Your Guide to the 2025 Primary

Republican and Democratic candidates for Philadelphia District Attorney, Superior Court, Commonwealth Court, Court of Common Pleas, Municipal Court in the May 20, 2025 election — and why you really gotta vote

By Lauren McCutcheon
Big Rube’s Philly

Jim Buck of Made by Buck

The iconic brand marketer, photographer and chef meets up with a custom sneaker maker rooted in throwback culture

By Reuben Harley

How “Window Box Activism” Shaped Philly

That box garden you just walked by or on the front of your house once played a surprising role in urban renewal — thanks to women

By Kate Kilpatrick
Listen

Ali Velshi Banned Book Club and the Threat to Our Nation’s Libraries

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member invites Jon Yaged, CEO of Macmillan Publishers, to discuss the vital role of IMLS

By Ali Velshi

City Workers with Integrity? We’ve Got Them

The Citizen’s 2025 Integrity Icons are city workers who uphold the highest standards of ethics, hard work, and passion

By Jessica Blatt Press

Where Are the Trees We Were Promised?

Two years into the City’s first-ever Tree Plan, our leafy coverage has remained static. What happens now?

By Courtney DuChene

Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend

This week in Philly, we have street festivals in Fishtown, on South Street, and in the Eraserhood, plus Candle Con, the CONFLUENCE art exhibit at Fairmount Waterworks, the Broad Street Run, and much much more..

By Christina Griffith

Can Larry Krasner be Pro-Democracy and Anti-Debate?

The DA, who is running for a third term, has so far refused to participate in any televised debates with his opponent Pat Dugan this campaign season. Don’t voters deserve at least that?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Josh Shapiro and Moral Clarity

Wouldn’t the Governor’s principled call for it in the New York Times and elsewhere best be served by retiring the phrase “antisemitism?"

By Larry Platt
Book Excerpt

Bad Law by Elie Mystal

The lawyer-turned-commentator’s new book lays out 10 laws that really piss him off — and that deter the American democracy project. See him April 30 at the Free Library Author Event series, of which The Citizen is a media partner

By Elie Mystal