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How to Really Run a City

The Citizen’s new podcast starring former Philly Mayor Michael Nutter and former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed dives deep into the mystery and mastery of urban leadership. Here’s why it’s needed now more than ever

By Larry Platt
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Mayors Michael Nutter and Kasim Reed

The fiery ex-mayors shared important lessons for successfully leading American cities at our annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival. For starters: You have to take care of the basics.

Maybe Not an Oxymoron

Can Philly’s Innovation Management group make “bureaucrat” a synonym for “problem-solver” in City Hall, one employee at a time?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Citizen Sports

Sideline Poli-Sci

Eagles coaches have long mirrored the Philly political eras in which they worked. What does that mean today?

By Dave Kyu
New Blood

City Council Candidate Eryn Santamoor

A former Nutter administration policy nerd has — not surprisingly — drafted an action plan for the city with depth and clarity. The next in an ongoing series wonders, will it matter?

By Larry Platt

Tax Addiction

Mayor Kenney seems more committed to the soda tax than to the programs it was meant to fund. Why?

By Larry Platt

The Letdown of the Political Memoir

Michael Nutter has written a book that raises an important question: Why?

By Larry Platt

In Defense of Politics

What do Tom Wolf, Kathleen Kane and Donald Trump have in common? None are practitioners of the art of politics. Enough with on-the-job trainees

By Larry Platt

How Philly Beat Veteran Homelessness

In two years, the city eradicated a shameful trend. Here’s how we did it.

By Kyle Mountain

Great for Philly…But Not Philadelphians?

Marc Vetri elaborates on what many were thinking: Did we really need to become a ghost town to host the Pope?

By Larry Platt