Guest Commentary

An Open Letter to Just-Can’t-Vote-for-Harris Voters

A plea to Philly voters on the eve of the election from a local business leader and founder of the B Corps movement

By Jay Coen Gilbert
Guest Commentary

Gov. Walz, Help Us to Fully Realize America’s Promise

An open letter to the Democratic vice presidential candidate from a local business leader and cofounder of the B Corp movement

By Jay Coen Gilbert
Guest Commentary

Who or What Am I Most Resisting?

A citizen's prayer for our fractured times, from a local leader of the B Corp movement

By Jay Coen Gilbert
Guest Commentary

An Open Letter to My Fellow Jews

The opportunity for moral courage in the Israel-Hamas war, from a local leader of the B Corps movement

By Jay Coen Gilbert
Guest Commentary

Incredibly Affirming and Wrenchingly Sad

A few White men at the March on Washington, from a leader of the B Corp movement

By Jay Coen Gilbert
Guest Commentary

The End of Affirmative Action and the Myth of the Self-Made Entrepreneur

The co-founder of AND 1 and the B Corp Movement on what the Supreme Court majority doesn’t seem to get: There’s such a thing as racism without racists

By Jay Coen Gilbert
Guest Commentary

Why I Support a Reparations Task Force

A local entrepreneur/anti-racist organizer on why he favors City Council’s proposal to study what reparations might look like for Black Philadelphians

By Jay Coen Gilbert
Guest Commentary

Ron DeSantis and the Politics of Dog Whistling

The Florida governor announced his presidential candidacy yesterday. A local businessman/philanthropist wonders, what do you think about what he is saying?

By Jay Coen Gilbert

Women’s Choice, Men’s Responsibility

Until the leaked draft decision that would eventually overturn Roe v. Wade, I had never told anyone — except my wife.

By Jay Coen Gilbert
Guest Commentary

“What Do You Think We Should Do?”

The co-founder of the B Corp movement has a challenge—and an invitation—for his fellow White men in these racially challenging times

By Jay Coen Gilbert