WATCH

Ellen Yin on Leadership as a Collective Act

The celebrated restaurateur won the Chamber of Commerce’s prestigious Paradigm Award for women. Here’s what she credits for her success

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

“We Are in Survival Mode”

Even with a city budget proposal that pays for community-driven gun violence intervention work, organizers are worried about President Donald Trump’s promises to slash federal funding

By Afea Tucker
The Citizen Must-Reads

Attack Plans on Signal, Shrinking Ed Dept, Keeping Jews Safe …

… and other smart takes to help you make sense of all the national news assaulting you this week

By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff

My School Votes …

… thanks, in large part, to the work of the high school winner of Vote That Jawn’s Erinda Sheno Memorial Prize essay contest.

By Miran Andriyevsky

Rethinking the Worst Phrase in History

The college winner of Vote That Jawn’s first Erinda Sheno Memorial Prize wants us to act now in the way we want history to remember us

By Olivia Loudon
How to Really Run a City

The “Elusive Wizard” Of Housing

Former mayors Kasim Reed of Atlanta and Michael Nutter of Philly talk with Drexel’s Bruce Katz about the local solutions to our affordable housing crisis

By J.P. Romney
Citizen of the Week

FDR Park Steward Tara Anastasi

The park’s volunteer coordinator gets it done, from reclaiming lakes from the “phrag” to putting anyone who raises their hands to work.

By Thomas Devaney

Growing a Garden in East Kensington

An abandoned lot sparked a community-led movement to reclaim green space in the North Philly neighborhood

By Angie Bacha

Students, Direct Your Ire Where It Belongs

A longtime university president points to the real threat that needs protesting

By Elaine Maimon

Rooting For Our Home Team

Visit Philadelphia’s job is to bring tourists to the city. But that can’t happen if Philadelphians don’t love their city, too

By Jessica Blatt Press