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Diary of a Teenage Eater

By Ada Kulesza» Everyone talks about what poor teenagers eat. At Metropolis, we decided to take it a step further: We asked them what they eat. For two weeks, two 18-year-olds texted details of their daily intake to reporter Ada Kulesza. The results are illuminating and surprising. So, sit down with a piece of chocolate cake, a Coke, a half-dozen cookies and a bag of Doritos and read: Diary of A Teenage Eater. (Comments)

Making It Local: The New Food Economy

By Elise Vider» Philadelphia is becoming home to a new industry. Despite the recession, a crop of artisan food makers are setting up shop in the city, making everything from sauerkraut to premium chocolates. Philadelphia once known for making big things, such as ships and locomotives, is becoming known as the place where food entrepreneurs are making small, delicious things. Elise Vider writes about the emerging new food economy. (Comments)

Special Report. Preserving the City's Past III

By Alan Jaffe At the 11th hour, it often has been the neighbors of a historic site that have been the heroes that saved it. They have rallied to rescue what they cherish, and recently those treasured resources have been... (Comments)

Incarceration City

If Pennsylvania's state prison system was a city, it would rank right below Lancaster (No. 8) and above Altoona (No.9) in size.  There were 51,326 prisoners in state prisons at the end of 2009, and the number keeps rising, despite a drop... (Comments)

A Squiggle in Time

   By Patricia McLaughlin Honestly, I was so over it. Shopping, I mean. I could stroll through a mall with impunity, expose myself to the blandishments of Neiman's, Nordstrom, Macy's, Lord & Taylor, Bloomingdale's, Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware, Sears, Victoria's... (Comments)