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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.


Philadelphia psychologist Sandra Shachar, who was cited and threatened with arrest by feds for vandalism at the President's House (photo courtesy Sandra Shachar)
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Meet the Philly Woman Cited for “Vandalizing” Independence Mall

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

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AI Bots Stole My Music

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Seth Williams Was Following Pornographic Twitter Accounts

The Daily News, in an investigation almost as strange as the social media habits it revealed, found that District Attorney Seth Williams had until recently […]

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Stop Reading Headlines, Start Reading Stories

It amazes me how frequently, in our new media Twitterverse, a perfectly obvious fact becomes controversial. A headline might read, “Beer bottles can be recycled!” […]

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2 Philly Restaurants on List of Yelp’s Most Popular in U.S.

Yelp has put together a list of its 100 top-rated restaurants, categorized by “more expensive” or “less expensive,” for the U.S. and the whole wide […]

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Eating Out

Where to dine beyond 13th Street.

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What’s So Special About Israel?

  There are few policy positions in Washington that enjoy such broad-based consensus across the partisan spectrum as the belief in America’s unmitigated commitment to […]

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Is Coach in Steubenville Rape Case Another Joe Paterno?

The Atlantic Wire’s Alexander Abad-Santos thinks so, pointing out a trail of text messages that suggest football coach Reno Saccoccia covered up the rape of […]


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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St. Joe’s Sends Out Mass Email Revealing Everyone’s GPA

Transparency is nice and all, but… “Upperclassmen at Saint Joseph’s University’s Haub School of Business found out precisely where they stood among their peers when […]

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Myth: Rapists Are Strangers in the Dark

Though the trial against the two Steubenville High School teens charged with raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last August ended with a “guilty” […]

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Make Losing Your NCAA Bracket More Fun

It was going to be my crowning achievement of college. I didn’t go to class all that often during my four years, preferring to spend […]

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School to Students: Stop Using that Damned Axe Body Spray

After a student had a severe allergic reaction to Axe body spray, Freedom High School in Bethlehem has asked all students to stop using the […]

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CNN’s Most Shameful Six Minutes?

The high-profile Steubenville, Ohio, rape case ended last weekend with guilty verdicts for both defendants—leading to one of the more embarrassing segments in the history […]

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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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I Cannot Forgive George W. Bush for the Iraq War

I cannot forgive George W. Bush. I can’t forgive him for the decision, 10 years ago this week, to invade Iraq—even though that country had […]

One of the Guys

Inside scoop from the Temple web series.

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Nobody Likes Andrew Bynum, Vol. 197: Prep School Coach Edition

Just as the news was breaking that Andrew Bynum would be missing the rest of the Sixers season, the Newark Star-Ledger tried to find the […]

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Camden to Get First Supermarket in 30 Years

For thirty years, Camden, N.J., population 80,000, hasn’t had a supermarket. Soon, that may change. Plans are in place to construct a Shop Rite on […]

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