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The Jewish Obama! Niceness Makes a Comeback! The Best PA Reporter Commutes From London!
And other notes from a crazy, conventional wisdom-defying election
By Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cowomen_women_lead_together_TCN-unsplash-791x400.jpg)
Ideas We Should Steal: Women Leading, Together
The 550 women executives in the 45-year-old Chicago Network are changing their city for the better — and creating opportunities for even more women leaders. There is no better moment for a similar effort in Philadelphia. (That’s also why we’re relaunching Rad Girls!)
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/KD-791x400.jpg)
Why Kendrick Vs. Drake is a Proxy War
The rap battle everyone is talking about is really about race, identity, Black/Jewish relations, and this American moment. A Citizen exclusive from a bestselling author and public intellectual.
By Michael Eric Dyson![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Daybreaker_HED-791x400.jpeg)
The Citizen Recommends: Early Morning Rave for Voting
Daybreaker co-founder Radha Agrawal brings her non-alcoholic, early morning dance party back to Philly to celebrate our freedom to celebrate (and vote). Join the fun outside City Hall on April 12
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Josh_Shapiro-American_PA_flags_looking_on-791x400.jpg)
Freedom Fighter
Does Governor Shapiro have a winning argument for Biden and the Dems in the fall? Judging by how many are borrowing it from him, yes
By Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Kamala_Harris_Nikki_Haley-791x400.jpg)
Guest Commentary: What if Nikki Haley is Right?
The former Temple Law School Dean and longtime political advisor on what the Republican presidential candidate’s critique of Kamala Harris really means, and what Democrats can do about it
By Carl Singley![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Trump_Krasner_Ramaswamy-1-791x400.jpg)
Be Wary of “Outsiders” in Government
We know what happens when inexperienced politicians like Larry Krasner and Vivek Ramaswamy are elected to top jobs. And it isn’t good for any of us
By Jemille Q. Duncan![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/usa250-semiquincentennial-celebration-philadelphia-parade-791x400.jpg)
The Fourth of July Voices We Need to Read Now
July 4th means different things to different Americans. Here, a host of Independence Day perspectives — from Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Ronald Reagan and more — that remind us what it means to be free
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy