Longform

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

How Philly’s leading vaccine doctor became MAHA’s public enemy number one


Guides

Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

News

How Should We Memorialize Pierre Robert?

Opinion

Why Philly Needs an Ona Judge Day

Latest Stories

News

Meet The Guy Who Robs Girl Scouts

This is Jevon Michael Avis. He’s a 31-year-old man. The reason there’s a mugshot available of Avis is because he was arrested in January. After […]

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Kate Gosselin Attacks Twitter “Impostor”

It is occasionally surprising to look up and around the pop culture landscape and realize that Kate Gosselin is still a thing. Reality TV’s most […]

News

The City’s Sick Leave Bill Is Bad for Employers and Employees

James is a client of mine who runs a 30-person roofing company in Northeast Philadelphia. Last week, one of the people in his office wasn’t […]

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Tony Danza Raises Money For Northeast High

  Remember Teach? The folks at Northeast High do: They welcomed onetime sitcom star Tony Danza into their midst a few years back to let […]

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WATCH: La Salle Ends NCAA Slump With Victory Over Boise State

La Salle beat Boise State on Wednesday night, 80-71, for the Explorers’ first NCAA tournament win in 23 years. The Inquirer reports: “If there was […]

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Fallon to Replace Leno; Will Roots Be “Tonight Show” Band?

The Times reports that Jimmy Fallon will replace Jay Leno at The Tonight Show, maybe/probably/don’t trust Leno around Fall 2014. Which means one thing for sure: […]


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.


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Tina Fey’s Advice for Women: Please Wear Bras and Don’t Eat Lean Cuisine

Tina Fey kicked off Season 19 of James Lipton’s famed Inside the Actor’s Studio with impressions (trademark Palin, passable Lorne Michaels) and some advice for […]

News

Watch a Bunch of Pot Smokers Commit a Federal Crime on Independence Mall

On Sunday, a large group of pot activists assembled on Independence Mall to give a middle-finger to an apparently apathetic U.S. federal government. A video […]

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Thanks, Sequester: Liberty Bell to Abandon Extended July 4th Hours

At a protest that took place today on Independence Mall, City Paper caught up with three federal workers already feeling the automatic spending cuts that […]

Let’s Parlez

A new Grindr-like app for lesbians.

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Nutter Gets Ticket, Uses Get-Out-of-Parking-Ticket-Free Card

The other day, Mike Nutter was parked illegally outside Barbuzzo in an unofficial spot, earning him a ticket. But the fault, apparently, wasn’t his, as […]

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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.


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Video: Questlove Stars in Mini-Documentary on Bonnaroo

Last July, during the Bonnaroo music festival R’n’B singer D’Angelo performed on stage for the first time in 12 years. A documentary about SuperJam session […]

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John Hodgman and Daily Show Crew Hosting Free Performance at Temple

The Daily Show’s “resident expert” and Deranged Millionaire John Hodgman is coming to Temple tomorrow night, along with two of the show’s producers/writers, Rory Albanese […]

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The Christie-Booker Bromance Has Officially Ended

From pulling off a mini-buddy film to joining forces in support of school vouchers, Chris Christie and Cory Booker are yin and yang in the […]

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