Guides

Celebrating the Most Talented Curtis Institute of Music Graduates

Plus, a look at the prestigious Rittenhouse school’s rising stars, including a 14-year-old who insists on remaining mononymous.


Longform

Paul Offit vs. RFK Jr. Is the Battle of Our Times

Guides

Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

Opinion

Why Philly Needs an Ona Judge Day

Latest Stories

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USA Today Thinks Kermit Gosnell Isn’t Getting Enough Attention

USA Today‘s Kirsten Powers has written an op-ed today arguing that the Kermit Gosnell abortion trial hasn’t been getting enough national attention. Powers is a liberal […]

Proust’d: Brian Seaman

“I have a wicked sense of humor.”

News

Swarthmore: Loves Fraternities, Hates George W. Bush

When you picture Greek Life in PA schools, you think Penn State, not Swarthmore. Indeed, it probably surprised few when students elected to hold a […]

NHL Says You Can Play

Read about the historic partnership.

News

How Not To Get Rich Quick: Penn’s Attempt to Copy Yale Could Backfire

In 1985, Yale hired investor David Swensen to manage its mega-sized endowment. Since then, Swensen’s “Yale Model” has been the most celebrated in the country. […]

News

Jimmy Fallon, Dancing Incredibly Awkwardly with Bill Cosby

Cosby was on Fallon last night, and it took him half the segment to get to his chair. That’s because he was busy dancing to […]


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

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. This prom is like no other.


News

Delaware Readies for Marriage

Officials to announce promising legislation.

News

Class of 2013: You’re Screwed

A big study released yesterday by the Economic Policy Institute called the “Class of 2013” confirms what you’ve already seen up close: high school and […]

News

Dear Aspiring Rich People: ABC’s Shark Tank Is Holding Auditions In Philly

Shark Tank, in case you don’t spend your Friday nights watching ABC, is not a show in which contestants are dipped into a shark tank […]

News

4 Extreme Ways Companies Have Restricted Smoking

  Next year, states will begin implementing major provisions of the Affordable Care Act, the most controversial of these being the “individual mandate”—which requires all […]

News

Dine Out for My Life

Meet longtime HIV/AIDS volunteer Betty Flenner.

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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.


News

Alan Butkovitz Loses It, Tries to Get Writer Arrested [Updated]

City Controller Alan Butkovitz, Aviator-style specs in tow, has been on something of a whirlwind tour these days, bashing Michael Nutter and his Actual Value […]

News

How Will Your Man React to New Study About Penis Size?

Science has proven that women are more attracted to men with bigger penises! I don’t know if I want to say “Go Science!” or “Du-uhrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.” […]

News

Did Bryz Nod Off or Not? The Flyers Sleepgate Scandal Rages On…

Yesterday, Crossing Broad and 97.5 FM reported that Flyers ‘tender Ilya Bryzgalov was benched during Tuesday’s game for falling asleep during a team meeting. The […]

News

What Comcast Paid Brian Roberts and Steve Burke Last Year

The numbers are in: Here’s what Philadelphia’s most beloved corporate overlords made last year. Brian Roberts, Comcast CEO: $29 million, up 8% from 2011 Steve […]

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