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Loco Parentis: The Son and the Fury
Staring up at her seething child, our parenting columnist asks: What do 13-year-old boys have to be so mad about, anyway? Jake is angry. My […]
Contrarian: Leave the Leather Bike Shorts at Home
Every year, Philly’s gay pride festival is the wackiest, wildest, most outrageous show in town IN JUNE, THE city will drape itself in the rainbow […]
The Ultimate Guide to Startup Accelerators and Incubators in the Philadelphia Region
New entrepreneurs are constantly making their way into the Philadelphia region’s startup community, with plans to develop their business ideas, launch companies and scale. As a […]
Q&A: Who Is Ken Trujillo?
(Update: Trujillo dropped out of the race hours after this Q&A was published, citing family reasons.) In the early days of this 2015 mayoral race, […]
“I’m Terrified”: Life on the Front Lines of the Sunoco Pipeline
T.J. Allen was asleep when the second sinkhole opened. He awoke one morning in early March and looked out the window at his childhood yard […]
How Work Became One Big Game
At some point in my 30s, probably while I was running a vacuum cleaner, it occurred to me that one can view the whole of […]
Arn Tellem and Franz Lidz Are Going to the Hall of Fame
Franz Lidz moved to Penn Valley in 1961 “during a legendary blizzard.” A year later, he struck up a friendship with a boy who had […]
Bruce Robinson: Neumann-Goretti’s Turnaround Artist
Inside a near-empty auditorium at Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti High School in South Philly, roughly 100 adults are sitting in a sea of […]
Q&A: Almost-Congressman Brendan Boyle
It’s been a pretty crummy year for Philadelphia’s delegation in Washington D.C., and, consequentially, for the city’s clout in the Capitol. U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah […]
What They’re Saying About the Eagles
Here’s a roundup of what the media are saying about the Eagles following their 38-27 loss to the Cowboys.
Open Thread: Eagles vs. Giants
The Eagles’ second Monday Night Football appearance of the season is here, as a key divisional matchup with the Giants awaits. We’ll pop in with […]
Behind the Flag: An Interview With Betsy Ross
I’m sewing for the first time, and it’s with Betsy Ross. I’m helping Betsy stitch a final ring onto one of the bed curtains she’s been […]
Where to Get Acupuncture in and Around Philadelphia
For centuries, acupuncture has been a popular practice for relieving an array of ailments — like migraines, tension headaches, chronic pain, and emotional stress — […]
Here’s What’s in Mayor Kenney’s Police Reform Proposal — and What Local Activists Think About It
The past two weeks of protests over the death of George Floyd — among the most sustained and widespread mass demonstrations in American history — […]
How Will COVID-19 Affect Philly in the Fall?
Over the past four months since the coronavirus, COVID-19 arrived in Philadelphia, we’ve been inundated with information about the nature of pandemics, how they spread, […]