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Civility? In Politics? … Now?
This week, Brendan Boyle was honored for his civility — while passing bipartisan legislation. Can the 47-year-old five-term congressman offer an object lesson for how we can get back to common purpose? Or is he the last of a dying breed?
76 Place: What Does Great City Planning Look Like?
It’s a process that puts the city and citizens first — unlike, according to urban planner Harris Steinberg of the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, what happened with 76 Place, the proposed Sixers arena.
Art for Change: Cut and Paste
Jake Dombroski’s Collage Philadelphia is building a community around the most accessible of art forms, including in a show now open at the Athenaeum
Meet the Citizens of the Year
The Citizen is proud to introduce our annual group of all-stars who are making Philadelphia better — and inspiring us all to do the same.
The Citizen Recommends: Evening Stories on WURD
Evening WURDs host and Citizen contributor James Peterson launches a short story club on his program this Thursday night. Everyone is invited
Is Another Trash Day Really The Best Way To Clean Philly?
The City is spending $11 million to test out a second trash day for parts of South Philly and Center City. Here, Philly's former Litter Czar offers (much) better ways to spend that money
Life in Poverty, Punctuated by Gun Violence
Philadelphia’s status as the nation’s poorest big city is a major cause of its gunfire.
Listen: Velshi Guest Host Charles Coleman Jr. and Nikole Hannah-Jones on the Free Press
Guest host Charles Coleman Jr. sits down with 1619 Project author Nikole Hannah-Jones to discuss the threat the new administration represents to a free press — and the public
The New Urban Order: The Surprising Facts of U.S. Housing
The latest U.S. Census data gives a clearer picture of American home ownership — and the perils of renting
Guest Commentary: A Conversation with RFK Jr.
Twenty years ago, CHOP’s renowned vaccinologist talked about vaccine safety with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's nominee to lead Health and Human Services. It’s time to set the record straight about what Offit really said