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Philadelphia lawyer and activist Michael Coard, who is an opponent of the Philadelphia Parking Authority and its red-light camera program. He explains how to dispute a red-light camera ticket in Philadelphia.
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Hate Philly’s Red-Light Cameras? Michael Coard Is Here for the Fight

The activist and lawyer says that the PPA, which runs the traffic camera program, is a “street thug.”


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Are You Philly’s Best Parallel Parker? Now’s Your Chance to Prove It

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Did Luhrmann Ruin The Great Gatsby?

Today, the fourth cinematic adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic The Great Gatsby (starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, and Joel Edgerton) opens in […]

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Whole Foods Confuses Chicken Salad for “Chick’n Salad”

You know when you’re at the cold food bar at Whole Foods and you have to check the labels to make sure your turkey isn’t […]

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A Quick Guide to the Fully Functional 3-D Printed Gun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK55GSbSWQ0 By now, there seems to be little doubt that Philly is a tech city.  We’re overflowing with geeks, GIS firms map out our future […]

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Watch: Daily News Writer Makes Cameo in Crazy Sheen vs. Jordan Basketball Game

Yesterday, Grantland tracked down a video from the late ’80s in which Michael Jordan plays Charlie and Martin Sheen in a basketball game. Yes. Things […]

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Poll: Apparently, We Just Don’t Care About Kermit Gosnell

Kirsten Powers’s mission to make the Kermit Gosnell trial “front-page news” has not been successful. (She was successful in generating a lot of content about […]

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Do You Let Your Kids Curse?

  A couple of weeks ago, I was standing in the office of my colleague Jason Sheehan, food editor of Philadelphia magazine. I don’t recall […]


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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Fox News Uses My Words Against Gay NBA Player Jason Collins

This is what comes of not obsessively Googling my own name: I missed that Fox News decided to quote me a week or two ago. […]

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Hava Nagila (The Movie) Tells the Story of a Famous Song

  Hava Nagila (The Movie) employs everyone from rabbis and scholars to Harry Belafonte to describe the story—and cultural impact—behind the famous song. The film, […]

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ADHD or Just Sleep-Deprived?

The New York Times recently fanned the flames of the controversy over whether many cases of ADD, and even ADHD, are actually cases of sleep […]

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Ku Klux Klan Guy Screening Documentary at the Mutter Museum Tonight

First he was a Daily News Sexy Single. Then he was a guy on Chestnut Street dressed as a Klan member. And now, fresh off being […]

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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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Neil Gaiman’s “Make Good Art” Speech Is Now a Book

Remember the University of the Arts commencement speech that went viral last May? “Make Good Art,” as it became known, was delivered by English author Neil […]

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Photos: Hundreds of Philly Students Took to the Streets Today

Protesting looming cuts to school programs and staff that many have described as disastrous, hundreds of Philadelphia students marched to City Hall, and then up […]

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Wet Seal Soaked for $7.5 Million in King of Prussia Race Case

In 2009, Nicole Cogdell was fired from her job as manager of the Wet Seal in the King of Prussia Mall shortly after she overheard […]

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Law of the Land

Nutter to sign LGBT Equality bill today.

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