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Why Kendrick Vs. Drake is a Proxy War
The rap battle everyone is talking about is really about race, identity, Black/Jewish relations, and this American moment. A Citizen exclusive from a bestselling author and public intellectual.
By Michael Eric Dyson![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ethan_Young-791x400.jpeg)
“People Can Be Right About Different Things”
Checking in with a writer and photographer at Penn’s Daily Pennsylvanian, on covering protests, a presidential resignation and the pro-Gaza encampment on campus this year
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Homelessness_Philadelphia-791x400.jpg)
The New Urban Order: The Supreme Court Will Decide if Homelessness is a Crime
How will the ruling in City of Grants Pass, Oregon, v. Gloria Johnson affect how Philadelphia addresses our own homelessness crisis?
By Diana Lind![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/HTTRAC_Charles_Blow_Header-791x400.png)
Listen: Reverse Racial Migration, Misogyny and the Math of Democracy
The newest episode of our How to Really Run a City podcast welcomes New York Times journalist and documentarian Charles Blow
By Jessica Blatt Press![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Brad_Merrell_Skyline_Flood_2021_HED-791x400.jpg)
Is Philly Ready for Disaster?
Climate change, mass attacks and environmental catastrophes have caused death and destruction nationwide. Here’s how our city is preparing for the unthinkable
By Christine Speer Lejeune![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Parker-Inaugural-Clap-Photo-by-Albert-Yee-791x400.jpg)
Three Quick Wins for Cherelle Parker
Here’s how our new mayor can make friends with her constituents right quick
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Philadelphia_Firsts-2-791x400.jpg)
Philly Was First
Philadelphians invented Girl Scout Cookies, bubblegum, the American schoolhouse, the computer — and the research that led to Covid-19 vaccines. Here are ways to celebrate the many firsts from our city on the first of this new year
By Jessica Blatt Press![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Phillies_Celebration-791x400.jpg)
The Historic, Wacky, Disappointing, Rage-Inducing, Hopeful Year that Was … 2023
Whether you’re happy to see the back of 2023, or it was your best year ever, Philadelphians cared, as always, about the things that mattered — and some that didn’t. Here’s what it means for 2024
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy