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

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But this handful of independently owned upscale boutiques is a welcome afternoon escape

Peter Kate Shoes With a carefully edited collection including flats by Tory Burch, stacked heels by Marc Jacobs and wedges by BCBG, plus dangly earrings, […]

Move over, Cheesesteak. Goodbye, soft pretzel. Philly’s hungry for a new generation of ethnic foods

Move over, Cheesesteak. Goodbye, soft pretzel.  Philly’s hungry for a new generation of ethnic foods PHILADELPHIA’S MENU OF iconic street foods is outdated. While we’re […]

Sure, charming, scholarly Princeton is home to a wealth of familiar friends: Kate Spade, Ann Taylor, Ralph Lauren. But our favorite stops are the locally owned independent stores (and their uncommonly sweet owners and staffs)

Stop by some of Princeton’s locally owned indpendent stores for some hidden treasure Tomorrow’s Heirlooms If you’re looking to bejewel yourself with pieces that no […]

The new iPhone is one delicious Apple worth biting into

An Apple a Day


An Apple a Day

Where Philly’s fashionistas go for the best deals around town

IT CAN BE hard to ignore that Impulse Buying Gene, if you’ve got it: When we want something, we want it now, without the hassle […]


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.


Natural-ly Adorable

Natural-ly Adorable

With the groundbreaking soaps One Life to Life and All My Children, Agnes Nixon changed television. And all it took was eavesdropping on her Main Line neighbors

THINGS HAVE GOTTEN BITCHY among the denizens of the fictional Main Line town of Llanview, the setting of One Life to Live, but then again, […]

Sweet Suits

Sweet Suits

How did an ex-deli owner with an air-conditioning fetish become the most powerful force in shaping Philadelphia? A rye tale about politics, deals and hot pastrami

IT’S VALENTINE’S DAY AFTERNOON, but there’s not much love to go around here in the soul-sucking, drab meeting room where the Zoning Board of Adjustments […]

Sick of looking for health information online, only to be told you have cancer, Ebola or the plague — no matter what symptoms you have? Here’s help

What do you suppose are the four most popular categories of Internet traffic? You probably got the obvious ones — news, shopping and porn. But […]

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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.


There aren’t many jobs like Sean McKinney’s. In January, the former Sixers ball boy, Malvern Prep student and St. Joe’s baseball player became president of 103-year-old sporting-goods giant Mitchell & Ness. Now, 15 years after he wip

How’d you get into sports apparel? When I graduated from St. Joe’s in 1997, I knew I had no chance of becoming a pro athlete. […]

Friendship: The Promise

HALF A DOZEN YEARS AGO, two 12-year-old boys met on a basketball court in South Philly. They were playing summer league in a magical summer, […]

The Good Life: Receipt: High-School High

Forget about the balloon-filled gym, dyed satin shoes and virginity clichés that defined your high-school prom. As prom season kicks off around Philly, local graduating […]

Pulse: 60-Second Critic May 2007

MEMOIR Pouring Six Beers at a Time and Other Stories from a Lifetime in Baseball By Bill Giles with Doug Myers (Triumph; $24.95) By Greg […]

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