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No Benefits Left Behind
When Benefits Data Trust closed earlier this year, some experts foresaw a calamitous impact on public benefits access. Now nonprofits are stepping up to stop that from happening
The Canary in the Coal Mine of School Dysfunction
Philadelphia teachers “migrate” between schools at an alarming rate. A high school educator set out to find out what that means for students
Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club ReadsSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, to discuss her coming-of-age-novel and the targeting of LGBTQ+ stories
Ideas We Should Steal: Draft Poll Workers Like We Do Juries
Almost every election Philadelphia struggles to recruit enough people to operate our polling stations, which puts our democracy at risk. What if we made like Nebraska, and … drafted them instead?
The 2017 Law That Could Boost Housing Under Trump 2.0
Drexel’s Metro Finance head on what cities can learn from … Alabama
The Fix: Has Our Corruption Gotten Worse?
Mayor Parker’s Clean and Green initiative is a great slogan and even a potential game changer. But what about cleaning up local government?
The New Urban Order: No One Really Knows What’s Going On
How can voters and politicians better communicate with each other?
How to Really Run A City: Topple the Machine, Make Fairer the City
In an emotional post-election live podcast taping, former Mayor Michael Nutter of Philadelphia and former Mayor Kasim Reed of Atlanta talk with a New Yorker writer and the filmmaker of a documentary about Chicago’s first Black mayor
Calling All Nonprofit Leaders!
The Fitler Club Foundation’s new impact residency offers a year of membership, wellness and mentoring for the most worthy Philadelphians — those on the frontlines of helping others
Guest Commentary: What Bob Casey’s Departure Means for Pennsylvania’s Future
A political consultant on why Senator-elect Dave McCormick must continue the longtime incumbent’s legacy of bipartisan problem-solving for all Pennsylvanians