Jobs
Need Skilled Workers? Look Here
Some 87 percent of companies nationwide will have skills gaps in their workforce over the next few years. Community colleges may have the solution, says a local college president
By Victoria L. Bastecki-Perez
Grow Your Own Black Teacher Pipeline
A donor helped fund a fellowship to bring new teachers of color to a suburban district. Here’s why a local educator thinks it’s an idea worth stealing
By Matt Reid
A Progressive Arena Deal?
In Milwaukee, a sports arena deal has led to a pro-growth, pro-union, working class, cross-racial revival. Could it be a model for all development in Philly?
By Larry Platt
Winning the Decade
Drexel’s Metro Finance head talks to Greater St. Louis CEO about how the Missouri city turned pandemic tragedy into urban prosperity. Hint: It’s all about jobs
By Bruce Katz
Educate Adults For Teaching as a Second Career
Philadelphia’s teacher shortage keeps getting worse. A long-time university president finds solutions from her own past, and from the UK, where a program has trained 850 professionals for new jobs as teachers
By Elaine Maimon
Beyond Starbucks
Will the push to unionize small local coffee shops in Philly signal the death knell of the neighborhood cafe?
By Malcolm Burnley
Disruptors Ryan Boyer and Michael Forman
The finance CEO and labor leader are determined to make Philadelphia the most equitable, fastest growing big city in America together.
By Larry Platt
American Trench
The Main Line company stocks rugged, classic apparel made in the U.S.A. that’s made to grow jobs — and made to last
By Courtney DuChene
Right About Unions
If Republicans want to be the party of the working class, they must make common cause with an important working class institution: unions.
By George Hofmann
Ali Velshi on Trump’s Rhetoric and the Word “Vermin”
The MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member asks that we pay attention to Trump's rhetoric, which has moved from bizarre to dangerous
By Ali Velshi