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One South Jersey resident decided to join suited-up pals in a Mummers comics club. This is her story.

Maryland is using an ACA provision to fund safe, legal abortions for Medicaid recipients — without costing taxpayers. Philadelphia could follow suit. 

In a year of absurd (and often depressing) news stories, this Editor Pick is delightful instead of anxiety-inducing. Olivia Kram visited Lucky's Last Chance Great Weiner Race, an October tradition in Manayunk, and filed this report. 

From dating rumors to charitable donations to slapping his son around, listen to all three episodes of Donald Trump and Wharton fashioned into a convenient weekend listen.

From a Northern Liberties parade to Krampus photo ops, Philly's holiday season is turning toward folklore, horns, and a little rebellion.

Terrill Haigler goes by the moniker Ya Fav Trashman. In this story, he makes the argument that little adjustments (like, setting up free trash cans in North Philly) can make a world of difference.

Anti-vaccine activists, including the country's top health official, offered, Paul Offit, the director of the Vaccine Education Center at CHOP, a million bucks to debate them. Here's why he said no. This Guest Commentary was originally published by The Philadelphia Citizen.

Join us for a special interview edition where a Jefferson Health doctor explains what's going around — and what you can do about it.

Here's what this says about Philly.

Ellen Yin's schedule is packed with meetings, events, restaurant visits, and ... bread. Lots of bread. Chloe Pantazi-Wolber follows Yin to document a typical day in the life of the busiest woman in Philadelphia's food industry. 

Wait, Philly is America's top dining destination because of ... cheesesteaks? Aren't we so much more than that?

How did Governor Josh Shapiro feel about Kamala Harris throwing shade in her book,  107 Days ? He had a few choice words of his own.

Join us for the final installment of the enduring mysteries surrounding Donald Trump and Penn

Bryn Mawr's Lifecycle Wellness and Birth Center is closing. Women are set to lose yet another important maternity option.

... and the city is giving it to him. 

In this second installment of the enduring mysteries of Donald Trump and Penn, we look at dating rumors, academic honors and supposed charitable contributions.

At Mission Taqueria's inaugural Free Association dinner, 11 strangers and I ditched our phones in favor of deep conversation and a good meal (and margs). Here's how it went.

After more than 50 years of being live and local 24/7, the last four years have been brutal to the talent and staff at WMMR. Will they recover with their identity intact?

Why is everything about Trump's time at Wharton shrouded in secrecy? We set out to uncover the truth.

One Philly-area numismatist has serious doubts that the last penny will sell for this high at auction, but who knows? Collecting is based on ego, and these days ego is easy to come by.

Laura Swartz reveals the payoffs and challenges of using NoPlex, a productivity app designed for the neurodiverse 

Kae Lani Palmisano, food editor of  Philadelphia magazine, is joined by Jason Sheehan, Philly Mag's restaurant critic, in a thought-provoking discussion about the Michelin Guide's first visit to the City of Brotherly Love. Since Michelin announced which restaurants made the guide, Philadelphians have been debating about the impact it'll have on the city's bustling dining scene. "If everybody's try...

The wallet-draining glow-up of childhood entertainment is taking all the fun out of it.  Visit this story on the web for even more Disneyfication of youthful memories.

... and the answer isn't higher taxes. Allan Domb writes that fixing the city's public schools may require a bold rethink of how we raise — and grow — revenue.  Read the story on phillymag.com

The Gobbler is back! Restaurants have been serving up their takes on the Philly favorite. Here's what makes them great and what to do with your own leftovers this Thanksgiving.  Read the story on phillymag.com