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Yes, Philadelphia Is Safer Than They Say on TV

The city has made the national news far too often recently for incidents involving crime and public safety. A new administration has big plans to change — and correct — the narrative.


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An Optimist’s Guide to Philadelphia

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Allan Domb Is Upbeat About Philly’s Economy (And You Should Be, Too)

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Believe It Or Not, Philadelphia Is Getting Cleaner

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Cheesecake Factory Coming to Center City?

It looks like the two-story building that runs from Walnut to Moravian Street along 15th Street will be demolished to make way for a four-story […]

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Celeb Scoop: Will Smith’s Still Got It

Is Will Smith King of the Box Office? That’s what the folks at Entertainment Weekly asked when they took a look at the Fresh Prince’s […]

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Celeb Scoop: Will Smith’s Still Got It

Is Will Smith King of the Box Office? That’s what the folks at Entertainment Weekly asked when they took a look at the Fresh Prince’s […]

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T.O. Cut by Indoor Football League Team

In 2008 Terrell Owens caught 69 passes for 1,052 yards and 10 touchdowns. Yesterday, the former Eagle was cut by the Allen Wranglers. If you’ve […]

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It’s Not Even Noon and Two People Have Already Been Murdered Today

It’s not even noon yet and two people have already been shot to death in Philly today. The first was an overnight shooting that had […]

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Congress’s Duh Moment: The U.S. Wants Smart Immigrants!

My freshman year calculus class had about 500 people in it, and we attended our lectures in a large auditorium three times a week. It’s […]


Best of Philly 2023: City Life

Best of Philly 2023: City Life

An irresistible gossipmonger, numerous near-champions, and a roadway rebuild for the ages

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


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Kid Calls Cops on Parents for Growing Pot

A boy in Doylestown Township called the police earlier this month to report that his parents were growing marijuana in their house. Police say they […]

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Father Abandoned Daughter Over a Bad Calculus Grade

A Montgomery County man has pleaded guilty to child endangerment after he abandoned his 16-year-old daughter at a mall 13 miles away. Tuan Huynh had […]

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What We Love: Heart & Soul

A public piano project

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Watch: Adam Lambert

The “Never Close Our Eyes” video

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Can Fido Land You a Date?

A new meaning to good breeding

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

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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Donald Trump’s Right to Demand Vetting of Obama

We just came off a month of college campus pep rallies extolling the virtues of taking on thousands of dollars of “low-interest” loan debt in […]

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AIDS Education Month Kicks Off

We have the full list of events

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J-Roll Has His Priorities Straight

Sports fans are wrong about things an awful lot. They love players who don’t deserve it and hate players who do. They come up with […]

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Incoming: Peter Gabriel

The man who wrote one of the most overplayed (but still great) songs in the history of mankind will sing it here in Philadelphia. Peter […]

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