21st Annual City Paper Writing Contest

The Winner: Greetings from Lesotho

The Deluge

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

Spring Arts Preview

Sprung?

Hip-Hop for Allah

Muslim MCs struggle to balance their faith with their music.

The Transaction

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

Philly on the Make

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

Boy Missing

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

Home and Design '07

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

Truth in Prints

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

Free Hand

RJD2

Re-Formers

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

Monks, Devils and Quakers

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

The Spirits Move Them

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

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?

The Game of Judge

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

Stillborn Again

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

The Style Issue

Neighborhood Watch

Michael Nutter for Mayor

The City Paper Endorsement

F for Felony

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

What About Al?

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

Ultimate Summer Fun Guide 2007

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

An American Tragedy

Samira Cardenas wants one last thing before she dies.

America the Almost-Beautiful

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

Diners Without Borders

Summer Restaurant Guide '07

Is Change Gonna Come?

Musicians fight for their right to play in Rittenhouse Square.

For The Shorties

Summer Book Quarterly

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.

Flaming Creature

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

A Cure for What Ails Us?

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

85 Shots

Steven "Butter" Miller's last day alive

The Long Ride

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

Warning: Graphic Material

The Comics Issue

Cheers To Them

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

It Takes a Neighborhood

How Strawberry Mansion baseball kept kids safe this summer.

Fringe Takes On the World

All Over The Map

Chemical Imbalance

Were the brain tumors really just coincidence?

A Broom To The System

SEIU tries to sweep new members into the labor movement.

Shooting for the Stars

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

Chinese Democracy

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

We're Taking Poe Back

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

Betting the House

How bad is the subprime crisis in Philly?

The Music Issue

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

Congrats, Mayor Nutter!

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

CP Choice 2007

You Play the Red and the Black Comes Up

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?

The Prodigy

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

Caffeine Rush

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

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.

Green Party

CP's annual Holiday Gift Guide

Stenton Avenue Reprise

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

You'll Shoot Your Eye Out, Kid!

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

Never Mind the Sequins

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