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RECAP: What Ideas Are We Going To Steal?
Problem solvers from around the country shared ideas for (re)building a more perfect union at The Citizen’s 7th annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival
Raging Against the Machine
Local progressives are taking aim at Bob Brady and the Democratic machine. Is that the conversation they should be having or does this week's Free Library visit from Bill Clinton suggest another way?
Guest Commentary: Students Need Joy, Community and Fulfillment
Out of classroom enrichment programs like music and art are not frills, a new report says. They are key to making students citizens of their world
The New Urban Order: Will the Key to Climate Resilience be AI — or Dopamine?
How emerging tech can help cities fight climate change
Cities Will Save The Country
Drexel’s Metro Finance director on the return of “New Localism” in the second age of Trump
The Key To Fighting College “Elitism”
The 2024 election highlighted an education divide in the American populace. A long-time university president says the answer lies with colleges themselves
A Fitting Rebuke to Rizzo?
A monument to civil rights icon Sadie Alexander, planned for where Mayor Frank Rizzo’s used to stand, would be only the third statue of a real-life Black Philadelphian on public view
Guest Commentary: “Rescue” Food. Feed People.
A citywide pilot used nearly 3,000 meals headed to the landfill to feed over 700 needy families in Philadelphia. A sustainable business leader and City Councilperson want to make it permanent
Does Trump 2.0 Mean Game Over for the Climate?
Doomism will get us nowhere. Here’s what we can do to continue protecting the environment
Guest Commentary: The Tragic Consequences of SEPTA Cuts
CHOP’s CEO warns that letting our public transit system fail means failing children around the region