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Ideas We Should Steal Festival

Looking for a way to turn post-election blues into healing, inspiration and action? Join us this week at The Citizen’s 7th annual event celebrating heroic thinkers and problem-solvers

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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Ali Velshi Lays Out The Path Forward

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member reflects on moving past last week's election results

By Ali Velshi
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2024

The YIMBYS Have Won

San Francisco pro-housing activist and Philly native Sonja Trauss will return to her hometown on November 15 to herald a solution to our housing crisis. Here, she reflects on how to avoid the pitfalls of Bay Area unaffordability

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

How to Support Veterans

More than a dozen ways to give back to those who fought to keep you free

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Development for Good

Ray Philly

From the outside, this brand-new Olde Kensington development looks like the rest of the shiny luxury options. Inside, however, it’s all about the arts and community.

By Courtney DuChene

Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend

This week in Philly we welcome the Annual PMA Craft Show, the Jewish Film Festival, Electric Feels, Wintergarden at Dilworth Park, Holidays on the Hill, and many more things to do and support

By Lauren McCutcheon and Christina Griffith
Guest Commentary

Even Shapiro Couldn’t Have Saved the PA Democrats

A Pittsburgh historian on how last week’s election results may require a permanent realignment in a state Dems once considered a safe bet

By Oliver Bateman

WTF Just Happened?

The fall of progressivism. The rise of Joe Rogan. The score-settling of Bob Brady. The philosophy of Marcus Aurelius…trying to make sense of Tuesday’s Great Realignment

By Larry Platt

Tyree Wallace is home. What did it cost him — and us?

The Point Breeze native spent 26 years imprisoned for a murder he says he didn’t commit. His release comes after years of efforts by lawyers and high-profile activists, including sports reporter Michael Barkann and local business leader Jay Coen Gilbert

By Christina Griffith
The New Urban Order

How Cities Fared In The Election

New mayors, new funding for housing and transit, and why cities are trending Republican

By Diana Lind