21st Annual City Paper Writing Contest

The Winner: Greetings from Lesotho

by April Dobbins

The Deluge

Pounded by waves of negative ink, DHS struggles to do its job.

by Doron Taussig

Spring Arts Preview

Sprung?

by Patrick Rapa

Hip-Hop for Allah

Muslim MCs struggle to balance their faith with their music.

by Zach Mortice

The Transaction

A new, faster way to ruin your credit. (Just add hookers and blow.)

by Jeff Deeney

Philly on the Make

Does anyone make anything anymore? Turns out the answer is a resounding yes.

by Brian Howard

Boy Missing

It's been 50 years. We still don't know his name.

by Sarah Weinman

Home and Design '07

Take care of Mother Earth or she'll summon El Niño to flood your basement.

by Brian Hickey

Truth in Prints

Artist Daniel Heyman's new show gives voice to the voiceless.

by Drew Lazor

Free Hand

RJD2

by Drew Lazor

Re-Formers

Who Are These Strange Beings Who Want to Save City Hall?

by Doron Taussig

Monks, Devils and Quakers

The lurid life and times of George Lippard, Philadelphia's original best-selling author.

by Edward Pettit

The Spirits Move Them

There are 25,000 practitioners of Voodoo in Philly. And not a single pin.

by Natalie Hope McDonald

Philadelphia Film Festival: Blood Ties

Fifty years ago, Bob Bechtel killed a fellow Swarthmore student. His family says he grapples with his actions every day. So why won't he say he's sorry?

by Sam Adams

The Game of Judge

Judicial candidate Ellen Green-Ceisler is smart, qualified and determined. But getting elected is still a roll of the dice.

by Doron Taussig

Stillborn Again

What to do when you're stranded in Chicago for a week with Man Man

by Andrew Parks

The Style Issue

Neighborhood Watch

Michael Nutter for Mayor

The City Paper Endorsement

by Doron Taussig

F for Felony

Why parents never hear about a shocking number of college campus crimes

by Winnie Atterbury and Stacia Freidman

What About Al?

The Republican nominee for mayor would like you to know he's alive and well. And serious about the job.

by Tom Namako

Ultimate Summer Fun Guide 2007

"I walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the summer."

by Brian Howard

An American Tragedy

Samira Cardenas wants one last thing before she dies.

by Doron Taussig

America the Almost-Beautiful

The global warming issue: Five locals working toward the greater good.

by Brian Hickey

Diners Without Borders

Summer Restaurant Guide '07

Is Change Gonna Come?

Musicians fight for their right to play in Rittenhouse Square.

by Will Dean

For The Shorties

Summer Book Quarterly

by Patrick Rapa

Welcome Home, Soldier

Sgt. Erik Arroyo can't decide what's worse: The war he fought in Baghdad, or the one waiting in North Philly.

by Tom Namako

Flaming Creature

Alan Cumming turns up the heat in Suffering Man's Charity.

by Sam Adams

A Cure for What Ails Us?

Breaking down Gov. Rendell's ambitious health-coverage plan.

by Tom Namako and Doron Taussig

85 Shots

Steven "Butter" Miller's last day alive

by Tom Namako and Doron Taussig

The Long Ride

Pedaling across Asia is hard. But for David Sylvester, getting back on his bike has been even more difficult.

by Mary Wilson

Warning: Graphic Material

The Comics Issue

by Duane Swierczynski

Cheers To Them

Sexiest Singles? Best of Something? Nah, they're just our favorite Philadelphians.

by Brian Hickey

It Takes a Neighborhood

How Strawberry Mansion baseball kept kids safe this summer.

by Brian Hickey

Fringe Takes On the World

All Over The Map

by Patrick Rapa

Chemical Imbalance

Were the brain tumors really just coincidence?

by Tom Namako

A Broom To The System

SEIU tries to sweep new members into the labor movement.

by Doron Taussig

Shooting for the Stars

The Art Museum launches its new Perelman satellite with a retrospective Stieglitz exhibit.

by John Vettese

Chinese Democracy

Could local Falun Gong allegations of organ harvesting become a thorn in Beijing's Olympic crown?

by Aisha Sattar

We're Taking Poe Back

For years, Baltimore has laid claim to one of our greatest writers. Nevermore!

by Edward Pettit

Betting the House

How bad is the subprime crisis in Philly?

by Ted Hesson

The Music Issue

City Paper's bi-annual music blow-out.

Congrats, Mayor Nutter!

(Now let's show him what he's won...)

by Tom Namako and Doron Taussig

CP Choice 2007

You Play the Red and the Black Comes Up

by Duane Swierczynski

The Unbearable Plight of Wireless-less-ness

WiFi Philadelphia was supposed to be the best thing ever. So far, it's not. Is there hope?

by Katherine Silkaitis

The Prodigy

Sheng Kai Dong was a budding math whiz. And then the accident happened...

by Doron Taussig

Caffeine Rush

Meet the local company that has its sights set on becoming Starbucks' biggest competitor.

by Drew Lazor

Lord, I've Been on Fire

He's checked in to a mental institution and conquered England with an album nobody in the States has heard. It's been a hell of a year for pop genius Brian Christinzio.

by Patrick Rapa

Green Party

CP's annual Holiday Gift Guide

Stenton Avenue Reprise

Jazz, at long last, returns to East Mount Airy.

by Michael T. Regan and Rick Valenzuela

You'll Shoot Your Eye Out, Kid!

Mapping the trajectory of blame for Philly's gun epidemic.

by Tom Namako

Never Mind the Sequins

What the hell are the Space 1026 kids doing in the Mummers Parade?

by Ryan Creed