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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

Ideas We Should Steal: Go Small!

Large one-size-fits-all high schools are failing.  In New York City, an experiment in small schools seems to be working.

The Lost Art

Politics are in disrepute. But recent events reveal what we need most: Leaders with old-fashioned political skill

Citizens of the Week: Darren & Phyllis Sudman

After their 3-month-old’s heart stopped during his daily nap, his parents founded a nonprofit that is changing the way we treat cardiac arrest among the young.

Wonder Woman To The Principal’s Office

Thanks to help from the Philadelphia Schools Partnership, the School District is counting on a dynamo leader to turn around a struggling elementary school. But does the District have enough dynamos to fix all its broken schools?

Citizen of the Week: Rose Brandau McGee

Serving vets and saving vets in Mayfair's Camouflage Rhino Thrift Store

A Tale of Two Parties

A dispatch from the front lines of Pennsylvania Society, and its promising alternative

The Paper Chase

How a small University City company—one of the nation’s fastest-growing—is on a mission to “make Philadelphia awesome.”