Ideas We Should Steal

Extreme Risk Protection Orders

In the wake of the latest school shooting, there is a common measure on the books in four states that acts as a temporary restraining order, but for guns. Can we at least agree on that?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

America Won the Super Bowl

Can last night’s win finally end Philly’s underdog story?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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Melina Uncapher

In the latest in Drexel’s ExCITe Center’s Education Innovation series, a neuroscientist explores how brain science can improve student learning

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

What to do about a problem like Pat Meehan

PA’s 7th District is up for grabs—but not that kind of grabbing. Can we elect a woman, please?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Video

Ken Frazier, Doer

Watch the Merck CEO who stood up to Trump being honored by the Urban Affairs Coalition

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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Water—An Essay Contest

The Pamela & Ajay Raju Foundation, along with the Zoo, offers $15,000 to a student who can help solve our water crisis

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Ideas We Should Steal

Tracking The Air We Breathe

A program to monitor inhaler use among Louisville asthma patients led to health-minded policy changes. Would it work in Philly, where asthma rates are sky high?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

“We got this”

Comcast’s citywide MLK statue project showcases student art—and a hope for a better America

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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The New Localism Booksigning

Urban thinkers Bruce Katz and Jeremy Nowak bring their optimistic take on cities to The Hive

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

A Year In Civic Tumult

Yes, 2017 was rough. It was also—thanks, Philadelphia!—heartening

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy