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New Blood: Is Philly ready for a bleeding-heart conservative?

In the third of an ongoing series, meet Terry Tracy: a reformer bent on shaking things up and the rarest of Philadelphia creatures – a Republican.

Citizen of the Week: Rob and Vicki Amand

Their daughter was stricken with leukemia. So they decided to do something for all families going through what they went through

Ideas We Should Steal: Let’s Diet!

Challenged by its mayor, Oklahoma City lost a collective 1 million pounds. Philly once tried—and failed— the same thing. Here’s how, this time, we can succeed

Is This Really What $2.6 Billion Buys?

The Philadelphia School District Budget Should Be Big Enough To Educate Our Kids. Here’s Why It Isn’t

The Publics and the Catholics

Why a revolution in Catholic School education is important to the City

New Blood: A Former Janitor Turned Policy Wonk Talks Solutions

A desperately needed new generation is stepping up to change Philly by changing City Council. In the second of an ongoing series, meet at-large candidate George Matysik

Citizen of the Week: Emaleigh Doley

For Emaleigh Doley, W. Rockland Street isn’t just home. It’s an urban betterment lab.

Ideas We Should Steal: Zero-Based Budgeting

Josh Shapiro has reimagined how suburban public dollars are spent—and reinvented government in the process.

Schooling Millennials

Will opening a new charter school in—and for—Center City keep millennials from splitting for the suburbs?

New Blood: From The Trailer Park to the Boardroom…to City Council?

A desperately needed new generation is stepping up to change Philly by changing City Council. In the first of an ongoing series, meet at-large candidate Tom Wyatt.