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Why I Hope You Won’t Read “Being White in Philly”
Exactly what constitutes racism is a matter of debate. But my own sense is that racism takes many forms and one is a preoccupation with […]
Readers React on Twitter to “Being White in Philly”
Hi All. Tom McGrath, Philly Mag editor, here. I’ll be taking your questions about our race piece. Fire away. -TM — Philly Mag (@phillymag) March […]
Ask Philly Mag Editor About Our Story “Being White in Philly” on Twitter Today
This month’s Philly Mag cover story, “Being White in Philly,” has generated a torrent of heated commentary, including from members of our own staff. Love […]
Philly Mag’s “Being White in Philly” Doesn’t Make Sense as Journalism
The March issue of Philadelphia magazine is unfortunate. I saw the issue late last week. I still have sort of a hard time believing it’s real. Others […]
Why We Wrote About Race
In many ways, I look at “Being White in Philly,” which appears in the March issue of Philly Mag, as the bookend to an article […]
Being White in Philly
My younger son goes to Temple, where he’s a sophomore. This year he’s living in an apartment with two friends at 19th and Diamond, just […]
Spring Travel: The New American South
There’s always been a certain romance to the American South. But today, there’s a lot more as well: great food, amazing music, even Hollywood luster. […]
New Philadelphia Parents Face Our City’s Failing School System
If you’re a parent, and you take your kid to play in one of those toddler soccer leagues at Sister Cities Park just off the […]
Defending Joe Paterno’s Legacy With Franco Harris
Franco Harris is running late. I’m sitting in an Italian chain restaurant in Pittsburgh down the street from his office, waiting for arguably the greatest […]
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 […]
Blanka Zizka: Philadelphia’s Drama Queen
As the train rumbled toward the border crossing, the young woman was terrified. It was a June day in the midst of the Cold War. […]
Philadelphia Restaurant Review: The Suburban Sins of the Saint James
The appetizer plates were 45 minutes gone from our table when the manager of the Saint James restaurant leaned over our banquette. His gray suit […]
Off the Cuff: March 2013
One recent Saturday while reading the Wall Street Journal over coffee, I came upon a couple of editorials that got me boiling. One was about […]
Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Keeping It Kosher at Citron and Rose
Before he met Michael Solomonov, the James Beard award-winning chef of Zahav, David Magerman wanted to open a kosher Subway franchise. The hedge-fund software developer and […]
Bernard Hopkins Wants to Knock Out Donovan McNabb
My name is … Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins. My other nicknames are “B-Hop” and “Nard.” I am a … champ. I grew up in … […]