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Data Center Opponents Stage Halloween Protest at City Hall

’Tis the season for Jeff Bezos masks and angry pumpkins.


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Former UArts Building Gets a Second Act

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Fight at the Museum: Inside the Collapse of the Academy of Natural Sciences

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Pat Croce’s New Book Is All About Spirituality

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People Are Still Smoking Weed at the Liberty Bell

The marijuana menace apparently has not yet been eradicated from out fair city. On Sunday, radical group of protestors, united under the “Smoke Down Prohibition” […]

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Enjoy Living in Abject Poverty, Millennials!

This time on “No, really, we have your best interests at heart,” the Senate has gone on summer vacation and left America’s college students to […]

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The Real Reason Obama Went to Africa

As the Obama family’s first official trip to Africa wraps up tomorrow, ignore all the fanfare and try, for a moment, to wrap your head […]

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Philadelphia, Let’s Secede From Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, it’s time: Let’s secede from Pennsylvania and make our own state. Sound crazy? Maybe. But as we neared the legislature’s budget deadline in Harrisburg […]

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My Electric Kool-Aid Adderall Test

One of the best parts of being a writer is that the job lets you be nosy professionally. If I’m curious what all those new […]

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WATCH: Footage from This Week’s Decision Day Celebration

A live-action peep at the rally.


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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Sarah Murnaghan Gets Second Lung Transplant

10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan, who has cystic fibrosis, received a much-publicized lung transplant on June 12th this year. Soon after the surgery, her mother said today, […]

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Main Line Realtors Accused of Planting Dead Critters on Neighbor’s Driveway

Andrea Straub, an agent at Prudential Fox & Roach, along with her fellow realtor husband Jonathan, has been accused by police of depositing a dead snake […]

WEEKEND ROUNDUP: The Official SCOTUS-Ruling Dance Party

Slip on those boogie shoes.

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Chesco-Based QVC Presses “Pause” on Paula Deen

Several high-profile companies have already cut ties with the food world’s latest bete noire, Paula Deen. (No pun intended.) West Chester-based home shopping giant QVC, […]

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Drexel Desperately Trying to Make Campus Look More Like Penn

Drexel has tired of its orange-bricked buildings and would now prefer the statelier red that graces Penn’s campus. “You were immediately able to tell when […]

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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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The Single Dumbest Reaction to the New Yorker’s Gay Ernie and Bert Cover

Here’s this week’s New Yorker cover, which for obvious reasons is generating a fair amount of internet buzz right now. There you have it: Ernie […]

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The Stoner’s Guide to Investing in Pot Stocks

It’s seven months after marijuana’s biggest election, and the momentum just refuses to die down. In the past month, we’ve seen Vermont pass a decriminalization […]

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How To Embarrass a Penn Student for Just $59

Are you an incoming University of Pennsylvania freshman? Here’s a limited-time offer from the Daily Pennsylvanian that you should make sure your parents never, ever see. […]

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It Wasn’t You, Philly. It Was Me.

Philadelphia, it wasn’t you. It was me. Philly Post writer Dan McQuade recently took issue with a column I wrote for the New York Post […]

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