Guides

Celebrating the Most Talented Curtis Institute of Music Graduates

Plus, a look at the prestigious Rittenhouse school’s rising stars, including a 14-year-old who insists on remaining mononymous.


Longform

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

Guides

Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

Opinion

Why Philly Needs an Ona Judge Day

Latest Stories

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Cory Booker Starts Living on Food Stamps Today

Today, Newark Mayor Cory Booker begins a week-long experiment in frugal living, with the goal of sustaining himself for at least seven days on the price […]

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Queer Eye Made Him Do It

Carson Kressley’s coming out

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ActionAIDS Reaches Former Inmates

A new grant and new programs

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Allen Iverson Will Soon Be Sleeping in His $400,000 Car

Because that Maybach is apparently the only thing the high-spending former Sixer — who is about to lose his Atlanta mansion and who, according to […]

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Do It: An LGBT Political Discussion

Find out what happens next

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Before Hurricane Sandy, There Was the Dust Bowl

In these fraught times of partisan gridlock about, well, everything, but specifically about man-made climate change (does it exist? are we actually causing it? and […]


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.


News

World’s Oldest Traffic Jam Finally Ends

A decades-spanning procession of antique cars christened the asphalt of the Route 202 Parkway — a bypass 60 years in the making — yesterday afternoon. […]

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Monica Yant Kinney: �The Newspaper Industry Is Getting Smaller�

In yet another blow to the Inquirer’s editorial ranks, must-read metro columnist Monica Yant Kinney is leaving daily journalism for the Ivy-covered towers of Penn. […]

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Morning Scoop: Vince Fumo’s Daughter Wants Her Money Back

Vince Fumo’s Daughter Wants Her Money Back. Allison Fumo, 23, is suing her ex-state Senator dad, who’s currently jailed on numerous counts of fraud and […]

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Kate Middleton Makes Me Miss Princess Stephanie’s Philly Attitude

Well, Kate Middleton is pregnant, so there’s that. Everyone is excited and curious. Will the fetus be as graceful and pretty as she is? As […]

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Which Will Die First: Philly Mob or Philly Inquirer?

If you’ve been searching for Pulitzer-nominated mob reporter George Anastasia’s expert coverage of the Joseph Ligambi trial in the Philadelphia Inquirer, you’re looking in the […]

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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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Was Eagles’ Jim Washburn a Mean Coach?

Andy Reid fired defensive line coach Jim Washburn on Monday morning—too late to save his own job, more than likely. Reuben Frank says Washburn was […]

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Americans Spend More Time on Facebook Than Actually Exists

Somebody should warn the Pope that he’s about to be very busy. A new study suggests that in the month of July alone, Americans spent […]

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Rick Santorum Goes to Work for “Conspiracy-Minded” Website

Rick Santorum is running out of respectable gigs. When he lost his Senate seat to Bob Casey a few years back, he started writing columns […]

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Can America Afford to Build a Death Star?

Yes, Obamacare was a pretty big achievement, but if President Obama wants to really be remembered, he can do one thing: Build a Death Star. […]

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