Voice: Lauren McCutcheon
Why Aren’t Funny Mummers … Funny?
The Comics and Wenches are having fun. The crowd watching them? Not as much. Here, some particularly Philly advice.
By Lauren McCutcheon
Ali Velshi on the Many Trials of Donald Trump
The MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member reviews the current state of Donald Trump's criminal charges and court cases, and speaks with Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold
By Lauren McCutcheon
The Last of the Fancies
The Mummers Parade started with Fancy Divisions. Only one such club remains. Their plan to survive: inclusiveness.
By Lauren McCutcheon
Built to Heal with Michael Murphy
The renowned architect spoke for a large Citizen crowd about why all people deserve good design — and how he intends to bring it to them
By Lauren McCutcheon
Put Your Money for Your Mouth Where Your Heart Is
Philadelphia restaurants and the causes they champion, causes you support by supporting them
By Lauren McCutcheon
The [Insert Name Here] High School in Your Neighborhood
What would happen if middle class families in Philly embraced their local high schools the way they have their elementary schools?
By Lauren McCutcheon
Countdown to the 250th
The second annual pep rally for Philadelphia’s celebration of the country’s semiquincentennial is a fundraiser and party for planning our country’s birthday bash
By Lauren McCutcheon
What We Learned at the 2023 Ideas We Should Steal Festival
The Philadelphia Citizen’s sixth annual celebration of solutions was its biggest yet — with some of the biggest revelations to inspire you to make our city better in approximately a bajillion ways
By Lauren McCutcheon
Keeping Local Media Afloat
Today, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism granted The Philadelphia Citizen — and 16 other local media organizations — beaucoup funds to sustain and grow
By Lauren McCutcheon
Christy Brady Just Wants to Go Back to Work
If elected, the Democratic candidate for Controller would be the second CPA in the role — and the first career-long employee of the office
By Lauren McCutcheon