Politics

You decide. After a DUI conviction over a decade ago, the mayoral candidate spent three days behind bars. Here, testimony excerpts

Ahmad is the only City Council At-Large candidate who would bring two disparate experiences to the role: as a war survivor and a scientist

The former mayor and governor's endorsement includes advice and a challenge on how to govern Philadelphia

The executive director of Old City District is running for City Council At-Large with a plan that bring quality-of-life issues — cleaning streets, serving people with addiction — to every neighborhood in the city

MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member believes it's time to revisit what our founders meant by "representative democracy"

For democracy to work, citizens need to hold electeds to account for their actions — even if they’re leaders we really, really like.

There are two ways to teach an ideologically divided classroom: Ignore them; or engage them. Could this be a lesson for political discourse outside school too?

The issues that impact voters’ everyday lives are behind-the-scenes, in the streets and even in our homes. Philadelphia’s former managing director on some other things our next leader should pay attention to

In last week's debate, Jeff Brown took heat for what he said about our Delco neighbor. But other candidates also seemed unaware of the real issue behind where our trash goes

A former mayoral candidate-turned-award-winning documentarian amends his take on this year’s race for the city’s top post.