Politics

Here, some of the things Philadelphians cared about in an anxiety-inducing year — and what we’re looking forward to in 2025

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member on one way the new President could avoid economic disaster

In partnership with Committee of Seventy, we’ve created a visual representation of the per-resident cost of the City's budget — and how it has changed from last year

This week, Brendan Boyle was honored for his civility — while passing bipartisan legislation. Can the 47-year-old five-term congressman offer an object lesson for how we can get back to common purpose? Or is he the last of a dying breed?

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

Guest host Charles Coleman Jr. sits down with 1619 Project author Nikole Hannah-Jones to discuss the threat the new administration represents to a free press — and the public

The fallout from last week’s musings about the sheriff and a litany of ex-con officials who are back on the public payroll raises a lot of questions: What is illegal, and what’s just … kinda gross?

Mayor Parker’s Clean and Green initiative is a great slogan and even a potential game changer. But what about cleaning up local government?

How can voters and politicians better communicate with each other?

A political consultant on why Senator-elect Dave McCormick must continue the longtime incumbent’s legacy of bipartisan problem-solving for all Pennsylvanians