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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

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

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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: The Old-School Excellence of Fork

Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason anybody opens a restaurant nowadays is to work it for a year, or maybe six […]

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Bad Neighbors, Nasty Notes and the Death of Idyllic Suburban Life

One of our neighbors put a nasty note on the car of someone who was visiting our house. I could not believe it. So I […]

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The Hamptons: A Perfectly Luxurious Weekend Getaway

How to Get to the Hamptons from Philadelphia: It’s at least a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Philly, and there’s no getting around the often congested (but […]

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City Commissioners Al Schmidt and Stephanie Singer Just Can’t Get Along

Stephanie Singer is warming to her point. For 45 minutes she has been explaining the arcane workings of elections in Philadelphia to a few dozen […]

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George Norcross: The Man Who Destroyed Democracy

In a story this profane, a story about power and legacy, fathers and sons, a story in which F-bombs rain down in a kind of […]

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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: The Infamous Pizza Brain

First, a confession. I don’t watch the Today show or CBS This Morning—nor do I read Qantas in-flight magazine or Jeopardy’s Twitter feed—so by the […]


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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Philadelphia Home: Inside Nancy Levie’s Modern Bucks County Dream Home

Even though it’s getting dark outside—in the farm-dotted, wooden-bridged pocket of Buckingham Township, just outside New Hope, there are no streetlights—I can see the house […]

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The Real Chase Utley

There is much we don’t know about him. Take, for instance, an incident from the fall of 2009. Chase Utley came off the field after […]

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Video Footage May Have Captured Missing Brown Student, Bryn Mawr Native

Since the mysterious disappearance of Bryn Mawr native and Brown University student Sunil Tripathi two week ago, search efforts from Boston to Philadelphia has been […]

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Chinks Steaks Changing Name, Because, You Know

Chink’s Steaks, which opened in 1949, was so named because its first owner Samuel Sherman had “almond-shaped” eyes. Now, with the help of a branding […]

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Will Philly Become “Core Capital” of the World?

No sports fan began 2013 having a better time than Bill Meyers. On January 5th, he watched the Packers whip the Vikings in an NFL […]

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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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The Monster in Buzz Bissinger

A week ago last night, I was walking into the Giant supermarket near my house when my cell phone rang. I couldn’t tell who it […]

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Allen Iverson Returning to Philly…At Least for One Night

AI has accepted the Sixers offer to show up at the Wells Fargo Center for his own bobblehead night, tomorrow evening. Here’s the manic announcement […]

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Yes! Let the Philly Accent Fade Away!

Historically, Philadelphia has had a bad case of cainophobia. Whether we’re talking about building a highway or bumping up trash day, Philadelphians generally don’t react […]

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Chink’s Steaks, Memphis Parks Change Names for the Better

Here’s some truth: A rose by any other name probably wouldn’t smell as sweet. Branding matters. Call the beautiful red flower a pissbush or a […]

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