2025 Ideas We Should Steal Festival

By The Philadelphia Citizen
Ideas We Should Steal

University Brains To Solve City Problems

City governments around the country have partnered with local researchers to find solutions to issues like traffic congestion and fighting fires. Why won’t Philly take advantage of our local colleges to do the same?

By Malcolm Burnley

Ideas We Should Scale Showcase

By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff

That Time Ambassador David Cohen Agreed to Chair the Citizen’s Board

The civic giant and ubiquitous local doer advised Mayor Ed Rendell and Comcast’s Brian Roberts before becoming President Biden’s Ambassador to Canada. Here's why he’s made The Citizen his first new role since returning to Philly

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

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By Ralph Thorn
How to Really Run a City

America’s Next Green Tech Hub?

In the latest episode of our podcast, former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and guest host Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti learn why Riverside, CA’s Patricia Lock Dawson is optimistic about the future

By J.P. Romney
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My City, My Story at City Hall

A new photo exhibit — by kids! — in the heart of the city reveals how they see their corners of the world

By Sam Bergheiser
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The School District’s Own Efficiency Team

GOP legislators want to investigate wasteful spending in Philadelphia schools. A high school teacher knows just who they should ask

By Lydia Kulina-Washburn
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Ronald v. Donald on Black Educators

The divergence between these two GOP presidents highlights how far half of the body politic has moved in just under four decades

By Sharif El-Mekki

Does Philly Need Our Own (Gulp!) DOGE?

While Oligarch-in-Chief Musk wages culture war on the so-called deep state, what’s the way forward for local and national Democrats? Actually showing they can make government work better for you

By Larry Platt