Topic: Democratic Party

Council’s passage last week of modest business tax cuts was more than a rebuke of progressives. It also might suggest that reasonableness is trending again

Councilmembers Kendra Brooks, Helen Gym and Jamie Gauthier, with an assist from Senator Elizabeth Warren, have proposed a drastic taxing of the rich in Philly. But are they unwittingly harming the middle class?

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?

Recent revelations illustrate Philly’s real political divide. Here’s why it matters.

City Council and Mayor Kenney began their new terms this week. WURD’s afternoon host wonders if that will matter at all for Philadelphians

Philly 3.0's engagement director with a fine-grained look at how citywide voting coalitions made a difference in 2019

Low turnout, broken machine politics, an invisible mayor and other unimpressive takeaways from the city’s general election

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?

Want better democracy? Philly 3.0’s engagement director calls for a more democratic decision-making process among the lowest elected bodies in the city

As part of a series on the upcoming election, an urban demographer looks at how the state Senate races are likely to play out