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Mayoral Misdiagnosis?
Cherelle Parker’s budget boiled down to jobs versus housing. Did she and City Council make the right bet?
By Larry Platt
Veteran-Owned Businesses in Philadelphia
Support these local businesses opened by local veterans after their military service
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy and Katherine Rapin
The Answer to Trump’s Tariffs?
An active member of the circular economy argues it’s not about forcing competitive levies. It’s about using existing systems to finesse an advantage
By Nicolas Esposito
Is the Four-Day Workweek the Answer to … Everything?
Why Tokyo’s new worker policy may be just what Philly needs
By Diana Lind
Ali Velshi On The Trump Austerity Economy
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member explains how Americans are sacrificing basic services and affordable goods for the sake of subsidizing tax cuts for the rich
By Ali Velshi
“Second Chance” Hiring is Good for the City’s Future
Training and hiring hard-to-employ Philadelphians isn’t just a benefit for them — it’s good for all of us, says the head of a local workforce development nonprofit
By Nic Watson
“The Best Pre-Apprenticeship Program I’ve Seen”
Eastern State Penitentiary and Rebuild have teamed up to train Philadelphians for well-paid careers in construction. Here’s a look at how they’re doing it
By Rachel Wisniewski
Community Colleges Are Good Investments
Pennsylvania’s 15 community colleges generate over $13.6 billion in economic impact each year. The president of Montgomery County Community College on what they need to do even more
By Victoria L. Bastecki-Perez
Can Philly Still Become “Cellicon Valley?”
Layoffs, vacant labs and NIH cuts are diminishing the once-booming biotech sector. But there is still promise for the region
By Malcolm Burnley
Ali Velshi Explains How Even With The Tariff Pause, Prices Went Up
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member reintroduces our hypothetical American "Betty" to hash out the damage that tariffs are causing our economy, despite the "pause"
By Ali Velshi