Gentrification has been getting a bum rap in Philadelphia. You read that right. The assumption among elected officials — well, certain ones, at least — […]

Rick Santorum is going (Christian) Hollywood! Pennsylvania’s former U.S. senator, and failed candidate for the 2012 GOP nomination, has been named CEO of EchoLight Studios, […]

No matter what you think of Edward Snowden — heroic whistleblower or straight-up traitor — it’s hard to deny that the post-leak escapades of the former […]

If you’re chronicling the slow, steady demise of Allen Iverson (we are), here’s a new data point: Hanging out with the “stars” of a crappy […]

In a skirmish (and an accompanying set of photographs) straight out of Silver Linings Playbook, a couple of fans at a charity softball event to raise […]

Everybody loves a foot-long.

Swarthmore, if you haven’t been paying close attention, is embroiled in a scandal. Several former and current students at the school have accused the school […]

Howard Eskin reports: got 2 sources tell me @SixersCEOAdam is out at #sixers. mentioned over month he lost his power, but now I’m told he’s […]

Time flies when you’re fierce.

Location: The Four Seasons, Philadelphia. Date: Friday, while the Rolling Stones were still in town. Event: Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis attempts […]

This is what happens when an (allegedly) racist country music fan shows up to a Toby Keith concert in a city that’s 5% white. According […]

If you live in Pennsylvania, you can pretend–a little more credibly, at least–that you were participating in history last night. In case you missed it, […]

Hell no, we won’t go!

In a 7-1 decision today (Elena Kagan recused herself) the Supreme Court issued a modest victory for affirmative action opponents. In the Fisher vs. Univeristy […]

Paula Deen is sorry. She’s also apologetic. Following not-so-shocking revelations late last week about her nostalgia for the ways of the Old South, Deen issued […]