Guides

Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

The 3rd Congressional District has a highly competitive primary for the first time in 35 years. From the son of a former mayor to a famous doctor to a high-profile state representative, here’s what you need to know before you head to the polls.


News

How Should We Memorialize Pierre Robert?

Longform

The Forgotten Cemetery

Opinion

Why Philly Needs an Ona Judge Day

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Frustrated With Philly’s Fringe Festival, Theater Artists Are Launching Free Fringe Philly

It’s free to attend and free to participate in, and will run concurrently with September’s big “official” Fringe.

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This Pa. State Sen. Just Got a Shoutout from Elizabeth Warren

Warren told state senator Katie Muth to “keep persisting” after watching this viral video.

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Wawa Welcome America: Road Closures, SEPTA, and Everything Else You Need to Know

Wondering which streets to avoid or where to park on Thursday? We’ve got you covered.

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American Flags Were Works of Art — Until Government Got Involved

Collector Jeff Bridgman — whose 13-star American flags are on exhibit through July 21 — on why pre-20th-century Stars and Stripes are the real pinnacle of U.S. vexillography.

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Independence National Park Is an Embarrassing Mess. Why Doesn’t Anyone Care?

The birthplace of the United States is turning into a shambles, and no one — the feds, the city, Philadelphians themselves — seems inclined to do anything about it.

Best Thing This Week: The Phillies’ Bamboo Voodoo

Trust the plant.


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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Philly Says It Needs More Time to Ban Cashless Stores

Because apparently it’s too hard to just tell businesses “You have to accept cash now.”

Dope Shows Festival Promoters Hope to Fill a Void in Philly’s Music Scene

West Philly’s Stephen Piner and Jamir Shaw want to turn the summer hip-hop event into a local staple.

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Police: Mural of Slain Officer Robert Wilson III Vandalized

The FOP is offering a $10,000 reward for information about a suspect.

Opinion

Opinion: The Disastrous Consequences of DA Larry Krasner’s “Reforms”

Gun-related violent crime is up in Philadelphia. That was entirely predictable when we elected a district attorney whose primary goal is releasing criminals rather than prosecuting them.

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What to Know as Philly’s First Heat Wave of the Summer Starts to Sizzle

Here’s how long the high temps will last — and hope to cope whether you’re in the city or down the shore this weekend.

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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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The 10 Worst People You Will Meet at the Jersey Shore, Ranked

From the dude blaring Springsteen from his beach chair all day to the ultimate evil.

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Philly Watch Parties for the 2020 Democratic Debates

What better way to kick off campaign season than yelling at a screen with a bunch of strangers?

Opinion

If You Think Helen Gym Is “Philly’s AOC,” You’d Better Look Up “Progressive” Again

It’s laughable to compare a national Democratic-Socialist standard-bearer to an establishment-backed Democrat in a city that has yet to truly embrace radical policies.

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Kenney: PES Refinery “Intends to Shut Down” as Blast Investigation Begins

The South Philadelphia facility, the largest oil refinery on the eastern seaboard, employs more than 1,000 workers — and has a 150-year history of environmental impacts.

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