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History

a digital rendering of Jackie Robinson as a member of the Kansas City Monarchs from the game MLB The Show 23.
Arts & Entertainment

MLB The Show breaks barrier with Negro League players

Video gamers are now able to venture into a storyline mode involving eight Negro League legends through MLB The Show 23, which released Tuesday.

3 days ago

A view of a red brick building.
Community
Billy Penn

140 years ago, a group of Philly women set out to advance gender equity

A descendant of the New Century Guild is still active in philanthropic grantmaking today.

6 days ago

A century-old gas station located at 20th and Arch streets took a slow roll through the city to its new home in Fairmount Park
Community
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Historic Philadelphia gas station moves to new home in Fairmount Park

At 10 p.m., workers began driving the gas station very slowly to its new home a few miles away.

1 week ago

A figure sculpture is standing in the middle of an installation piece.
Arts & Entertainment

Is the sun rising or setting on democracy? 20 artists offer ideas at 2 Philly museums

In a rare collaboration, PAFA and AAMP ask artists to consider the state of U.S. democracy.

1 week ago

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People hold up posters as part of a protest in front of the courthouse ahead of former President Donald Trump's anticipated indictment
Politics & Policy

Trump indictment would be unprecedented moment in U.S. history

Here's a look at the hush-money probe, grand jury process and possible ramifications for his presidential campaign.

1 week ago

Advertisement for Push Pins from the 1900's
Community
Billy Penn

The humble push pin was invented in Philadelphia

In 1897, photographer Edwin Moore borrowed $100 and launched a company that would change bulletin boards forever.

2 weeks ago

A land acknowledgment is a statement before an event recognizing the indigenous communities that originally inhabited the event space. Above is a detail of a Tribal Nations Map by Aaron Carapella. Read more about Carapella's mapping project. (Aaron Carapella/Tribal Nations Map)
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So you began your event with an indigenous land acknowledgement. Now what?

Indigenous leaders and activists have mixed feelings about land acknowledgments.

2 weeks ago

Fifty artifacts stolen from museums and historical sites 50 years ago were returned to their owners during a repatriation ceremony at the Museum of the American Revolution
Arts & Entertainment

16 history museums get their stolen guns back

Law enforcement spent 14 years hunting for 36 historic guns stolen 50 years ago — they turned up in Newark, Delaware.

2 weeks ago

Former U.S. high jumper Dick Fosbury poses during the 2014 World Athletics Gala Awards, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, in Monaco
Community

‘Fosbury Flop’ high jumper Dick Fosbury dies at 76

The lanky leaper completely revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with what is now the most-used technique for elite high jumpers.

3 weeks ago

The theme of this year's parade is ''St. Patrick, Let There Be Peace.''
Community

St. Patrick’s Day festivities off to an early start in Philadelphia

The 2023 parade theme "St. Patrick, Let There Be Peace" centers on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

3 weeks ago

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Firefighters attempt to control the Camdem home that Dr. Martin Luther King spent time in.
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Owner of Martin Luther King Jr. house that burned in Camden vows to rebuild

Pastor Khan says Dr. King spent time at the New Jersey home from 1948 to 1951 while studying at the Crozer Theological Seminary.

3 weeks ago

File photo: The home at 940 Newton Avenue in Camden.
Community

Fire destroys former home of Dr. Martin Luther King in Camden, New Jersey

The home was empty for many years and there has been a push to raise money to fix it.

3 weeks ago

An illustrated view of a street in Philadelphia in the 18th century
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Not so quiet quitting: In 1747, the mayor of Philadelphia ran away from the job

Anthony Morris was a successful 18th century Philadelphia brewer. He was also elected mayor — but not more than once.

3 weeks ago

(Clockwise from top left) Fanny Kemble, Grayce Uyehara, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Violet Oakley, Mary Engle Pennington, Ora Washington
Community
Billy Penn

Notable women in Philly history you might not know — but definitely should

Two abolitionists, a scientist, an artist, an athlete, and an activist whose legacies will live on in Philadelphia lore.

3 weeks ago

President Joe Biden walks across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 5, 2023, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of ''Bloody Sunday,'' a landmark event of the civil rights movement
Politics & Policy

In Selma, Biden says right to vote remains under assault

Biden was among those commemorating the anniversary of the brutal attack by authorities on peaceful civil rights demonstrators as they marched along the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

4 weeks ago

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