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Philly Mag’s Favorite Long Reads of 2025

Beef bandits, billboard wars, an epic high school prom, and profiles of the biggest names in Philly — it’s our roundup of our favorite stories of 2025.


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How Philly Fell for Krampus — and a Darker Kind of Christmas

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Youth Sports in Philadelphia Are Uneven — and the Gaps Are Growing

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The Editors’ Cut: What We’re Reading, Watching, Doing, and Liking This Week

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Angry Mayor Nutter Speaks at Officer Walker’s Funeral, Lashes Out at Violence

On Monday morning, Mayor Nutter, Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, Philadelphia Police officers and others totaling in the hundreds gathered to lay Officer Moses Walker Jr. […]

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Enrollment Down at PA’s State Universities

The 14 state universities of Pennsylvania have experienced a second consecutive year of enrollment decreases. Enrollment had increased each year for over a decade before […]

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Celeb Scoop: Jon Stewart’s Advice for College Students Proves His Awesomeness

Will Smith’s Cain Promo Poster? A new photo popped up on IMDBPro page for Will Smith’s The Redemption of Cain. The film is rumored to […]

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School Shooting in Baltimore During First Day of Class

The first day of class at Perry Hall High School in Baltimore was marked by violence today as at least one student was injured in […]

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Philly Is George McFly and the Nation’s List Editors Are Biff

It seems like every week there is a new list out of the top cities in America for something or other. I have done some […]

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IBM Buys Wayne-Based Firm for $1.3 Billion

IBM has purchased Kenexa—a human-resource systems software and research company based in Wayne with clients like Starbucks, Verizon, and the U.S. Navy—for a reported $46 […]


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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Buzz Bissinger Doesn’t Care Whether or Not Lance Armstrong Cheated

Buzz Bissinger doesn’t care whether or not Lance Armstrong cheated to win his seven Tour de France titles. In case you don’t believe him, Bissinger […]

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Is Miley Cyrus Gay?

Lessons learned from a Twitter exchange

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IndiGoGo Tickets Go on Sale

Mark your calendar for Oct. 6

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Two Rottweilers Die in Car While Owner Was in a Jersey Restaurant

A 48-year-old man from Freehold Township is facing two counts of animal cruelty charges after his two rottweilers died in his car while he was […]

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WATCH: Grey’s Anatomy Teaser

Will Arizona make it out alive?

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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.


Did Chris Christie Turn Down VP Gig Because He Doesn’t Think Romney Can Win?

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie reportedly wouldn’t resign from his post in the Garden State to take a potential spot on Mitt Romney’s presidential ticket. […]

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Jay-Z Should Refund Made in America Ticket Holders

Time is short, and Labor Day weekend is almost upon us, so I will cut to the chase: Made In America, the genre-bending, two-day concert […]

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49ers: It Gets Better

First NFL team supports LGBT rights

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This Guy Doesn’t Really Want to Kill Mitt Romney

Staphmeal blogger Joshua Scott Albert, who came to notoriety in Philadelphia for saying nasty, generally unintelligent and sometimes anti-Semitic things about restaurants and their owners, […]

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