She was by John Fetterman’s side for a stroke, a brutal campaign, and a hard-fought victory. Now, Gisele Fetterman emerges on the other side to take on whatever comes next.
Kate Scott, the play-by-play announcer for the Sixers, is changing how we enjoy sports, and blazing trails for women in broadcasting. She’s had to prove to Philly—a city that eyes outsiders with apprehension at best and hostility at worst—that she belongs.
He’s a Super Bowl-winning tight end. She’s a World Cup-winning soccer star. Together, Zach (
@ZERTZ_86
) and Julie Ertz (
@julieertz
) are the It Couple of Philly sports — and their love story is impossibly adorable:
Want to commemorate the great Four-Seasons-Total-Landscaping-Four-Seasons-Hotel mixup of 2020? The "Fraud Street Run" is here for you.
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@usedwigs
via
@bewellphilly
On Wednesday, Paul Ezell — jailed in 2014 for growing pot he says was to help his wife manage pain — was formally pardoned. “This is a prime example of the destructive power of reefer madness,” said
@JohnFetterman
. Read
@MattStroud
's original story here:
RIP Thom Bell, one of the masterminds of The Sound of Philadelphia. We spoke with Bell in 2021 as part of our oral history on the musical movement and empire that went on to inspire so many.
The Comcast RISE program is focused on helping Philly-area small businesses hit hardest by the pandemic with free advertising, technology upgrades, and grants.
“No, simply ‘wearing a mask’ is not a Satanic ritual, and anyone that genuinely thinks otherwise is a blithering idiot,” says Reverend Raul Antony, spokesperson for the official Church of Satan.
From Cherri Gregg at WHYY to Jenice Armstrong at the Inquirer to Councilperson Jamie Gauthier, it turns out some aren't too fond of Steve Keeley's crime coverage on Fox 29.
Beyoncé delivered in Philly, kicking off the U.S. leg of her Renaissance World Tour. The superstar's nearly 3-hour tour de force couldn't have arrived at a more urgent time when her Black and queer muses are under attack, writes
@MrErnestOwens
:
Jay Arzu learned about Philly’s most notorious unbuilt subway when he was looking into its New York sibling. Now, as a city-planning doctoral student at Penn, he has put the project back on the map.
A devastated Hahnemann doctor calls the planned closure of the 171-year-old safety-net hospital the “consequence of valuing money over the health and safety of tens of thousands of the city’s people.”
"You wanna find out what I'm really about?" said attorney Qawi Abdul-Rahman today when we asked him about the arrest of a 17-year-old terror suspect at his home. "Text or call me one more time, and you'll find out what I'm really about."
“I’ve already seen so many ‘Go Birds’ posts attached to it," one Philly Mag editor said this morning. "It’s making me sick actually." Yeah. Be better, Philly.
Here's
@Femmefeministe
, editor of
@wearyourvoice
, on the importance of diverse media representation. Witt is one of 38 Philadelphians featured in our April issue, which delves into
#NewPhillyPower
—a class of bold, forward-thinking Philadelphians shaking up the city’s status quo.
Despite what the Steve Keeley Effect might lead you to believe, the crime numbers in Philadelphia continue to plunge. Plus: Finally, digital beach tags.
Allan Domb: If we really want to lift tens, even hundreds, of thousands of people out of poverty permanently, the only way to do it is by creating better-paying jobs in Philadelphia.
"It’s not enough for white people to vow that they’re anti-racist," says
@marclamonthill
, owner of the Best of Philly-winning
@UncleBobbies
bookstore. "It’s about doing the work."
3 years ago, Tyrese Maxey was playing high-school basketball. Now, on the eve of his third NBA season, Philly fans have embraced him with unprecedented verve, and Daryl Morey has called him the "absolute key" to the Sixers' title chances. No pressure, kid.
Congrats to Bodine High School student and nonprofit founder Akayla Brown, who will be awarded with a full-ride scholarship to the college of her choosing.
Allan Domb: Credit for Philly's dropping crime rate goes to Mayor Parker — and to our outstanding new police commissioner, Kevin Bethel, who’s proving himself to be one of the country’s best.
Movita Johnson-Harrell (
@movitajh
) has declared victory in Philly’s 190th District special election, becoming the first Muslim woman state rep elected in Pennsylvania.
A squad of teenage robotics champs, a 100-year-old jazz trailblazer, a deeply laughable mascot, and a Flyer to be truly proud of—these are this year’s best Philadelphians.
Low enrollment, crime on campus, a president who didn’t even last two years. The city’s only four-year public university has spent the past decade stumbling from one crisis to the next. Why getting Temple on the right path is crucial to the city’s future.
Just ahead of her Atlantic City performance this weekend, we talked to local legend Patti LaBelle about Live Aid, Mr. Cuddles (that's her shih tzu) and life on the Main Line.
In the wake of a Philly Mag story the city didn’t like, all city officials and staff members have been forbidden to talk to our reporters without direct approval of the mayor’s chief of staff.
Elizabeth Warren told Pennsylvania senator Katie Muth (
@SenatorMuth
) to “keep persisting” after a video of a fellow lawmaker shouting over her went viral.
Comcast Fires Employee Targeted Over Reported Ties to Hate Group |Andrew Kovalic, an alleged member of the Proud Boys, was the subject of a petition by the Philadelphia-based Media Mobilizing Project.
Sure, we’re a “model city, with a Super Bowl-winning (and Trump-defying) NFL team and a new radical political class” — but it also didn’t hurt having a homegrown writer on the inside.
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