West PhiladelphiaQuinta Brunson wants thousands of Philly kids to have free school field tripsPhiladelphia School District teachers and administrators will be able to apply for funding for field trips for their students. Awards will be made twice a year.Kristen A. Graham The Philadelphia scientists who studied garlic-flavored breast milk won a 2025 Ig Nobel PrizeKayla Yup Colman Domingo will deliver Temple University’s commencement speech next MayElizabeth Wellington People who are self-employed could become exempt from paying a Philly business tax | City Council roundupAnna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh OpinionCreative resistance is as American as apple pie — especially in PhiladelphiaFaye Anderson, For The Inquirer AdvertisementSEPTA trolley tunnel will stay closed until next weekThe Center City trolley tunnel remains shut for repairs to the overhead power system.Thomas Fitzgerald West Philly affordable housing project could finally advance, almost 6 years after it was proposedA Cedar Park neighbor of a planned 104-unit affordable housing development lost a lawsuit that challenged the city's zoning change to facilitate the project. Abraham Gutman and Jake Blumgart A former Philly ward leader was sentenced to a year in federal prison for stealing $140,000 from the ward and his churchWillie Jordan, who was also once an aide to State Sen. Vincent Hughes, stole the money from his ward and Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, where he was a deacon.Chris Palmer 3,000 protested conditions for Philly’s Black students in 1967. Here’s how these city kids remembered it.“Hey hey!” a group of students yelled, 58 years after thousands of Philadelphia students marched for rights for Black students. “Ho ho! Black history will never go!”Kristen A. Graham The shutdown is over. The people whose SNAP benefits were frozen are still ‘kind of in shock.’Even as the government shutdown ends, SNAP recipients across Philadelphia wonder if a longtime safety net can still be relied on. Zoe Greenberg and Alfred Lubrano Philly music this week with Geese, Erykah Badu, Sting, Bill Murray, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, and the new Hootie-R.E.M. supergroupPhilly’s concert calendar is packed with Erykah Badu, Sting, Boz Scaggs, Geese, Bill Murray’s band, and the new Hootie-R.E.M. supergroup Howl Owl Howl.Dan DeLuca Her pickpocketed phone ended up in China. Philly concertgoers say similar thefts are rampant this year. Dozens say their devices were snatched. Some used the Find My app and discovered their phone had been ferried to China through New York City.Jesse Bunch Philly health officials warn of a link between stimulants, heart disease, and overdosesPatients with cardiovascular disease were more likely to die of an overdose involving only stimulants, the health department’s Division of Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction found.Aubrey Whelan OpinionA ‘Be the Phirst to Phlush’ lottery was held to open Clark Park’s new public bathroomThe Friends of Clark Park held a potty party Monday to celebrate the long-awaited opening of their park's Philly Phlush unit. Stephanie Farr | Columnist Is 2025 Philadelphia’s year of the parking garage? An unusual number of stand-alone parking garages has been proposed in Philadelphia this year, even as costs to build and maintain them surge. Jake Blumgart Councilmember Gauthier pursues more red tape for university land sales in West PhillyThe controversial zoning bill would seek to increase community scrutiny of major land use decisions by universities. Jake Blumgart Before the Day of the Dead, a time to welcome departed dogs and cats as families create ‘pet ofrendas’In Philly and elsewhere, people have begun to recognize not just human relatives but those with wings and whiskers, said to return on Oct. 27 as part of the Day of the Dead.Jeff Gammage Community College of Philadelphia interim president is selected for permanent roleAlycia Marshall previously served as provost and vice president for academic and student success at CCP before stepping into the interim role when former president Donald Guy Generals was ousted.Susan Snyder Barry Leonard, celebrated crimper and longtime Center City beauty salon owner, has died at 87 “Hair,” he said in 1973, “is the only part of the body that can be changed readily and allows the individual to play his role as he feels it at that particular moment."Gary Miles Philly lawmakers want to ‘clamp down’ on smoke shops. Their landlords could be next.Neighborhood association leaders also testified Monday in favor of the changes, but several said more aggressive enforcement is needed.Anna Orso See more storiesAdvertisement
Quinta Brunson wants thousands of Philly kids to have free school field tripsPhiladelphia School District teachers and administrators will be able to apply for funding for field trips for their students. Awards will be made twice a year.Kristen A. Graham
Quinta Brunson wants thousands of Philly kids to have free school field tripsPhiladelphia School District teachers and administrators will be able to apply for funding for field trips for their students. Awards will be made twice a year.Kristen A. Graham
The Philadelphia scientists who studied garlic-flavored breast milk won a 2025 Ig Nobel PrizeKayla Yup
The Philadelphia scientists who studied garlic-flavored breast milk won a 2025 Ig Nobel PrizeKayla Yup
People who are self-employed could become exempt from paying a Philly business tax | City Council roundupAnna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh
People who are self-employed could become exempt from paying a Philly business tax | City Council roundupAnna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh
OpinionCreative resistance is as American as apple pie — especially in PhiladelphiaFaye Anderson, For The Inquirer
OpinionCreative resistance is as American as apple pie — especially in PhiladelphiaFaye Anderson, For The Inquirer
SEPTA trolley tunnel will stay closed until next weekThe Center City trolley tunnel remains shut for repairs to the overhead power system.Thomas Fitzgerald
SEPTA trolley tunnel will stay closed until next weekThe Center City trolley tunnel remains shut for repairs to the overhead power system.Thomas Fitzgerald
West Philly affordable housing project could finally advance, almost 6 years after it was proposedA Cedar Park neighbor of a planned 104-unit affordable housing development lost a lawsuit that challenged the city's zoning change to facilitate the project. Abraham Gutman and Jake Blumgart
West Philly affordable housing project could finally advance, almost 6 years after it was proposedA Cedar Park neighbor of a planned 104-unit affordable housing development lost a lawsuit that challenged the city's zoning change to facilitate the project. Abraham Gutman and Jake Blumgart
A former Philly ward leader was sentenced to a year in federal prison for stealing $140,000 from the ward and his churchWillie Jordan, who was also once an aide to State Sen. Vincent Hughes, stole the money from his ward and Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, where he was a deacon.Chris Palmer
A former Philly ward leader was sentenced to a year in federal prison for stealing $140,000 from the ward and his churchWillie Jordan, who was also once an aide to State Sen. Vincent Hughes, stole the money from his ward and Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, where he was a deacon.Chris Palmer
3,000 protested conditions for Philly’s Black students in 1967. Here’s how these city kids remembered it.“Hey hey!” a group of students yelled, 58 years after thousands of Philadelphia students marched for rights for Black students. “Ho ho! Black history will never go!”Kristen A. Graham
3,000 protested conditions for Philly’s Black students in 1967. Here’s how these city kids remembered it.“Hey hey!” a group of students yelled, 58 years after thousands of Philadelphia students marched for rights for Black students. “Ho ho! Black history will never go!”Kristen A. Graham
The shutdown is over. The people whose SNAP benefits were frozen are still ‘kind of in shock.’Even as the government shutdown ends, SNAP recipients across Philadelphia wonder if a longtime safety net can still be relied on. Zoe Greenberg and Alfred Lubrano
The shutdown is over. The people whose SNAP benefits were frozen are still ‘kind of in shock.’Even as the government shutdown ends, SNAP recipients across Philadelphia wonder if a longtime safety net can still be relied on. Zoe Greenberg and Alfred Lubrano
Philly music this week with Geese, Erykah Badu, Sting, Bill Murray, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, and the new Hootie-R.E.M. supergroupPhilly’s concert calendar is packed with Erykah Badu, Sting, Boz Scaggs, Geese, Bill Murray’s band, and the new Hootie-R.E.M. supergroup Howl Owl Howl.Dan DeLuca
Philly music this week with Geese, Erykah Badu, Sting, Bill Murray, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, and the new Hootie-R.E.M. supergroupPhilly’s concert calendar is packed with Erykah Badu, Sting, Boz Scaggs, Geese, Bill Murray’s band, and the new Hootie-R.E.M. supergroup Howl Owl Howl.Dan DeLuca
Her pickpocketed phone ended up in China. Philly concertgoers say similar thefts are rampant this year. Dozens say their devices were snatched. Some used the Find My app and discovered their phone had been ferried to China through New York City.Jesse Bunch
Her pickpocketed phone ended up in China. Philly concertgoers say similar thefts are rampant this year. Dozens say their devices were snatched. Some used the Find My app and discovered their phone had been ferried to China through New York City.Jesse Bunch
Philly health officials warn of a link between stimulants, heart disease, and overdosesPatients with cardiovascular disease were more likely to die of an overdose involving only stimulants, the health department’s Division of Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction found.Aubrey Whelan
Philly health officials warn of a link between stimulants, heart disease, and overdosesPatients with cardiovascular disease were more likely to die of an overdose involving only stimulants, the health department’s Division of Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction found.Aubrey Whelan
OpinionA ‘Be the Phirst to Phlush’ lottery was held to open Clark Park’s new public bathroomThe Friends of Clark Park held a potty party Monday to celebrate the long-awaited opening of their park's Philly Phlush unit. Stephanie Farr | Columnist
OpinionA ‘Be the Phirst to Phlush’ lottery was held to open Clark Park’s new public bathroomThe Friends of Clark Park held a potty party Monday to celebrate the long-awaited opening of their park's Philly Phlush unit. Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Is 2025 Philadelphia’s year of the parking garage? An unusual number of stand-alone parking garages has been proposed in Philadelphia this year, even as costs to build and maintain them surge. Jake Blumgart
Is 2025 Philadelphia’s year of the parking garage? An unusual number of stand-alone parking garages has been proposed in Philadelphia this year, even as costs to build and maintain them surge. Jake Blumgart
Councilmember Gauthier pursues more red tape for university land sales in West PhillyThe controversial zoning bill would seek to increase community scrutiny of major land use decisions by universities. Jake Blumgart
Councilmember Gauthier pursues more red tape for university land sales in West PhillyThe controversial zoning bill would seek to increase community scrutiny of major land use decisions by universities. Jake Blumgart
Before the Day of the Dead, a time to welcome departed dogs and cats as families create ‘pet ofrendas’In Philly and elsewhere, people have begun to recognize not just human relatives but those with wings and whiskers, said to return on Oct. 27 as part of the Day of the Dead.Jeff Gammage
Before the Day of the Dead, a time to welcome departed dogs and cats as families create ‘pet ofrendas’In Philly and elsewhere, people have begun to recognize not just human relatives but those with wings and whiskers, said to return on Oct. 27 as part of the Day of the Dead.Jeff Gammage
Community College of Philadelphia interim president is selected for permanent roleAlycia Marshall previously served as provost and vice president for academic and student success at CCP before stepping into the interim role when former president Donald Guy Generals was ousted.Susan Snyder
Community College of Philadelphia interim president is selected for permanent roleAlycia Marshall previously served as provost and vice president for academic and student success at CCP before stepping into the interim role when former president Donald Guy Generals was ousted.Susan Snyder
Barry Leonard, celebrated crimper and longtime Center City beauty salon owner, has died at 87 “Hair,” he said in 1973, “is the only part of the body that can be changed readily and allows the individual to play his role as he feels it at that particular moment."Gary Miles
Barry Leonard, celebrated crimper and longtime Center City beauty salon owner, has died at 87 “Hair,” he said in 1973, “is the only part of the body that can be changed readily and allows the individual to play his role as he feels it at that particular moment."Gary Miles
Philly lawmakers want to ‘clamp down’ on smoke shops. Their landlords could be next.Neighborhood association leaders also testified Monday in favor of the changes, but several said more aggressive enforcement is needed.Anna Orso
Philly lawmakers want to ‘clamp down’ on smoke shops. Their landlords could be next.Neighborhood association leaders also testified Monday in favor of the changes, but several said more aggressive enforcement is needed.Anna Orso
