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The Biggest Game in Town: Inside the Eagles Media-Industrial Complex

30 news outlets. 250 stories (and TikToks and podcasts and posts and prognostications) a day, 24/7. Three hundred and sixty-five days a year. How much Eagles news can — or should — one city consume?


Opinion

A Center City Kid Remembers the Academy of Natural Sciences Museum

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Analog Your Life: A Philadelphian’s Guide

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Philly’s Neighborhood Pharmacies Might Just Save Us. Can We Save Them?

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a free box of food handed out by the city of philadelphia during the coronavirus crisis

We Take a Look Inside the Box of Free Food Handed Out By the City

Plus: the Archdiocese apologizes for its rogue churches.

I Didn’t Sign Up to Teach Online Classes, But Here I Am

Adventures in the new world of education

reverend michael rock delivers sunday mass at our lady of lourdes catholic church in philadelphia during the coronavirus crisis

Catholics Can Still Find Public Mass — and Even Communion — During the Philly Coronavirus Crisis

Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Barnabas are among the area Catholic churches doing their own thing.

A Naked Student and Crying Babies: Tales From the Weird First Week of Online Classes at Penn

The transition to virtual learning has been rocky.

photo of a family during the coronavirus in philadelphia

A South Philly Photographer Is Documenting What Life in Coronavirus Quarantine Looks Like

All of her commercial photography gigs suddenly “evaporated,” so Andrea Cipriani Mecchi headed outdoors with her Nikon.

The Lax Procedures at U.S. Airports Should Concern Everyone

What I experienced on my journey back to Philly from India shows how much the federal government is still not on top of things.


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.


map of coronavirus cases in philadelphia

Philly Coronavirus News: City Releases Coronavirus Neighborhood Map, Wolf Lays Off 2,500

“The COVID-19 outbreak has taxed our Commonwealth and our communities in ways that are almost incomprehensible,” says the governor.

elderly married couple

An Update on the Elderly Married Couple Featured in Our April Issue

And how to cheer up other couples like them.

open marriage

Love, Money, Sex, Cheating: The Real Stories of 10 Philly Marriages

An unfiltered, unvarnished look at what “till death do us part” means now.

spouse with ms

My Husband Was Diagnosed With MS a Year Into Our Marriage

“I remember Peter called me from a conference and said, ‘Something’s wrong with my leg. It feels numb.’ ”

long-distance marriage

My Husband Lives 3,000 Miles Away

“We try to see each other at least once every three months. I think it almost allows us to live really great lives, because we have to be present.”

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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.


how often married couples have sex

Here’s How Often Married People in Philly Have Sex

And other stats from our Philadelphia marriage survey.

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I’m Watching My Wife of 71 Years Die From Alzheimer’s

“I know there’s no relief for Norma. I just pray that she dies a happy death.”

open marriage

We’ve Been Married 10 Months, and We Haven’t Stopped Seeing Other People

“We have a very active Google calendar. And we are good at finding moments to hook up with people that don’t take time from the other.”

marriage survived affair

He Had a Two-Year Affair With Someone Who Knows Me

“I was mad at his family, because his family has a lot of adultery in it, so I was like, Oh, thanks a lot for giving me this dude.

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