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What 25 Years of Teaching Our Kids Has Taught America’s Teacher of the Year Leon Smith

After a quarter century at Haverford High, 2026’s National Teacher of the Year Leon Smith shares what he’s learned about connection, critical thinking, and helping young people see what they’re capable of.


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

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A Center City Kid Remembers the Academy of Natural Sciences Museum

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Dear AT Frenchies, You Had Us at “Geaux Birds!”

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Victorino Wants MLB Playoffs Extended Further

Major League Baseball will have an extra wild card team starting this season. The extra team will play a one-game playoff with the other wild […]

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Maryland to OK Gay Marriage Today

Eight states and counting

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Grandparents for Gay Marriage

This is what family’s all about

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New Gym Opens in Gayborhood

Three tips: shaping up for summer

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Santorum Says PSU Professors Docked His Grades

Rick Santorum Says PSU Professors Docked His Grades. Rick Santorum—a 1980 graduate of Pennsylvania State University—recently claimed that multiple professors docked his grades because of […]

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Video: UPenn’s Flying Robot Orchestra

Want to see what $42,098 a year gets you? Just watch this awesome video from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.


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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Judge Says First Amendment Doesn’t Protect “Doofus” Who Insulted Muslims

I’ve never been to Mechanicsburg. To be honest, I wasn’t even sure exactly where it was until I looked it up. But the 2.6-square-mile Cumberland […]

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How Drunk Did Philly Get Last Year?

The PLCB releases statistical information detailing how the citizens of Pennsylvania choose to get drunk every year. They break the information down by sales numbers, […]

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American Bandstand Shut Out Black Dancers

Dick Clark’s a fraud. On the face of it, a harsh charge, particularly given that Clark, now 82, once omnipresent on our TV screens, is […]

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Will Smoking Make a Comeback in Philly?

Remember the old days of Philadelphia, where you could light up a cigarette pretty much anywhere? It seems like just yesterday that I was sucking […]

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Of Course, Not All People Should Go to College

This time of year, high schools across the country host the parents of incoming freshman, and basically, scare the shit out of them. The same […]

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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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Will Congress Pass a Tax Loophole for Americans With Mustaches?

Congress has been exposed by a mustache. We owe a big thanks to the American Mustache Institute. The organization has been lobbying for something called […]

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New Study Shows Rich People Cheat, Lie

It turns out that greed may not be so good after all. Even Gordon Gekko seems to be coming around.     On Monday,  the […]

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Phish Has Announced Three Days of Music in A.C.

Everybody get your grilled cheese supplies ready because Phish has announced three days worth of concerts in mid-June at Atlantic City’s Bader Field. The Vermont-based […]

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Davy Jones Dead at 66

Davy Jones, an actor and a member of The Monkees, has died of a heart attack at age 66. Jones sang lead vocals for the […]

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