People, Places, News & Views
People, Places, News & Views
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.
The Year We Won It All: An Oral History of the 1980 Phillies
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Forty years ago this month, an underachieving Phillies team gave a skeptical, down-on-its-luck city something it hadn’t seen in half a century: a World Series championship.
Best Thing This Week: “Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia”
We’ve never been more proud of this city of ours.
I Just Applied For, Received and Cast My Ballot in Philly in Under 20 Minutes
Sounds like Day Two at the satellite election offices went a lot smoother than Day One.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the Return of the Philly Orchestra, Crowdless Concert Halls, and Good Silence
The Philly Orchestra Conductor is set to kick off the ensemble’s new season with a livestreamed performance at the Mann Center on Wednesday night.
Do Democrats Want to Be Right, Or Do They Want to Win?
Once again, the moral case for defeating Trump isn’t sticking. With a month until the election, it’s time for Dems to take a different approach.
Here’s Where You Can Vote in Person Before Election Day
The City Commissioners have opened 17 “satellite election offices” where you can register to vote and cast a ballot — technically a mail-in ballot — before Election Day.
Brainiac scientists. The city’s most fanatical fans. A Mister Softee aficionado who stole our hearts — and more of our favorite neighbors this year
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.
Michelle Brown Says the Plymouth Meeting Whole Foods Was a Horribly Racist Place to Work
She claims that white customers and white employees treated her and other persons of color with racial hostility on numerous occasions.
This South Philly Artist Is Turning Her Block Into a Get-Out-the-Vote Art Exhibit
“VOTE: A Window Exhibition in South Philly” opens on Iseminger Street this Friday.
Here’s What Philly Had to Say the Day After Trump Won the 2016 Election
From a young Trump-voting person of color who doesn’t support “dumb shit” like welfare to an old white man who sad-cried when he woke up to the news in the morning.
U.S. Attorney Bill McSwain Is Proof That, One Way or Another, Trumpism Will Live on Past the Election
The crusading federal prosecutor is a stickler for the rule of law — except, apparently, when it comes to those at the very top.
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.
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.
A Philly Teacher Opens Up About What Really Happens in the Online Classroom
Ninth-grade history teacher Emily Simpson on Zoom technical difficulties, online classes of 30-plus students, 12-hour work days, and the occasional feel-good moments amid all the chaos.
The Problem With “Feed Fatigue” and Other Excuses White People Make for Remaining Racist
White support for Black Lives Matter has been declining as we get closer to Election Day. Could a retreat to empathy — instead of the pursuit of more radical demands — be to blame?
The Liberal Philadelphia Weekly May Become a Conservative Alt-Weekly
When you can’t beat ’em, join ’em?
Here Are All the Ways You Can Cast Your Ballot in the General Election
A pandemic is not an excuse to skip voting. These are the five options — including by mail and in person methods — that you have to get your ballot in.
