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The Full Spectrum
The last time I spoke with Ed Snider in person was the spring of 2009. After some begging on my part, he agreed to meet […]
Make Philadelphia the Best City in America
It’s time to stop talking about how great we could be and actually start planning how great we will be. We looked at dozens of […]
Features: 35 Ways To Live Small
Dozens of tips to get you started on your way to living small. Despite the prevailing trends, you don’t actually need a 10,000-square-foot house to […]
Thacher Longstreth: The Icon in Winter
He’s left his wife of 62 years. His kids aren’t speaking to him. He’s estranged from old friends. He’s engaged to marry his chief of […]
Did This Delran Woman Fake Cancer?
On the day Lisa DiGiovanni found out her sister was going to start hospice care, she couldn’t stop thinking: I am such a jerk. It’d […]
Jeremy Nowak’s Vision for a New Philadelphia
The lobby of the William Penn Foundation, on the 11th floor of a skyscraper two blocks north of Market Street, is a quiet place. It […]
How Did Michael Strange Really Die in Afghanistan?
Charlie Strange in a rest-stop parking lot at dawn, trying not to cry. Charlie somewhere in Maryland, a few hundred feet from I-95, lighting a […]
Your No-B.S. Guide to Philly’s 2019 General Election
At the polls on Tuesday, you’ll have the opportunity to vote for mayor, City Council seats, city commissioner and more. Mayor Jim Kenney is up for reelection, facing […]
The Rise and Fall of Kathleen Kane
Ruth Lenahan remembers the feeling she had when she sat down with her friend Kathleen Kane in a political operative’s office in downtown Scranton back […]
Meet the New Doc. Same as the Old Doc?
I’m searching for the good Johnny Doc, the one he wants me to find. The new one. And here he is, in plain sight, on […]
“It Was So Fascinating! Here They Were, in My Little House in the Suburbs, Trying to Plan a Murder!”
WE’RE IN NASHVILLE, trust me, just not that Nashville, not the sequin-knockered bosom of country music and home of the Grand Ole Opry — and […]
Philly’s New Generation of Unions Is Young, Progressive, and Coming to a Coffee Shop Near You
The Cake Life Bake Shop is a sleek, narrow structure on the Frankford Avenue corridor in Fishtown. Its interior looks as much like a photo […]
Jeffrey Lurie’s Long, Strange Trip
One warm, crystalline July day outside Boston, Jeffrey Lurie stands before his father’s gravestone in order to share his thoughts, to commune with him. Morris […]
After Last Year’s Labor Battle, Will the Art Museum Come Back Stronger?
It was time to say goodbye to another departing Philadelphia Museum of Art colleague. A small group had gathered for happy-hour drinks at the Bishop’s […]
The Senator Says He’s Not a Rapist
This is the kind of thing that set it off. Five years ago, Daylin Leach, a state senator from Wayne, was gearing up for a […]