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The Biggest Game in Town: Inside the Eagles Media-Industrial Complex

30 news outlets. 250 stories (and TikToks and podcasts and posts and prognostications) a day, 24/7. Three hundred and sixty-five days a year. How much Eagles news can — or should — one city consume?


Opinion

A Center City Kid Remembers the Academy of Natural Sciences Museum

Guides

Analog Your Life: A Philadelphian’s Guide

News

Philly’s Neighborhood Pharmacies Might Just Save Us. Can We Save Them?

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Q&A

Helen Gym Is Ready for Battle Over Roe, the Sixers and More

The current city councilmember and potential mayoral candidate talks abortion, authoritarianism and Abbott Elementary.

Opinion

James Schultz: Mastriano Isn’t a Principled Conservative or Right for Pennsylvania

I’m a proud Republican. I’m backing Josh Shapiro.

Opinion

A Camden Educator on Why His Students Crave the Truth

Teaching the truth equips young people with the knowledge of how we got here and empowers them to change the world.

Q&A

How Do We Teach History in America Today?

Six Philadelphia educators discuss American history and other hot-button issues schools and teachers face in 2022.

Opinion

What a German Taught Me About His Country and the Holocaust

In Germany, kids learn about the darkest chapter in the country’s history at a young age.

News

See No Evil. Hear No Evil. Teach No Evil?

Six educators and three writers reflect on the fierce debate over teaching American history in 2022.


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.


Opinion

The Fight Over How to Teach America’s Past Is Itself a Test

Kalela Williams, the writer and educator behind Black History Maven, on why we “can’t afford to be shy in talking about the past.”

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News

The 40 Top-Rated Public High Schools in Philadelphia and the Suburbs

Many factors should go into choosing a school for your child. Here are the top performers in the city and suburbs when it comes to graduation rates, student performance, and other statistical measures.

News

Getting a Gun Permit in Philadelphia Might Be the Easiest Service the City Provides

The Philadelphia Police Department approved my application to carry a concealed firearm in less than a day. I had to provide references, but nobody contacted them. Easy peasy.

Longform

What Gardening Taught Me About Myself — and America

Sometimes you reap what you don’t sow. In gardening, as in life, that can be a very good thing.

Longform

Can Ryan Boyer Change How Philly Unions Do Politics?

The first Black leader of the Philadelphia Building Trades has set his sights on diversifying our unions, modernizing the way they wield power and tipping the scales in the city’s most consequential mayoral election in decades.

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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.


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News

It Happened Last Night: Thousands Took Over Logan Circle for Dîner en Blanc Philadelphia

Photos from the much-talked-about affair.

News

Top-Performing Public High Schools Methodology

In the pandemic era, we recognize that developing rankings of area high schools presents several challenges, with limited availability of data being the largest obstacle. […]

Opinion

After a Decade of Cringe, Why Are We Still Doing Dîner en Blanc?

You’d think in the wake of a still-churning pandemic, sociopolitical uprisings, and city crises, we would finally be over this pompous all-white-attire affair.

jawn morgan joins the ranks of worst of philly winners, along with pete rose and the melrose diner
Opinion

The Worst of Philly 2022: From Jawn Morgan to Pete Rose to Wawa Soft Pretzels

The 20 people, places and, yes, Wawa menu items that made us utterly cringe

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