How to Build More Housing without the Feds

President Trump is set to disrupt housing policy as we know it. Here’s how Drexel’s Metro Finance head says cities and states can take over

By Bruce Katz
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What a Typewriter Taught Me about Human Connection

A local artist has traveled America inviting people to write letters to the President on her vintage typewriter. See her March 8 at the Free Library for the Global Day of Unplugging

By Sheryl Oring
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Who Will Protect You Now?

A former city worker was recently fired from the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which President Trump plans to shut down. That’s a win for scammers and price-gougers

By Nick Hand
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More Random Applause, Please

Let’s just clap for each other. Because the country is on fire and the bucket brigade needs to start somewhere

By Ronnie Polaneczky

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

By Courtney DuChene

Choose Democracy

The 2024 election was the beginning, not the end, of saving our democracy. Here's what else you can do

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Guest Commentary

Tired Of Political Attack Ads Yet?

There is no escape from the negative campaigning in Philadelphia from both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. A Temple University professor on why that may do candidates and voters more harm than good

By Heather LaMarre
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Ali Velshi on Trump, The Wannabe One-Day Dictator

The MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member Ali Velshi says Trump's double-down on being dictator for a day is a blunt authoritarian threat

By Ali Velshi
Guest Commentary

Who or What Am I Most Resisting?

A citizen's prayer for our fractured times, from a local leader of the B Corp movement

By Jay Coen Gilbert
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Ali Velshi on Trump’s Rhetoric and the Word “Vermin”

The MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member asks that we pay attention to Trump's rhetoric, which has moved from bizarre to dangerous

By Ali Velshi