Voice: Larry Platt

Voter turnout in the biggest city of our key swing state is trending dangerously downward. Is Philly about to end democracy after saving it four years ago? Governor Shapiro has a warning for us

While student protestors and bullying Trustees at Penn continue shedding far more heat than light, there’s a different story at neighbor Drexel. Why?

The finance CEO and labor leader are determined to make Philadelphia the most equitable, fastest growing big city in America together.

The Citizen will bestow its inaugural Corporate Citizen of the Year award in the name of a late civic leader we ought not forget

When the $38 million state-of-the-art Philly Youth Basketball facility opens next week, it will be thanks to an 80-year-old, prank-pulling, courtside-sitting cult figure. And then there’s the time he was tossed from an NBA game…

Is the new president of Philadelphia City Council a new boss, or same as the old boss?

A conventional wisdom is taking hold on the legacy of the outgoing mayor. But was it really the pandemic and second term factors beyond his control that did him in?

The protest in front of Michael Solomonov’s restaurant revealed more than know-nothingism

Philadelphia government is in love with pilot programs. With a $6.2 billion budget, how about making the tough decisions to deploy what works citywide?

Screw Giving Tuesday. We proclaim it Democracy Monday. Can you help us reach our $10,000 goal?