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Data Center Opponents Stage Halloween Protest at City Hall

’Tis the season for Jeff Bezos masks and angry pumpkins.


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Former UArts Building Gets a Second Act

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Fight at the Museum: Inside the Collapse of the Academy of Natural Sciences

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Pat Croce’s New Book Is All About Spirituality

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How to Make a More Kid-Friendly Philadelphia

When we talk about imagining a more kid-friendly city, we’re really talking about caring for — investing in — ourselves.

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Ernest Owens Named Philly Mag’s Political Writer at Large

Owens will be the first journalist to hold this position with the publication.

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Big Change (Sort of) at an Iconic Philly Cannoli Shop

Plus: Why we’re still in a drought despite all the rain, a new Philly Mag hire, and there were how many critters in that lady’s minivan?

quinta brunson, who just received two emmy nominations for two different shows, standing between two fellow Abbott Elementary cast members
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Philly Today: Quinta Brunson Scores Emmy Noms for Two Shows

Plus, I think everybody was at Beyoncé but me.

Reviews

Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour Is the Spiritual Revival America Needs Right Now

The superstar’s nearly three-hour tour de force couldn’t have arrived at a more urgent time when her Black and queer muses are under attack.

A rendering of the new Rivers Casino hotel in Fishtown
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Philly Today: Rivers Casino Says It’s Opening a Luxury Fishtown Hotel

Plus, Philly’s public toilets don’t get off to a good start.


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.


Merion Cricket Club, where a Main Line woman claims in a new lawsuit that she was sexually harassed by management
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Philly Today: Main Line Woman Says She Was Sexually Harassed at Merion Cricket Club

She claims a manager told her “it isn’t harassment if he likes you.”

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Josh Shapiro’s Social Media Skills Turned the I-95 Rebuild Into an Online Party

Keen on memes and collaborating with up-and-coming influencers, Shapiro is “meeting people where they are,” his press team says.

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Philly Today: End-Times Flooding, Digging Into Crime Data and an Up-and-Down Phillies Weekend

Plus: We catch up with ex-Taney Dragon Mo’ne Davis, a U.S. soccer hair-raiser, and some elbow news

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Philly Today: GOP Stymies PSU, Temple; a Mighty Phillies Sweep; and a Wonderful Quote About Philly

Plus: A wonderful quote about Philly and why you might want to reconsider that mutual fund.

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Q&A: Bucks County Native Richard Kind Talks Tomato Pie and BFF George Clooney

See Richard Kind on Netflix in The Out-Laws, an Adam Sandler production.

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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.


A Wawa display at Philadelphia's Fourth of July celebration on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
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Philly Today: Is It Time for Us to Break Up with Wawa?

Plus, a New Jersey official blames Camden’s crime on “the thugs and criminals and gun-bearing freaks in Philadelphia.”

Ludacris performing in Philadelphia for our Fourth of July festivities
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Philly Today: The Ludacris July 4th Concert Was Basically Ludacris Karaoke

But it wasn’t our worst July 4th show ever. Plus, Bradley Cooper runs wild.

country musician kane brown, who is seeking a restraining order against bootleggers who would sell merch outside of his show at the Mann Center this weekend
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Philly Today: Kane Brown Seeks Restraining Order for Mann Concert

Plus, when will Bart Blatstein’s big AC waterpark open?

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Leslie Richards’s Bold Vision for a Better SEPTA

This is about more than the future of a transit agency — it’s a fight for the very soul of the region.

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