Voice: Courtney DuChene

The West Philadelphia Skills Initiative helped nearly 2,000 Philadelphians find work. Now, with a large grant from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the organization is expanding and rebranding to connect more Philadelphians with skills, jobs and career opportunities

Can you fly a plane? Decipher a home insurance policy? Donate a couple of bucks? Eight ways Philadelphians 600 miles away from storm-impacted North Carolina can offer effective aid

For the first time ever, The Citizen is crossing the Commonwealth to interview Eugene DePasquale, Dave Sunday and Eric Settle, candidates running to be “the people’s lawyer” of PA

It’s easy to forget that we humans are literal animals. Two Philadelphia-area sisters remind us, one audio episode at a time

A crew of civic-minded hospital professionals are making sure patients unexpectedly hospitalized on Election Day can cast ballots. The effort, they say, is healing in itself.

Local social justice advocates and a University City state rep want to follow Michigan’s lead and register people convicted of felonies upon release from incarceration. Such legislation could swing elections.

Could a Philadelphia company’s clever carbon capture capsule transform how buildings breathe — and impact climate change?

The Philly doctor became a household name for her efforts to give Black Philadelphians access to Covid testing and vaccines. Here, she talks about her new book on her fight for equity in medicine — and what she’d hope to see from a Harris presidency

The 40-something year-old Norris Square-based nonprofit Xiente takes a new, all-ages approach to tackling poverty among some of Philadelphia’s poorest residents

The three-year-old “Lyft for litter” is an essential, ethical solution to Philadelphia’s ongoing trash problem on 700 blocks. If only the City would hire them to expand everywhere