Cheesesteaks, soft pretzels, water ice, and armed robbery? A look back on historic heists in the region.
By Michael Thomas Leibrandt
Paul Davis: Radical student protestors from the 1960s to today
College kids and professional activists siding with America’s enemies? It’s nothing new.
By Paul Davis
Thom Nickels: Whitewashing Ben Franklin
The Founding Father had a more varied background than we were taught in school.
By Thom Nickels
The man who brought pro football to Philadelphia and the draft to the NFL
Through thick and thin, Bert Bell would not compromise on his vision for the sport and the city.
By Michael Thomas Leibrandt
Thom Nickels: Preserving a dream — Dream Garden and the Curtis Center
The winding road to what became one of the city’s great art installations — and how we kept it from being dismantled.
By Thom Nickels
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Eclipses, past and present
Part of Pennsylvania will see a total eclipse of the sun today. Many events like it in the past have been quite memorable.
By Michael Thomas Leibrandt
Michael Thomas Leibrandt: When nothing is sacred
The desecration of our historic, religious architecture is a plague upon the city.
By Michael Thomas Leibrandt
Thom Nickels: Peace, drugs, Earth Day, and murder — a look back at Philadelphia’s Ira Einhorn
The infamous counterculture guru and his local connections.
By Thom Nickels
Of all of our Philadelphia Civil War activists, George E. Stephens was the most significant
Stephens put his own life on the line for freedom as a member of one of the first black regiments in the Union Army.
By Michael Thomas Leibrandt
“I can tell time by the sun” — Henry Chapman Mercer and his defiance of Daylight Savings Time
Doylestown’s Mercer was not fond of President Woodrow Wilson or his wartime clock adjustments.
By Jeffery S. Prushankin