Topic: Covid
Playing the Vaccinations Race Card
As citywide vaccination rates drop, a veteran political consultant reflects on the absurdity of the city’s failed attempts at vaccine equity
By Ken SmuklerJobs, Jobs, Jobs
What’s the one thing few leaders are talking about as we secure a $2.7 billion windfall? Growing jobs. Is there a plan for that?
By Larry PlattVax to Win
Want to boost Covid vaccination rates in Philly? We should take a cue from any number of state and local governments around the country—Free cars! Savings bonds! A million bucks!!— and incentivize that shot
By Christine Speer LejeuneThis Election Day, Let’s Vote and Vax
Want to increase vaccination rates and voter turnout? Philly 3.0’s engagement director has an idea for that
By Jon GeetingHow Will We Recover?
Pew researchers reveal the troubling stats from a troubling year—and raise questions about how we will address the inequities that emerged in 2020
By Larry Eichel and Katie Martin“We have to take care of one another”
Reflections from a best-selling author and the creator of The Citizen’s forthcoming podcast about gun violence in our city, Philly Under Fire
By Jo Piazza“I Miss My Neighborhood”
Emma Copley Eisenberg, author and co-founder of Blue Stoop, the nonprofit that nurtures writers of all walks, pays tribute to the thing she’s missed most during the pandemic: her community.
By Emma Copley EisenbergReflections After a Year of Covid
Philadelphians of all stripes share what the past year of pandemic living has taught them—for better and for worse
Fear Is Not Irrational
But, The Citizen’s executive editor notes, it is, also, not all there is.
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyTransformation (Re)Defined
A WURD radio host and entrepreneur reflects on the four “Fs” that have come to the forefront this year: family, finances, fitness and faith
By Syreeta Martin