“Are You Open?”

In this excerpt from his memoir about life, family and baseball, Marc Vetri’s business partner looks back on the tentative early days of their legendary Philly restaurant — and the moment he got to share with his dad

By Jeff Benjamin with Greg Jones

It’s Not You. It’s Me

Philly-based science journalist Catherine Price reframes our phone habits as a relationship rather than a moral failing, creating space for honest reflection in an otherwise charged conversation

By David Williams
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Ali Velshi on Burying Ukrainian Manuscripts to Keep them from Russian Hands

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with author and Journalist Yaroslav Trofimov to discuss how Ukrainian literature is preserving the nation's history — and its future

By Ali Velshi
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Martin & Malcolm & America Book Club

A new book club series at Temple’s Blockson Library aims to cast a new light on American icons.

By Jessica Blatt Press

How to Make that Super Bowl Feeling Last Forever …

The Birds won by playing as a team. You can, too. Join something!

By Lauren McCutcheon
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Build It Boldly by Kimberly McGlonn

Read an excerpt from the entrepreneur / civic activist’s book about building a business with social impact. Then, join her and Citizen Co-founder Larry Platt on February 3

By Kimberly McGlonn
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The Free Library Author Series

A new team with a new vision has taken on the prestigious event series, with authors from Chris Hayes to Anthony Fauci to poets, novelists, commentators and other writers of our moment. The Citizen is proud to be a media partner this spring

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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What Would King Say Today?

In a rousing conversation at the 2024 Ideas We Should Steal Festival, MLK biographers Jonathan Eig and Michael Eric Dyson share what’s still true about the America that the “radical” and “woke” King fought for

By Lauren McCutcheon

What Really Happened When Dylan Went Electric?

The South Philly-based author of the book that’s the basis for the biopic A Complete Unknown on what the movie missed, how the Dylan and Swift cults compare, and who owns pop culture antihero status today.

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What to Read About Housing this Year

Several housing-focused books are coming out this winter and spring. Here, 12 worth your time in 2025

By Diana Lind