Topic: DOGE

Is this Really Government “Efficiency”?
Trump and DOGE supposedly want to make public institutions more efficient. So why, a longtime university president wonders, are they targeting a local higher ed consortium that brings in money and impacts thousands?
By Elaine Maimon
Will Trump’s Budget Cuts Mean More Shootings?
Despite helping to slow bloodshed, several local gun violence prevention community groups are losing federal funding
By Mensah M. Dean
The New Urban Order
Move Fast and Build Things
What if Philly and other cities actually fixed problems ... quickly?
By Diana Lind
Does Philly Need Our Own (Gulp!) DOGE?
While Oligarch-in-Chief Musk wages culture war on the so-called deep state, what’s the way forward for local and national Democrats? Actually showing they can make government work better for you
By Larry Platt