Art for Change

“Wouldn’t It Be Funny If … ”

Comedian and Tattooed Momedy co-host Tan Hoang prefers to thoughtfully zig where other stand-ups reflexively zag — and that’s working out just fine for her

By Logan Cryer

Suck it Musk?

Why The Citizen is not abandoning X despite — actually, because of — the divisiveness and disinformation that abounds

By Olivia Kram

Keep the Opioids; Lose the Risk

A Temple researcher’s work is on track to radically change pain management and the opioid crisis forever

By Malcolm Burnley

The Intergenerational Fallout of Gun Violence

Gunfire in Philadelphia has taken grandfathers, brothers, cousins, and children. The losses reflect what’s at the root of America’s shooting epidemic

By Mensah M. Dean

No Benefits Left Behind

When Benefits Data Trust closed earlier this year, some experts foresaw a calamitous impact on public benefits access. Now nonprofits are stepping up to stop that from happening

By Malcolm Burnley

The Canary in the Coal Mine of School Dysfunction

Philadelphia teachers “migrate” between schools at an alarming rate. A high school educator set out to find out what that means for students

By Lydia Kulina-Washburn
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club ReadsSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, to discuss her coming-of-age-novel and the targeting of LGBTQ+ stories

By Ali Velshi

Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend

This week in Philly we have holiday gift drives, The Nutcracker(s), ice sculpting, makers markets, Christmas in the Barrio and more

By Lauren McCutcheon and Christina Griffith
Ideas We Should Steal

Draft Poll Workers Like We Do Juries

Almost every election Philadelphia struggles to recruit enough people to operate our polling stations, which puts our democracy at risk. What if we made like Nebraska, and … drafted them instead?

By Courtney DuChene

The 2017 Law That Could Boost Housing Under Trump 2.0

Drexel’s Metro Finance head on what cities can learn from … Alabama

By Ross Baird and Bruce Katz