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Philadelphia’s Next Great Era Begins Now

Why this chapter of our city’s story might be our best since, well, 1776


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Philly’s Driverless Future Is Here, Whether We’re Ready or Not

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She Transformed Bok Into a Creative Force. Now Lindsey Scannapieco Is Taking on Broad Street

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Pat Croce: Doing Chemo on Everest

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IN MEMORIAM: Glee Star Cory Monteith’s Best ‘Glee’ Performances

A tribute to Finn.

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Trayvon Supporters: Boycott Florida Orange Juice

Many are upset over Saturday night’s not guilty verdict in the controversial case of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin in […]

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Is High-Speed Rail Finally Coming to King of Prussia?

Ever wish you could enjoy the splendors of suburban sprawl without all the sprawling, suburban, traffic? At a public meeting tomorrow, SEPTA will unveil plans […]

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The 2013 Phillies Are Contenders. Really.

With the All-Star break here and the sheer terror of another three hours or so of Chris Berman’s Annual Home Run Derby Yukfest bearing down […]

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A-Rod Is Just Miles Away From You Right Now

The minor league baseball stadiums of the greater-greater Philadelphia region has turned into a depressing showcase of elderly, injured New York Yankees. Last week it […]

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MONDAY KICKSTARTER: Oprah Offers Lindsay Lohan Reality Show On OWN

The weekend in LGBTQ headlines.


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

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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Season 2 of The Newsroom Sucks Less than Season 1

I write this with more than a little trepidation, but there may be hope for The Newsroom. Aaron Sorkin’s scorched HBO drama about a cable […]

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The Single Best Tweet About the New York Times’ Sex at Penn Article

You may have heard by now that the Sunday New York Times published a long anthropological study of female sexuality at Penn, after a year’s worth […]

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Allen Iverson Is Not in Jail

Phew. Allen Iverson, last seen appearing on horrible reality shows/appearing to kidnap his children, has finally done something quasi-laudable. He paid his child support under […]

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Don Imus Returning to Philly Radio

Ever since Nappy-headedhogate in 2007, radio jock Dom Imus has been off Philly airwaves. Beginning Tuesday morning, from 6-9 a.m., he’ll be back, on 106.9 […]

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What the Trayvon Martin Verdict Means

“What do you mean that you feel threatened by me, ma’am?” That’s what I heard my boyfriend say to our neighbor when she came to […]

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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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Today’s Schoolkids Pay Tomorrow’s Social Security Bills

Well, Philadelphia schools seem stuck. Today, after weeks of bargaining, haggling, lobbying and urgency, it’s still the case that the district will start the 2013-14 […]

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Is Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown Under Federal Investigation?

Remember the stink surrounding Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown? Earlier this year, we learned that Brown admitted using campaign money to pay off a personal loan […]

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College Kids Still Having Sex

Sex on local college campuses sure is getting complicated. First a bunch of women at Swarthmore College decided administrators there weren’t taking sexual assaults on […]

THIS WEEKEND @ QFEST: The Philly Premiere of ‘Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf?’

What to put on your LGBTQueue.

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