Who Are The Next Citizens of the Year?
Our search for the next crop of local heroes is well underway — and we need your input!
By Courtney DuChene How to Support Veterans
A dozen ways to give back to those who fought to keep you free
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy We Don’t Deserve to Kill
How a family’s quest for justice in a 90 year old Delaware County murder case should make us question who we are as a country
By Dr. James Peterson How Can Philadelphia Get to Zero Waste?
Other U.S. cities offer municipal composting, repair and recycle more goods and even charge to collect garbage. Our City should steal those ideas to get to green
By Courtney DuChene Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend
This week in Philly we have The Big Dill, the 60th Anniversary Star Trek Convention, Science on Tap, Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media Festival, CityCamp Philly, and much much more
By Christina Griffith Menopause, the Municipal Ordinance
Philadelphia recently passed legislation requiring employers to accommodate workers’ menstrual and post-menstrual symptoms. You’re welcome
By Lauren McCutcheon Does Hate Really Have No Home Here?
A planned boycott of local Jewish-owned businesses because of Israeli actions has one civic leader wondering where we draw the line on moral righteousness
By Farah Jimenez Heroes Among Us
Forget the labels and the horse-race calculations about election night winners and losers. Tuesday night heralded the emergence of a DIY political generation … and a return to 90s political philosophy
By Larry Platt Are Your Electeds Even Listening?
The midterms are behind us. Now, use the Digital Democracy Project to track how your representatives … represent you. Learn more on December 8
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy You Can’t See Everything — Election Day in America
In an age of conspiracy theories, AI, and unreliable narrators, we're losing our grip on shared reality
By Malcolm Burnley