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It’s that time of year: We’re on the hunt for the most high-integrity workers employed by the City of Philadelphia. Nominate the most inspiring city workers you know, and they could be named a 2026 Integrity Icon

Immigrants in the United States — and Philadelphia — are in perilous times.

The Palumbo civics teacher is shaping the next generation of changemakers into the kinds of active citizens we need

The U.S. has a prominent, federally funded, $17 billion example of successful, economically integrated community building. The nation’s leading housing expert explains why we’re not using it to solve our housing crisis

Ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary, the historic tall ship Gazela celebrates getting to 125 — with a little help from her friends

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member sits down with retired U.S. Army Col. Jack Jacobs to talk about the dangers of invoking Christian Evangelical Nationalism in our war with Iran

This week in Philly we have the Ministry of Awe grand opening, the Tina Turner musical, the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, the Fur Ball gala, and much more

When The Wilma Theater set out to put on plays to challenge how we view the country’s 250th anniversary, they never imagined how prescient they were being, says the theater’s co-artistic director

Not according to students in a recent poll. A longtime university president reflects on how the new data explodes the political narrative

The War in Iran, Paris’s pedestrian streets, Texas’s primary outcomes, national weirdness over the 250th and more smart stories that explain what happened this week