Ultimate Job Interview with One Candidate for District Attorney
The latest edition of The Citizen’s job interviews for candidates for office featured this year’s top-of-the-ticket race for District Attorney. Both Larry Krasner and Pat Dugan were invited. Only one candidate showed up
By Malcolm Burnley
Literacy is Never Neutral
What Percival Everett’s National Book Award-winning James tells us about the crisis of literacy in Philadelphia.
By James Peterson
Can We Still Throw an Epic 250th Birthday Party?
So far, Philadelphia’s schemes to celebrate the nation’s Semiquincentennial have had their fair share of setbacks and doubters. Is it too late to make next year’s celebration of America our best yet?
By Courtney DuChene
The Citizen Recommends … the Fashion District?
The East Market Street mall can’t be that bad. Right?
By Malcolm Burnley
Your 2025 Good (Philadelphia) Citizen Calendar
The dates you need for things to do in Philadelphia to make 2025 your civic best
By Lauren McCutcheon
Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend
This week in Philly we're celebrating the return of the Phillies, the Cherry Blossom Festival, the Punk Rock Flea Market, and the Free Library Gala, plus we have new theater productions, concerts, Cocktails for a Cause, and much more
By Christina Griffith
Mayor Parker’s Best Housing Ideas
The new plan lays out an ambitious array of changes to speed up the building of new affordable housing in Philly
By Jon Geeting
Why “Broken Windows” Policing Is Still a Good Idea
Despite its bad reputation, a Penn criminologist makes the case for bringing back (fairly) an old crime-fighting practice
By Anthony A. Braga
Ellen Yin on Leadership as a Collective Act
The celebrated restaurateur won the Chamber of Commerce’s prestigious Paradigm Award for women. Here’s what she credits for her success
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Krasner Versus … Trump?
The DA says he’s a “Democracy Advocate” and his real opponent is Donald Trump. Is there something to that, or is it just campaign spin?
By Larry Platt