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2025 Ideas We Should Steal Festival
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
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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
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
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
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
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