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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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For Once, Germans Have Nothing To Do With Jersey Shore Bomb Scare

Whenever the doldrums of summer are broken up by a bomb scare at the Jersey Shore, the problem often ends up being related to the […]

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CNN Reported Poconos Shooting In Wrong Town

Oh dear. CNN apparently failed to realize the difference between Ross, Pennsylvania and Ross Township Pennsylvania. The latter is where Monday’s dreadful Poconos shooting took […]

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“The Talk” Debuts As A Fresher, Webbier Version of The Inquirer. And It’s Free.

Amidst talk of whether journalists at the Inquirer are at war with in-house cousin Philly.com (and the charge that the new paywalled Inquirer.com was “set […]

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City Council Urged to Break Philly’s ‘Sister City’ Tie With Russian Metropolis

Some sisters are just mean.

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Kathleen Kane Is Not Running For Governor

KYW Newsradio reports: “Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane is tamping down speculation that she might jump into the already crowded fiThe Tribune-Review reports that during an […]

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Beyond Saggy Pants: What’s Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr.’s Next Move?

Sometimes a mayor’s got to dress the part, even at the beach, and Ernie Troiano Jr.’s got all the starched collars and wingtips he needs […]


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.


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Court Decision on MontCo Gay Marriages Could Take Weeks

The Times Herald reports: It looks like it will be weeks before a decision is made in the state legal challenge to Montgomery County’s issuing […]

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Comedian (And Stripper) Asks Penn to Refund Her Master’s Degree Tuition

Via Daniel Rubin at The Talk—and we’ll be talking about him later today—comes the story of Rachel Fogletto, who has a master’s degree in social […]

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10 Best Philly PSAs on YouTube

When I was a little kid, all the Saturday cartoon characters got together to tell me not to do drugs. They did it in Cartoon […]

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Poconos Shooting Suspect Wishes He’d Killed More People

ABC News: Pennsylvania authorities today praised two “truly heroic” men who tackled a man after he allegedly opened fire at a town supervisors’ meeting Monday […]

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Former Eagle Hugh Douglas Accused of Using Racial Slurs

The Big Lead reports: Hugh Douglas was inebriated and threatened to beat up his colleague Michael Smith three times Friday night, a source who witnessed the […]

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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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Former Eagles Owner Jerry Wolman Dead at 86

Bloomberg: Jerry Wolman, the former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, died yesterday at his home in Potomac, Maryland, the National Football League team said. He was […]

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Vince Fumo Returns … To His Mansion, Not A Halfway House

NBC 10 reports: A once-towering state senator from Philadelphia returned to his own home late Tuesday night after serving four years in federal prison for fraud and […]

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Insurer In 22nd and Market Building Collapse Says Coverage Void

On Monday, Berkley Assurance Company of Iowa filed a lawsuit in Philadelphia’s Common Pleas Court asking the court to certify that the company’s insurance policy […]

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Paul Blore Resigns From William Way Community Center

See what he’s got up his sleeve.

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