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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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Suspected Mobster Now Charged With Murder in South Philly Shooting

If this was a revenge plot, it may have just backfired terribly. Police have charged Anthony Nicodemo with murdering convicted drug dealer and reputed ex-mobster Gino […]

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Q&A With Temple Student Who Wrote About His Girlfriend’s Period

Last week, Temple junior John Corrigan, in a matter of a few hours, rocketed from just another student preparing for final exams to the toast/scourge […]

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Philly’s 17 Most Endangered Properties

The Philadelphia Preservation Alliance has released its annual list of endangered properties, which you can peruse using a map from Curbed Philly. Among those in […]

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“America Is the Philadelphia of the World”

That’s what this guy tweeted last week. More broadly, it reflects an apparently rampant, and usually non-sensical cultural habit: amusing ourselves with the geographical formula […]

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5 Things You Should Know Before Seeing The Hobbit

It may be hard to believe, but it has been almost nine years since Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings: Return of the King won […]

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Beach Tag Debate: Shore House Owners Should Pay Higher Taxes

As you may have heard, a bipartisan pair of New Jersey lawmakers are sponsoring a bill (S-2368) that offers the state’s dazed and shattered Shore […]


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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The Top 10 Philly Lobbyists of 2012

Far and away, the biggest spender was the American Beverage Association. Now that a soda tax has twice been defeated in city council, in 2010 […]

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Obama’s Sissy Defense Move

Sometime in the next few days, it appears, President Obama apparently plans to stand before the world and send a resounding and unmistakable message: Democrats are […]

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JetBlue To Offer Philly-Boston Flights

It’s a two-horse race again. JetBlue is trying to do what Southwest, Air Tran, and Delta couldn’t: break US Airways’s monopoly on Philly to Boston […]

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Here’s What Dr. Phil Should’ve Told John Bolaris

After watching John Bolaris on Dr. Phil this week, I’m wondering why the exiled weatherman’s behavior still surprises me. Maybe it’s my belief that somewhere […]

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Susan Rice Withdraws from Secretary of State Consideration

U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, long rumored the front-runner to replace Hillary Clinton in Foggy Bottom, sent a letter to the president today taking herself out […]

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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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VIDEO: Sixers Fan Shoots Bulls Fan on SEPTA

Police have released video footage documenting the shooting that occurred last night after the Sixers game on the SEPTA platform at 46th and Market. It […]

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Who Gets 12.12.12 Sandy Relief Concert Money?

As you watched the 12.12.12 Sandy Relief concert, did you feel a little left out? There is a good reason for that feeling of charitable […]

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Sonic Youth Guitar Stolen In Philly

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, performing in Philly last night at Space 1026, had a prized piece stolen from the Best Western he was staying in. […]

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54 Paulsboro Chemical Spill Victims File Lawsuit

Two weeks after a Conrail freight train derailed over a creek in Paulsboro, spilling 100,000 pounds of toxic chemicals, 54 area residents have sued the […]

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