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50+ Gifts To Give Joy and Do Good
The Citizen’s annual guide to gifts for the people — and the city — you love. (Suck it, Amazon. We’re shopping local!)
The Specialest Philly Specials Record Ever?
Can the Philly Specials’ third holiday record — featuring Stevie Nicks and Mt. Joy — sway a Christmas music grinch? A song-by-song review
The Best Holiday Things to Do in Philly This Year
Tree lightings, makers markets, pop-up Christmas bars, live concerts, destination light displays, family festivities and several Nutcrackers: Everything you want and need to know about holidays in Philadelphia
Penn Bets Big On Green
The city's largest private employer is enacting an ambitious sustainability plan that could be a model for the rest of Philly — and the country
Guest Commentary: Time for Shapiro to Ditch Corporate Welfare and Cut Red Tape
A policy analyst for the state’s free market think tank on how to grow Pennsylvania’s stagnant economy
Art for Change: Painting Behind Iron and Steel
As a young man, Spel was one of Philadelphia’s most-recognized graffiti writers. Since 1990, he’s been restricted to making art behind bars, incarcerated for a crime that he says he did not commit. The next in our Art for Change series
Listen: Ali Velshi on How to Hold the Line Against Dictatorship
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews Filipina journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa, author of How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future
Big Rube’s Philly: Jon Metz
The iconic chef, photographer and brand maker meets up with a Philadelphia wood burning artist known for his portraits of Eagles, Phillies, dogs and, on occasion, beer
15+ Ways to Help Others this Thanksgiving
Before and after you hunker down for the big meal, take time to make the holiday more special for your fellow Philadelphians.
Guest Commentary: The Best Gift You Don’t Have To Wrap
A mission-driven storyteller on the power and beauty of sharing and listening this holiday season