Back in With My Parents. But Here We Are

Coming home was supposed to be a short-term thing, but 2020 had other plans.

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News

The First White House Was Right Here in Philly

The President’s House was home to two presidents — and lots of history.

Philly police commissioner Danielle Outlaw, who was the subject of threats by Peter Fratus, according to the FBI
Opinion

Don’t Abuse Identity Politics to Defend Danielle Outlaw

The embattled police commissioner has doubled down on the controversial use of tear gas on innocent Black Lives Matter protesters. Why are some Black leaders now standing by her?

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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.


raphael tiberino and his painting, which was stolen from his west philadelphia home on Sunday
News

Help This Prominent West Philly Artist Reunite With His Stolen Painting

“I’ve been working on this for three years, and it just vanished on Sunday,” says Raphael Tiberino, whose family has been making art in Philly since the 1960s.

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News

Urban Outfitters HQ Employees Say They’re Forced to Work In-Person During COVID

“It’s an incredibly toxic place to work,” says one employee.

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News

Chuck Peruto Says He’s Officially Running for District Attorney

The lawyer who defended Joey Merlino and Gary Heidnik blames DA Larry Krasner for the city’s surge in gun violence.

jimmy dennis
Longform

For 25 Years, Jimmy Dennis Was on Death Row. Then One Day, He Wasn’t.

The Philadelphia musician spent the prime of his life in prison for murder, until the courts said he should never have been convicted.

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