Calling All City Workers — and Those Who Admire Them
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
By Jessica Blatt Press
How to Help Immigrants
Immigrants in the United States — and Philadelphia — are in perilous times.
By Diemmy Dang, Bayleh Alexander and Lauren McCutcheon
Educator Charlie McGeehan
The Palumbo civics teacher is shaping the next generation of changemakers into the kinds of active citizens we need
By Courtney DuChene
What We’ve Gotten Right — and are Getting Wrong — on Affordable Housing
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
By Bruce Katz
History Floats
Ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary, the historic tall ship Gazela celebrates getting to 125 — with a little help from her friends
By Isaac Pollock
Velshi Warns Military Invoking Religion in Iran War is Dangerous
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
By Ali Velshi
Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend
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
By Christina Griffith
Taking the Stage that Trump Set
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
By Lindsay Smiling
Are Campuses Ideological Battlegrounds?
Not according to students in a recent poll. A longtime university president reflects on how the new data explodes the political narrative
By Elaine Maimon
Your Weekly Guide to Surviving the News
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
By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff