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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.
What Do We Mean By Public and Private Today?
In today’s rancorous schools debate, old distinctions no longer apply
Citizen of the Week: Liz Arnold
The West Philly anti-fracking activist won’t stop speaking her truth to power