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The Narrative About Philly’s Progressive Setback Is Wrong. Isaiah Thomas Is Proof.

Black progressives have been winning big in Philadelphia. It’s time for them to lead the movement.


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Pregnant Black Woman in Terrible TikTok Video Sues Nurse Who Mistreated Her

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Sloth Bear Cubs Make Their Adorable Debut at the Philadelphia Zoo — and They Need Names

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Philly’s Biotech Scene Needs More Local Money — Now

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Best of Philly 2022: City Life

Best of Philly 2022: City Life

A gaming whiz kid, good sports, and how Questlove always keeps his cool.

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?


The funk-rock-pop masters come to Philly for a two-night stand at the Wachovia Center

The Peppers Retain Their Heat

How the residents of Northern Liberties learned to stop worrying and (almost) love developer Bart Blatstein

One morning in late June, real estate developer Bart Blatstein drove his black Cadillac to a mammoth vacant lot on 2nd Street just south of […]

New restaurants from John Mims, Keith Taylor and Legal Seafood

The Dish: Where You'll Be Eating Next

A.C. Now: Phillips’ Seafood

What Bookbinder’s is to Philly, Phillips’ Seafood is to Maryland. It’s got the lobster tanks, the crab au gratin, the rolling cart of raw oysters, […]

A hungry bride's guide to the best in local catering

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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.