Your Guide to the 2026 General Election

All the candidates — including PA governor and U.S. reps — on the ballot on November 3

By Courtney Duchene and Lauren McCutcheon
The Citizen Recommends

“Fletcher Street,” a Documentary

A new short film offers an intimate look at the North Philly riding club, its young riders, and the fight to preserve its legacy.

By Patrick Rapa

Things 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 Griffith
Big Rube’s Philly

Will Little, “Progress over Pride”

The barber, peacemaker and life-transformer talks to the chef, photographer and entrepreneur about turning his life around — and helping others do the same

By Reuben Harley

Good Citizen Calendar, October-December 2026

Your guide to civic action in Philadelphia, all year long

By Lauren McCutcheon

Building a Better Merger

The principals of two high schools set to combine aren’t just waiting to see what happens to displaced students and staff

By Denisa R. Superville
Guest Commentary

Our Unseen Freedom

Amid the fanfare around the nation’s 250th, Philadelphia institutions come together to explore and to celebrate the freedom of conscience

By Vince Stango and Rosalind Remer PhD

Can Philly End Car Crash Deaths?

Speed cameras, slow zones, speed bumps, bike lanes, congestion pricing, turn calming, even anti-poverty measures: What works; what doesn’t, when it comes to traffic safety

By D. Alex Quistberg
Development for Good

Smith & Roller Holdings

Can the transformation of a historic bank restore dignity and jobs to a neighborhood that could use the help?

By Courtney DuChene

Measles, Same as It Ever Was?

In 1991 after the preventable disease killed children in a small Christian sect in the Northeast, Philadelphia mandated vaccinations. What to do now that anti-vaxxing has gone national?

By Victor Fiorillo