Controversies

Philly Beer Week

As Philly Beer Week hangover recedes, what does future hold for the event?

Philly suburb issues cease-and-desist orders to residents running Airbnbs

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New Jersey sociology professor under review after recorded making controversial comments in class

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Owner of pro-America Kensington bar to Eagles: Grow up, millionaires

Old Philadelphia Bar

This veteran supports those who kneel

White House hosts national anthem ceremony in place of Eagles visit

Carroll - Betsy Ross Eagles Flag

Support for Eagles in Trump controversy found in unlikely corner

Don't worry about the Kensington bar with a pro-America sign on the front door

Old Philadelphia Bar

Bryan Colangelo investigation could wind up costing Sixers draft picks

Black men arrested in Starbucks reach $200,000 settlement with city for youth program

Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson

Why nearly everybody involved in the Starbucks controversy is in the wrong

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Starbucks controversy at full brew on Twitter

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Amid backlash, Abington decides not to rename school for Stephen Schwarzman

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Higher Education

Penn Law professor Amy Wax: higher education aggressively quashes truth

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Mural Arts taking recommendations on what to do with Frank Rizzo mural

Carroll - Frank Rizzo Mural in South Philly's Italian Market

'It's ok to be white' stickers plastered over stop signs in Pennsylvania borough

Stop Sign

Close encounters of the Chuck kind

Claudia Bach Pregnant

A look at 'Rise,' the new TV show based on a Bucks County theater program

Rise

Was Philly drag queen's outfit really too 'ethnic' for South Jersey salon?

Vincent Leggett Drag Queen

Taylor Swift’s new app is being taken over by political debates among fans

Philadelphia City Council approves controversial 'stop and go' store measure

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Despite Trump bump, Toomey still thinks Roy Moore should 'step aside' from Senate race

Pat Toomey

Krasner transition-team controversy targets media akin to 'lynch journalists' T-shirts

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Faced with a Penn-statue conundrum, Catholic school covers up suggestive sculpture

Suggestive statue

WATCH: 'Trumpy the Rat' comes to Philly to celebrate Frank Rizzo's birthday

Trump Rat

Anti-LGBTQ speaker disinvited from conference at Philly charter school

Wesley Muhammad

Mütter Museum to give back skull of Australian soldier shot in WWI

Mutter Museum

High School Sports

People get pretty mad after high school marching band interrupts other marching band

Top 100 submissions on what to do with the Rizzo statue

Frank Rizzo statue cleaned

Curt Schilling on Fox News: ESPN has 'some of the most racist people in sports'

Philly mascot wit attitude: 'You can't get better cheesesteaks anywhere in the world'

Cheesy the Cheesesteak

More people agree with removal of Joe Paterno statue than want Robert E. Lee's taken down, NYT poll finds

Statue of slaveholder Richard Stockton removed from N.J. university bearing his name

Richard Stockton

Philly wants your ideas for the Frank Rizzo statue's future

Carroll - Frank Rizzo Statue Protest

Italian Market Facebook apologizes to Helen Gym after posting emotional call for resignation

Trump backs 'poor' Jeffrey Lord, fired from CNN for using Nazi slogan

Kenney: Art Commission will decide whether to keep Frank Rizzo statue

Frank RIzzo Statue Spray Paint

Amid statue debate, Frank Rizzo mural vandalized (again)

'Black power' spray-painted on Frank Rizzo statue amid calls for removal, swiftly scrubbed overnight

Frank RIzzo Statue Spray Paint

Report: 'Death to white power' banner removed by Philadelphia police

Philadelphia Police Car

Social media pokes fun at use of tiki torches during white nationalist march

New Jerseyans go on the defensive after Boston Globe slams state

Amber Rose responds to criticism for saying Philadelphians 'aren't traditionally attractive'

Amber Rose Instagram

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