Longform

It Is Now Safe to Care About the Flyers

In a season full of ups and downs, first-year head coach Rick Tocchet and an unexpected core of rising stars has given the city’s most devoted fan base — and Bryce Harper — hope.


Guides

Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

Opinion

Why Philly Needs an Ona Judge Day

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Philly’s Driverless Future Is Here, Whether We’re Ready or Not

Latest Stories

News

Stop Whining About Corbett’s Budget Cuts

In 2009, on day three of the Obama administration, the President met with Eric Cantor and a handful of other congressional leaders in the White […]

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Bitterness Loves Company on the Internet

The reviews are in. I wrote a story in this month’s Philadelphia magazine. Perhaps you saw it. It was a profile of a woman named […]

News

Philly Will Never Be a World-Class City (and That’s OK)

Last week, the Federal Reserve of Philadelphia announced a three-day conference on “Building Resilient Cities” planned for May, where academics and the like will come […]

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Morning Scoop: Rick Santorum Takes Three States in One Night

Santorum Takes Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado. Yeah, he took home three states last night. So, he’s for serious now, huh? [CBS News] Kindergartners Are Clubbing […]

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Remember When a Judge Let Jerry Sandusky Out on Bail?

Prosecutors have filed a motion hoping to have the bail conditions for Jerry Sandusky altered. Sandusky has allegedly been watching nearby schoolchildren from the back […]

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Infant Dies at Unlicensed Daycare in Northeast

Police are investigating the death of an infant after they received an emergency call from an unlicensed daycare in the Northeast. There doesn’t seem to […]


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

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.


News

Metallica Announces A.C. Music Festival

This morning came word that Madonna would kick off her North American tour in Philadelphia, and now the heavy metal veterans known as Metallica have […]

News

Be On the Lookout for the “Office Creeper”

Yeah, he’s real. Some guy that’s wanted in five states for posing as an employee or member of a cleaning crew to rip off office […]

News

Charles Dickens Thought Philadelphia Was Kinda Boring

Today is the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, and you’d almost have to go out of your way to avoid the Victorian novelist in Philadelphia. […]

News

UPDATE: Blatstein Wants to Buy the Inky, Too

Another Philly power player is getting his ducks in a row with the hopes of acquiring the city’s daily newspapers. Developer Bart Blatstein has assembled […]

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LOL, Like, Young Ppl Are Totes Coming to Philly Now

Young people are totes tryna come to Philly now that an OnlineCollege.org infographic shows that Kiplinger named Philadelphia as one of the 10 best American […]

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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.


News

President Obama Makes U-Turn from Philly Speech

Last night, President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign announced that it would support controversial super PAC fundraising, specifically that of Priorities USA Action. That news may […]

News

It’s Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Find out where you can get tested

News

How Ed Rendell Could Ruin Philadelphia’s Newspapers

“There are laws to protect the freedom of the press’s speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press.” — […]

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Iverson Taking His Talents South of South Beach?

It looks like the former Philly superstar will be playing ball in Puerto Rico. The Answer would make about $20,000 a month plus living expenses […]

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