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Guest Commentary: The Insurance Trap Killing Philly Public Spaces

The City’s rules make street improvements like parklets and streeteries onerous for organizations. A pair of transportation researchers found no good reason to keep them

Your Guide to Philadelphia Pride 2026

Your guide to Philly's lineup of LGBTQIA+ events this month. Things to do for families, partiers, sports fans and arts aficionados

The Citizen Recommends: We The People with Ali Velshi

The MS NOW anchor and Citizen board member brings a lineup of boldface names to Philly for pre-Fourth a conversation about our democracy in this pivotal moment

Investing in Logan Elementary

The community school in North Philadelphia has grown and prospered because of neighbors’ and outsiders’ involvement — and, coincidentally, a man named Prosper

Guest Commentary: A Dollar Won’t Do

City Council has one chance to get rideshare taxation right, says an urbanist and strategist. His solution combines the ideas of Parker, Uber and economics 101

A Guide to Free and Affordable Youth Sports in Philadelphia

Travel sports are a small fortune — these opportunities for your kids aren’t

Integrity Icon 2026: Michelle Bailey, Water Whisperer

For elevating the unseen work of more than 2,000 Philadelphians and creatively ensuring all 1.6 million of us can have access to clean, affordable water, this public relations specialist deserves our praise

Listen: Ali Velshi On The Real Reason Your Utilities Prices Are Rising

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member explains how a broken business model is behind utility bills Americans can't afford

The Citizen Recommends: Art Philly’s What Now Festival

A five-week extravaganza brings music, visual art, performance, film, dance and more art to neighborhoods across the city in celebration of our country’s founding

INTEGRITY ICON 2026: Keith Scott, Beef-Squasher Extraordinaire

For the role he’s played in preventing violence and keeping neighborhoods more whole, Scott is one of this year’s Integrity Icon winners. Come celebrate him and all of this year’s winners on June 3!