Former Philadelphia City Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller has made Transition

Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller was just out at the Germantown Juneteenth Festival a couple of weeks ago, enjoying the day with her grandchildren and daughter, and now, she has made her transition.

Supplemental Security Income for children with disabilities

Did you know that Social Security's Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program provides cash payments to children with disabilities whose families have limited income and resources?

That Girl Lay Lay hits Philly with concert

Have you heard of Alaya \"That Girl Lay Lay\" High? If you are in your early teens, you do? This young rap artist took the industry by storm.

The State of Chester City

Six months into his term in office, Chester Mayor Stefan Roots gave his first \"State of the City \"address on Tuesday morning on Widener's campus in Latham Hall.

Keeping Camden Clean

Mayor Carstarphen and volunteers continue their clean-up events in the Camden Community to achieve their goal of a cleaner and safer community for the county's residents.

School in West Africa enjoys the benefits of growing partnership with Franklin Towne Charter Elementary School

PHILADELPHIA, June 2024 - For the young students of the Benia International School in Duazon, Liberia, the shipment was an answered prayer.

Pennsylvania court will decide whether skill game terminals are gambling machines

HARRISBURG, PA. (AP)-Pennsylvania's highest court will decide whether the cash-paying electronic game terminals that have become commonplace in convenience stores, bars, and elsewhere are unlicensed gambling machines and, as a result, must be shut down.

Through the window of Bill's Barbershop (Pt 2)

Let us journey back to the winter of 1958 when my grandfather William Bryant came home to his loving wife after another hard day's work as a gas line repairman for the Philadelphia Gas Company.

Temple Landed On Me. I Didn't Land On Temple

An Update On Barber's Hall

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker launches extended day, extended year school initiative

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker unveiled details for a high-priority Parker Administration initiative Extended Day, Extended Year School. Today's announcement is an important component of Mayor Parker's goal to provide economic opportunity for all Philadelphians.

Pope Francis believes the world needs to laugh more. He's right

As an experienced class clown who long has felt the power of comedy to be vastly underappreciated, I was more than tickled to hear that Pope Francis had invited more than 100 comedians to an audience at the Vatican.

CIVICS 101

The first official \"Law of the Land\" for American citizens was and is the United States Constitution.

Project 2025 is the new Southern Manifesto

\"Project 25 is a radical, extreme, pro-authoritarianism plan pushed by conservatives who are desperate to take our country backward.

THE LAST RAVE

Remembering a summer of estrangement.

HOW THE WEST WAS LONG

“Horizon: An American Saga—Chapter 1.”

TWICE-TOLD TALES

The seditious writers who unravel their own stories.

CASTING A LINE

The hard-bitten genius of Norman Maclean.

THE HADAL ZONE

Arwen Rasmont waits hours at Keflavík International for his flight; they call it as he leaves the men’s room. He walks past the mirrored wall and is assaulted, as usual, by his dead father’s handsome image: high-arched nose, yellow hair.

OPENING THEORY

Ivan is standing on his own in the corner while the men from the chess club move the chairs and tables around.

ANTIHERO

“The Boys,” on Prime Video.

КАНО

I’ve dated all kinds of women in my life,” the man said, “but I have to say I’ve never seen one as ugly as you.”

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

Taffy Brodesser-Akner weighs the cost of generational wealth.

THE DRUMMER BOY ON INDEPENDENCE DAY

This story was written in the mid-nineteen-fifties, after E. L. Doctorow, then in his twenties, had completed his military service in Germany.

THE BLUE AND THE WHITE

The London imprint Fitzcarraldo Editions makes challenging literature chic.

TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR

Four years ago, when Ivan Cornejo was a junior in high school, he had a meeting with his family to announce that he was dropping out. His parents were alarmed, of course, but his older sister, Pamela, had a more sympathetic reaction, because she also happened to be his manager, and she knew that he wasn’t bluffing when he said that he had to focus on his career.

The Hidden Dutch Colonial

When Nicholas Howey and his late husband, Gerard Widdershoven, bought this 1925 house tucked away behind the hedges in Bridgehampton, they did little more than paint it-and fill it with art.

The Citi Bike Juice Crews

The docks don't charge e-bikes (yet). These folks do.

Faust Goes to Fidi

The producers of Sleep No More are back with the whirlwind immersive-theater project Life and Trust.

The Empty Seat

At Paris Couture Week, one question everyone's lips: Who will lead Chanel?

No Man's Land

Rachel Cusk's gender fundamentalism fully surfaces in her latest novel, Parade.