The Virus and the City

Averting a Lost Decade

Without real, immediate structural change, we risk creating more racial wealth disparities than we had pre-pandemic. Drexel’s Metro Finance Head has a blueprint for recovery

By Bruce Katz and Mary Ellen Wiederwohl

Dear Teachers

This school year was hard. You know who made it easier for the rest of us? Teachers

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Guest Commentary

Who will step up to respond to our city’s mental health crisis?

The president of Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha challenges local partners to join their efforts to address escalating depression and anxiety in Philly’s marginalized neighborhoods

By Nilda Ruiz and Dr. Hector Colon-Rivera
The Virus and the City

Keeping Parasitic Capital Away from Our Homes

Corporate investment disproportionately affected Black families’ ability to buy a house, the single most important component of wealth in the US. Drexel’s Metro Finance head lays out what we must do to fix this

By Bruce Katz and Lori Bamberger

Welcome to Fearadelphia

Philly’s new mask mandate made national news this week. Yay, us?

By Larry Platt

Philly Heroes Here!

Announcing our 2022 Integrity Icons, principled public service heroes we all need. Vote for your favorite now.

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
The Virus and the City

The Rise of DIY Investment

Drexel’s Metro Finance Lab director dives into how deliberate and creative planning is helping regions around the country—including Philly’s 52nd Street business corridor—maximize federal recovery funds

By Bruce Katz and Avanti Krovi

Save the Moms!

How to care for the over-burdened, burned-out moms of Covid. And why now, at the pandemic’s two-year mark, we actually have to.

By Christine Speer Lejeune
The Virus and the City

The State of American Competitiveness

We are in a massively disruptive moment, Drexel’s Metro Finance Lab head says. Here’s how we can learn from a $1 billion Build Back Better challenge.

By Bruce Katz, Colin Higgins, Avanti Krovi, Sarena Martinez and Brian Reyes

Your Miserable ER Experience Isn’t Just Because of Covid

Will the pandemic be a wake-up call about the weaknesses in emergency care? Or will it be a death blow? The answer is in what we do next. 

By Christine Speer Lejeune