A Eulogy For Jesse Jackson
In the wake of last month’s death of the civil rights icon, his one-time collaborator and former Penn professor pens an intimate — and urgent — remembrance.
By Michael Eric DysonYour Weekly Guide to Surviving the News
The state of world freedom, millionaire college athletes, uninsured Americans and more stories that explain what happened this week
By The Philadelphia Citizen StaffThings to Do This Week For America’s 250th
Your curated list of the best semiquincentennial events, exhibits, and activities happening in and around Philly
By Christina GriffithYouth Citizen Yuvaraj R. Gambhir
For his advocacy, fundraising, mentorship and more, the Philly native and University of Pennsylvania senior is this year’s Youth Citizen of the Year
By Christina GriffithTake a Cab
Why pay Silicon Valley tech companies for your ride when locally-owned taxi cabs are cheaper, faster and put money back into Philadelphia’s economy?
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyIn Defense of the Philadelphia School District
A deputy superintendent pushes back on a Citizen story that called the District’s Facilities Master Plan a sign of “managed decline”
By Oz HillCan Zero Waste be … Delicious?
A Philly makers pop-up that features milk-waste clothing, beef-tallow soaps and Food & Wine-approved billion layer lasagna, fighting climate crisis with creativity
By Kae Lani PalmisanoThe Banker Who Made America
In his new book, author and thought leader Richard Vague tells the story of Thomas Willing, the most powerful figure in U.S. history you’ve never heard of. Join Vague and The Citizen for a book event April 14
By Richard VagueSolving Gun Violence with Group Therapy — and $50
Is this City-funded program — which also helps participants build job skills and rethink decisions — responsible for Philadelphia’s declining homicide rate?
By Mensah M. DeanMt. Airy Family Commons Founders
Parenting infants and little children can be incredibly lonely. Hannah Fenlon, Linda Joy and Hannah Newman have a solution in a co-op that already includes 80 families
By Courtney DuChene