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The Biggest Game in Town: Inside the Eagles Media-Industrial Complex

30 news outlets. 250 stories (and TikToks and podcasts and posts and prognostications) a day, 24/7. Three hundred and sixty-five days a year. How much Eagles news can — or should — one city consume?


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A Center City Kid Remembers the Academy of Natural Sciences Museum

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Analog Your Life: A Philadelphian’s Guide

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Philly’s Neighborhood Pharmacies Might Just Save Us. Can We Save Them?

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Zombie Apocaplyse Comes to Pennsylvania as Doylestown Man Gnaws on Woman’s Head

A Doylestown man is in police custody after he allegedly broke into two homes in NEPA, stripped naked, jumped from the second-story of one of […]

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College Students Can’t Relate to Obama’s Rusty Car

My friend Blake has been teaching in Tokyo for the past 19 years, coming back to the U.S. on most of his academic breaks. This […]

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Republican City Committee Complains About Mayor Nutter’s Convention Trip

The Republican City Committee of Philadelphia has filed an official complaint with the Board of Ethics because Mayor Nutter and some of his staff traveled […]

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Religious, Young and Queer?

A new project for LGBT youth

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GLAAD to Honor Gay Ad Campaigns

Find out who’s nominated

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Update on Team Desiree

A fundraiser in full force


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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What Osama bin Laden Has to Do With Libya Attack

Earlier this month, a hotel in the Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid—where, in 2010, a lone street vendor sparked a pro-democracy revolution that changed the […]

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Morning Scoop: U.S. Embassy Under Attack in Yemen

Embassy Under Attack in Yemen. Hundreds of protesters stormed the U.S. Embassy in Yemen early Thursday morning, just two days after the initial attacks in […]

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The Orchestra’s New Music Director Means Business

Yannick Nezet-Seguin has something very much in common with my friend “Andy” from Bristol. Nezet-Seguin is the new music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, which, […]

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How to Not Get Fired From Philly’s Most Important Job

New Philadelphia School District superintendent William Hite inherited a school system that’s broke and broken. If history is any guide, he’ll be run out of […]

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Even Obama’s Dog Shills for His Campaign

When it comes to choosing the leader of the free world, I base my decision on the things that really matter: willingness to be bear-hugged […]

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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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Hard Rock Casino Plans Nixed in A.C.

The Hard Rock casino-hotel planned for the end of the boardwalk in Atlantic City has been nixed. Hard Rock International has decided not to move […]

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11 George Washingtons Will Fight to the Death or Something

So, you all know that George Washington led troops across the Delaware River on Christmas Day, 1776 to capture 1,000 Hessians in a surprise attack […]

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Gas Costs $9 a Gallon at Some Jersey Stations

Some LukOil franchise stations in Pennsylvania and Jersey are charging $9.99 a gallon for gas on Wednesday. The move is part of a protest meant […]

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PA Man Tebows After Assulting Teen on Lawn Mower

Okay, so this whole ordeal apparently started when a 17-year-old boy was mowing his lawn. He supposedly drove his tractor out into a road and […]

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