Elections

Think you have what it takes to make democracy work? Committee of Seventy’s CEO on how and why you should become one of 5,100 elected poll workers this year.

Sorry, you can’t abandon the major parties — because Philly needs your primary vote. We also need open primaries. Here’s how that might actually happen

A former Republican political staffer on what the party’s surprising success in the state — and Philly — could mean for future elections

Post Election Day, both major political parties have — once again — abandoned the state they spent so much time in. A local political consultant on why they must listen to voters every year

Twenty years ago, CHOP’s renowned vaccinologist talked about vaccine safety with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's nominee to lead Health and Human Services. It’s time to set the record straight about what Offit really said

Almost every election Philadelphia struggles to recruit enough people to operate our polling stations, which puts our democracy at risk. What if we made like Nebraska, and … drafted them instead?

In an emotional post-election live podcast taping, former Mayor Michael Nutter of Philadelphia and former Mayor Kasim Reed of Atlanta talk with a New Yorker writer and the filmmaker of a documentary about Chicago’s first Black mayor

Drexel’s Metro Finance director on the return of “New Localism” in the second age of Trump

Senator Casey’s desperate attempt to keep his seat and his silence while supporters mimicked Trump-like rationale was not a good look

In a post-election special of our podcast, former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed break down what the hell just happened — and where cities go from here