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The Phils’ Secret Weapon

Better for you“Bison is leaner than most beef and some chicken, is low in cholesterol, and is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids,” says […]

Good Life: Model Citizen: Danny Mwanga, teen footballer

On paper, Philadelphia Union star Jean-Marie Daniel Mwanga is by no means your average just-turned-19-year-old. Born in Kinshasa during a civil war in which he […]

The Phils’ Secret Weapon

Better for you“Bison is leaner than most beef and some chicken, is low in cholesterol, and is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids,” says […]

Renaissance Sausage Truck, Chifa, and Supper serve up tasty sausages.

How does your sausage get made these days? By hand, using free-range chicken, hormone-free pork or locally sourced lamb. That’s what you’ll find on the […]

Off the Cuff: August 2010

Journalism has changed a great deal since I started at Philadelphia magazine more than a half-century ago, and I don’t like what’s happened to it. […]

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.

News that Asian students were being viciously beaten within the halls of South Philadelphia High stunned the city. But the real story is the courage of the teens who banded together to stand up to their attackers.

One afternoon this past December, a student named Wei Chen waited out his lunch period in a second-floor classroom instead of in his school’s basement […]

Exit Interview: Lauren Weisberger

You might think Lauren Weisberger, one of the undisputed queens of chick lit, would be a grade-A snob, considering her success: Prada, her first novel, […]

Power Lunch: Jane Golden for Mayor

For 25 years, Jane Golden has been the maestro of one of the city’s true artistic treasures, the Mural Arts Program. Since she debuted the […]

Do Kids Cause Divorce?

In June, Melissa* packed the U-Haul with everything that was hers and everything that was theirs — the Disney videos, the Littlest Pet Shop figurines, […]

Ed Rendell: The Oral History

What can you say about a man who shoves food in his pockets and eats with his hands? Who tore off his shirt and dove […]

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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.

The graceful aging of Philadelphia fashion legend.

At Sophy Curson, the Rittenhouse Square boutique completing its 80th year next month, you must ask for things.Starting at the front door, where you ring […]

Pierre Paulin’s Pumpkin chairs get reinvented.

This is a chair. Its name is “Pumpkin,” and it is famous. French furnishing designer Pierre Paulin created the first -Pumpkin chairs in 1971 for […]

How flip-flops became summer’s default footwear — and why it’s wrong.

Let me be clear. There is nothing wrong with flip-flops. Classic rubber sandals — I’d call them thongs, but you’d laugh — are summertime staples. […]

The Oh My Gorgeous employee reveals her must-have beauty items.

Wills, the newest member of the illustrious team at Gladwyne salon OMG, spent the past six years managing Neiman Marcus’s Yves Saint Laurent cosmetics counter, […]

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