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What 25 Years of Teaching Our Kids Has Taught America’s Teacher of the Year Leon Smith

After a quarter century at Haverford High, 2026’s National Teacher of the Year Leon Smith shares what he’s learned about connection, critical thinking, and helping young people see what they’re capable of.


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

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A Center City Kid Remembers the Academy of Natural Sciences Museum

Opinion

Dear AT Frenchies, You Had Us at “Geaux Birds!”

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How Using Cash on SEPTA Will Screw You Over

When SEPTA transitions to a tokenless world next year, $1 paper transfers will also go extinct. Instead, if you want to hop from trolley to […]

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Women to Bare Their Breasts for Topless Jihad Day

Today, women around the world are being encouraged to bare their breasts in solidarity with a young Tunisian activist whose decision to publicly profess her […]

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I Am Not Supposed to Like Lisa Scottoline

I am not supposed to like Lisa Scottoline, the local author of 19 books of fiction, four books of personal essay, and a weekly columnist […]

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IRS Visits Vince Fumo in Jail, Hands Him Bill for $2.9 Million

You know Tax Day is coming up when the IRS is knocking on your jail cell, asking for $2.9 million. But such is life for […]

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Something You Didn’t Know: Drexel Hoops on Verge of Winning NIT Championship

While consumed with Kevin Ware’s horrific injury and Mike Rice’s abusive behavior, I suspect many of us missed the local NCAA angle: Drexel women’s basketball […]

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Looks Like Tom Knox is Running for Mayor Again

Well-to-do businessman Tom Knox, who ran for Mayor in 2007, and has made a habit of mulling and embarking on various runs for various 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.


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Center City Bar Cancels Popular Concert Series Because They’re Too “Thugged Out”

The Back In Time Soul Sessions at Sansom Street’s Time restaurant were easily the most popular jazz jam in Philadelphia. The weekly Monday night shows, […]

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Dine Out for My Life

Meet Jay Johnson

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Is Mark Cuban Going to Draft a Woman Basketball Player?

NBA owner/jersey-wearing cheerleader/internet entrepreneur/Dancer-with-the-Stars Mark Cuban has floated an intriguing and possibly facetious trial balloon, positing that he’d consider drafting Baylor women’s basketball star Brittney […]

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Anyone Else Still Scared of Online Banking?

It has actually been a few weeks now since the news first broke about suspected North Korean hackers paralyzing three major banks in South Korea―not […]

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What’s Next for Silver Linings Playbook Writer?

“This has probably been the most insane couple of months of my life,” says Matthew M. Quick. It’s the Tuesday before February’s Oscar ceremonies, and […]

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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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Philly Coffee Shop Ranked #1 in the Country

Ultimo Coffee, in Point Preeze/Newbold, has been named the country’s best coffee shop by The Daily Meal, a website that is exactly what you think […]

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Obama Takes Pay Cut; Still Probably Richer Than You

In an act of solidarity with the thousands of federal workers who have been furloughed or had their pay slashed, Barack Obama has voluntarily accepted […]

My Two Uncles

On Jeff Rivera’s new children’s book.

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Do You Have Powerball’s Unclaimed $1 Million Ticket?

6ABC reports that a $1  million winning Powerball ticket, sold last year in South Brunswick, N.J., is about to expire on May 17, with the […]

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