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

Abbott Elementary Takes Over the Please Touch Museum for Season Finale

Quinta Brunson brings Philly nostalgia full circle — with a field trip we all wish we were on.

News

Woman Hits Liberty Place Victoria’s Secret With Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Ionnae Alvarado-Jones says her manager frequently commented on her breasts and touched her inappropriately.

News

Philly Today: The Josh Shapiro Arson Attack

Terrorism and attempted murder charges. Beer bottles filled with gasoline. And a suspect who says he would have beaten Shapiro with a hammer.

Longform

From CAPA to Motown Philly: How One Philadelphia High School Made Boyz II Men

On the 40th anniversary of their formation, we look back at how the group went from being just four friends to the best-selling R&B group of all time.

Scrub Daddy inventor Aaron Krause, the biggest Shark Tank success ever, at his office outside of Philadelphia / Photograph by Jeff Fusco | Scrub Daddy sponges on a store shelf (Getty Images)
Q&A

From the Main Line to Shark Tank‘s Biggest Success: The Scrub Daddy Inventor

With the hit show scouting in Philly, we talk to Aaron Krause about $1 billion in sponge sales, just how awful Mr. Wonderful is, and what advice he has for contestants.

SEPTA Silverliner V at 30th Street Station
News

SEPTA’s New Budget: 5 Regional Rail Lines Gone, 56 Bus Routes Slashed, and the Highest Fares in the Country

Absent funding from Harrisburg, the wheels start turning on July 1st.


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: Even the OnlyFans Porn Site Is Stricter Than Villanova University

Villanova leadership might want to check in with OnlyFans about how to handle videos of people being sexually assaulted while unconscious.

News

Philly Today: Organizers Cancel Major Mexican Festival Over ICE Raid Fears

Plus, the disgusting trash problem at the Jersey Shore.

Villanova University, site of a 2022 sexual assault that former Villanova student Elijah Katzenell has pleaded guilty to (photo by Victor Fiorillo)
News

Villanova University Sexual Assault Victim Speaks Out For First Time

“Villanova must be held accountable,” she demands. “Not just in this moment, but always.”

News

Juan Eguiguren Won’t Walk at Villanova Graduation. Students Say That’s Not Good Enough

They’re planning a major protest for Saturday. It’s no coincidence that Saturday is accepted students day.

News

Philly Today: Petition to Expel Villanova Student Juan Eguiguren Jumps 12,000 Signatures in One Day

He recorded video of a Villanova student’s sexual assault in 2022. And he’s scheduled to graduate in May.

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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.


News

Philly Today: SEPTA Buses and Trolleys Shall Now Give You Parking Tickets

Plus, how you — yes, you! — can contribute to a citywide photo exhibit.

Villanova University, site of a 2022 sexual assault that former Villanova student Elijah Katzenell has pleaded guilty to (photo by Victor Fiorillo)
News

Villanova Student Demands Man Who Recorded Her Sexual Assault Not Walk at Graduation

The young woman, who was attacked in a dorm room, is graduating the same day as Juan Eguiguren, who recorded the assault on his phone.

News

Philly Today: Behold, A (Sorta) New PATCO Station

Plus, those controversial torpedo baseball bats are made right in KOP.

News

Why On Earth Is This West Philly-Delco Road Still Closed?

It’s been blocked off for more than a month. You can thank a golf course.

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