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| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 56 | Founded | 9 months ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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How Pennsylvania towns are preparing for data centers
Residents of Archbald, Penn., are experiencing a contentious boom in proposed AI data center projects. Heather Ainsworth for The Washington Post via Getty Images
How Pennsylvania towns are protecting themselves from the noise, heat and u...
Pepper pot stew and the fragility of freedom in early Philadelphia
“Pepper-Pot: A Scene in the Philadelphia Market,” by painter John Lewis Krimmel, 1811. Philadelphia Art Museum: 125th Anniversary Acquisition. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Leisenring, Jr., 2001-196-1
Pepper pot stew was survival food f...
Philly sports fans are being priced out
A 16-ounce beer at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia costs over $11. Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA via Getty Images
Philadelphia’s 2026 sports calendar is packed – but fans are being priced out
By Jared Bahir Browsh, University of...
How Ben Franklin made paper money harder to fake
Ben Franklin played a key role in America’s founding, which included helping to design its paper currency. Kristina Davis
We analyzed paper money printed by Ben Franklin to uncover his anti‑counterfeiting techniques and materials innovat...
Lessons from Philly's last wave of school closures in 2013
The former Anna Howard Shaw Middle School in Southwest Philadelphia became Hardy Williams Elementary, a K-6 charter school, in 2015. Julio C. Vega, CC BY-NC-SA
Philadelphia plans to close 17 neighborhood public schools – here’s what went...
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