Elections

What do you get when you combine Philly-centered get-out-the-vote operations, Penn’s Empathy Lab, an interview with Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau — and a maverick t-shirt vendor? An awesome Citizen event, that’s what

A crew of civic-minded hospital professionals are making sure patients unexpectedly hospitalized on Election Day can cast ballots. The effort, they say, is healing in itself.

Local social justice advocates and a University City state rep want to follow Michigan’s lead and register people convicted of felonies upon release from incarceration. Such legislation could swing elections.

Beyond the horserace and political implications of this week’s presidential debate, Harris’ unmasking of Trump’s craven indecency may just be the thing that history remembers

A longtime university president considers the September 10 presidential debate in the context of Constitutional studies

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member on the Project 2025 plan to dismantle the Department of Education and subsidize wealthy private schools instead of public school

A former Philadelphia mayor once again beseeches next week’s moderators — ABC’s David Muir and Linsey Davis — to ask questions that test basic knowledge … and fact-check!

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member on Project 2025's redirection of our national security away from extremist groups and against diversity and equity

The state’s chief fiscal watchdog is on the ballot in November. Here’s why that matters, the next in our Your City (Commonwealth) Defined series

The ability to deliver a message effectively could determine our next POTUS — and is a skill, a long-time university president argues, that all students should learn