“Love each other and raise our children.”

Reflecting on the power of James Baldwin’s timeless lessons in time for what would have been his 100th birthday.

By James Peterson

Art for Change: Embracing Happenstance

Sculptor, painter, and street artist NDA has taken over a floor of Old City’s Paradigm Gallery with an intentionally “overwhelming” installation that invites exploration, curiosity, and audience collaboration. The latest in a series with Forman Arts Initiative.

By RJ Rushmore

Guest Commentary: “Fashion Is A Profound Form of Communication”

Rad Girls’ Style Influencer of the Year is an icon for what she wears. But to her, clothes are about every woman’s power, resilience and joy

By Erikka Banks

Book Excerpt: The Long Ride Home — Black Cowboys in America

A former Inquirer photojournalist spent more than 30 years photographing Black cowboys across the country — including here in Philadelphia. Here, an excerpt from his new book

By Ron Tarver

The Citizen Recommends: Circle of Hope Book Launch

New Yorker author Eliza Griswold followed a progressive local church through its last fraught days following the murder of George Floyd. Join us August 12 for a book release party and conversation about the lessons learned for America

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

The Citizen Recommends: Philadelphia Revealed

Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts invites the public to connect — and contribute — to Philadelphia’s history through a vast collection of historical objects and artifacts

By Christina Griffith

Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on Gay Penguins and Book Bans

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with authors Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, authors of And Tango Makes Three, to talk about the contemporary children's classic about non traditional families and the efforts to ban it

By Ali Velshi

Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Banning The Poet X

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member speaks with National Young Person’s Poet Laureate Elizabeth Acevedo about young women learning the art of self-expression against the grain of faith and family

By Ali Velshi

How Do We Salvage the UArts Debacle?

A longtime university president proposes turning the university’s Center City buildings into an arts community that would make the city a destination for practicing artists

By Elaine Maimon

The New Urban Order: Big Events Like the Olympics Matter — Just Not the Way You Think

How cities prep for major happenings — like the country’s 250th anniversary, here in Philly in 2026 — matters just as much (if not more) than how the events themselves go

By Diana Lind