Tom McGrath

Philadelphia

Journalist. Author of Triumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation (just published! ) https://t.co/zosdpjo9P5

Articles

Madagascar 2 am 23. April 2025 um 11:10 Uhr auf SKY Cinema Family HD

3 weeks ago | tvmovie.de | Tom McGrath |Ben Stiller |Chris Rock |David Schwimmer

Weil den tierischen US-Touristen Madagaskar auf Dauer zu langweilig ist, reparieren die Pinguine ein Flugzeugwrack. Bald hebt die ganze Tierbande samt Lemuren-König mit „Air Penguin“ ab. Doch der Flug endet nicht in New York, sondern nach einer Bruchlandung in der afrikanischen Savanne.
Billboard Wars: How Personal Injury Lawyers Took Over Philly

Feb 2, 2025 | phillymag.com | Tom McGrath

Longform Billboard Wars: How Personal Injury Lawyers Took Over Philly Armed with multimillion-dollar marketing budgets, personal injury attorneys have wallpapered the city with ads, flooding billboards, bus stops, social media feeds, and airwaves with their shiny pitches. But at what cost?
The Quiet Evolution of Joe Kennedy III

Jan 30, 2025 | bostonmagazine.com | Tom McGrath

If all had gone according to plan, he would, on a day like this one, be sitting in his U.S. Senate office in DC, laying the groundwork for his 2026 reelection campaign. Or even—if you prefer the Camelot-redux version of the narrative—be on the phone, making calls to party insiders in South Carolina and New Hampshire and Iowa, chatting up a 2028 presidential run.
How a Vicious Legal Battle Over a Wildflower Farm Tore This Bucolic Philly Suburb Apart

Sep 27, 2024 | phillymag.com | Tom McGrath

Longform How a Vicious Legal Battle Over a Wildflower Farm Tore This Bucolic Philly Suburb Apart The unbelievable tale of how one Chester County couple's dream of selling peonies on their sprawling Willistown estate devolved into an epic feud between neighbors over who gets to live in paradise — and how.
Triumph of the Yuppies

Jul 19, 2024 | gregolear.substack.com | Tom McGrath |Greg Olear

Tom McGrath, my guest on today’s PREVAIL podcast, was the editor-in-chief of Philadelphia magazine, as well as chief content officer of Metro Corp., the parent company of Philadelphia and Boston between 2010 and 2020. Under his leadership, the magazines won more than fifty awards for editorial excellence. In 2022, he was named Writer of the Year at the National City and Regional Magazine Awards.
What Would Ben Franklin Do? 5 Life Skills of This Great Thinker

Jul 4, 2024 | nextbigideaclub.com | Francis Barry |Tom McGrath |Eric Weiner

Eric Weiner is a New York Times bestselling author and journalist. A former international correspondent for NPR, his work has appeared in The Atlantic, National Geographic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and the anthology Best American Travel Writing. Below, Eric shares five key insights from his new book, Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder’s Formula for a Long and Useful Life. Listen to the audio version—read by Eric himself—in the Next Big Idea App.
The Patron Saints of Modern-Day Boston

Jun 9, 2024 | bostonmagazine.com | Tom McGrath

Opinion How 1980s yuppies created the city as we know it. One day a few months ago, I happened to be in the South End when I started noticing, in a way that I never have before, some of the storefronts and businesses I was passing by as I walked along a particular stretch of Tremont Street. There was the beautiful office of an über-high-end design firm. An upscale running-shoe shop.
Triumph of the Yuppies Is Out Today!

Jun 4, 2024 | tmcgrath.substack.com | Tom McGrath

Folks,Today marks the official release of my new book, Triumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation. I’m excited to share that it’s an Amazon Editors’ Pick for June and a No. 1 new release. The book is the first-ever history of 1980s young urban professionals, chronicling the rise and impact of an influential cohort of well-educated Baby Boomers.
How 1980s Yuppies Gave Us Donald Trump

Jun 4, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Tom McGrath

Illustration by Ryan Inzana for POLITICO A wealthy New York real estate mogul may not have seemed particularly well suited for the role of populist hero, but Donald Trump’s historic realignment of white working-class voters not only delivered him the presidency in 2016, but changed the GOP as we know it. A recent Gallup survey indicates that more Republicans now identify as working or lower class than Democrats .
Why Did Donald Trump Win the Working Class? Blame Yuppies.

Jun 4, 2024 | politico.com | Tom McGrath

Why Did Donald Trump Win the Working Class? Blame Yuppies. If it weren’t for the young urban professionals of the 1980s, we’d never have MAGA. Illustration by Ryan Inzana for POLITICOA wealthy New York real estate mogul may not have seemed particularly well suited for the role of populist hero, but Donald Trump’s historic realignment of white working-class voters not only delivered him the presidency in 2016, but changed the GOP as we know it.