Is Temple a school for hard-working city kids or a nationally-renowned research institution? Can it be both?

An extremely deep dive from Philly Mag.

It’s awards season at the Pen & Pencil, the nation’s oldest surviving press club

Nominate a journalist for the annual News Awards via this form.

The Eagles loss sucked, but this Super Bowl ring tattoo is pretty slick

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Philadelphia is one of 20 winners of the Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge

The ~$2 million award will bolster renewable energy and alternative transportation efforts.

38 years ago today, the Phillies won their first-ever World Series

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Meet Joel Embiid’s new girlfriend: Brazilian swimsuit model Anna de Paula

An outside evaluation of Mayor Kenney’s soda tax-funded community schools found signs of success — and lots of room for improvement

The 32nd annual AIDS Walk Philly brought out 5,000 people and raised $280,000

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Election 2018

Senate candidates Casey and Barletta debated the economy, abortion rights and Trump — plus Casey’s semi-controversial healthcare ad

Philly’s opioid crisis

Kensington photographer Jeffrey Stockbridge addresses criticism of his photos that appeared in a recent NYT Magazine feature

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Congrats to Joe’s Steaks, winner of the inaugural Gritty Sandwich Showdown

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Finally starting to fall

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A New Jersey expat opened up a Philly-themed bar in London called Passyunk Avenue — and the Brits seem to dig it

The Philly police SVU office quietly shut down two weeks ago after staffers were sickened from mold exposure in the building

Weed lovers are holding a smoke-out at City Hall to celebrate four years of marijuana deriminalization

Start time? 4:20 p.m.

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Three former students of a nationally renowned Philly chess coach say the teacher molested preteen and teenage boys throughout the 1980s

DSA-backed state House candidates unpack their environmental agenda for Harrisburg

Drone-driving the Parkway

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A Philly songwriter just won a $44M intellectual property lawsuit over an Usher song he co-wrote

Pennsylvania signs an anti-hazing law in response to Penn State student’s death in a frat house last year