Citizen of the Week

James Gaddy

Yoga helped the North Carolina native through life’s struggles. Now, he’s sharing the skills he’s honed with a new generation in Camden

By Siobhan Gleason

Why Not Us?

Pennsylvania leads the world in cancer research. So why is Texas turbo-charging its economy by investing so much more in the fight?

By Richard Vague
Business For Good

iBreastExam

The device, by a Philly-area engineer, is helping poor women around the world check for breast cancer earlier and cheaper. It could save lives here, as well

By Michaela Haas
Ideas We Should Steal

Men’s Sheds

A global nonprofit making its way across the U.S. is fighting loneliness and depression in older men by bringing them together to build things. Could the next shed be here in Philly?

By Jill Harkins

It’s Your Move

A new campaign for teens—and by teens—aims to stop prescription opioid misuse

By Katherine Bourque
Citizens of the Week

Erin Kreszl and Christine Kondra

When these local sisters lost their beloved cousin to a ruptured brain aneurysm, they vowed to spare others their heartbreak

By Jessica Blatt Press
Ideas We Should Steal

Barbershop Confessions

Black men are among the most traumatized people in the country, and also the least likely to seek help. That’s why an Arkansas man is bringing mental health help to where they are: barbershops

By Michaela Haas
The Citizen Recommends

Running While Female

Headhouse Books hosts a conversation with three local women who are running for office. Could this be the year women make their political mark?

By James Meadows
The Citizen Recommends

Clinica de Migrantes

HBO made a documentary highlighting Puentes de Salud, a vital, volunteer-run Philly health clinic for immigrants

By Syra Ortiz-Blanes
Ideas We Should Steal

Minister of Loneliness

Britain appointed the world’s first official to combat an epidemic of loneliness. A similar post here could save lives

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy