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Ideas We Should Steal: Books Around the Block
Want to ensure that Philadelphia children can read? Let’s do what they did in Minneapolis: Get books into their homes
What We Can Learn from the Phillies
Our baseball team has run a clinic on how not to run a company
Ideas We Should Steal: Plant More Trees
Trees provide shade, reduce energy consumption and prettify our city. But still Philadelphians—and even the mayor himself—have made it harder to plant as many as we should. Why can’t we be more like D.C.?
Solutions In Lieu of Taxes
Political consultant Ken Smukler has a bold plan for how universities can make the city better. Now all he has to do is convince Jim Kenney to think big
Your City Defined: Philly Accent (Filé Ack-scent)
Do you talk like a Philly native?
City Council To The Rescue?
Councilman Mark Squilla auctioned off nearly $2 million in city-owned land. What could go wrong?
The Subsidy Stakes
How to get more value out of the city’s subsidized real estate
Meet the Disruptor: W/N W/N Coffee
Can a democratically run, all-purpose coffee shop/restaurant/bar in the Eraserhood be ethical and sustainable...while making money?
Getting Civics Off Life Support
We know less about our democracy than ever before. Want more civic-minded adults? Midge Rendell and others say let’s get back to starting in the classroom
It Takes A Village
Once hobbled, St. Martin de Porres Catholic school is thriving again with the help of local partners