Ideas We Should Steal

More Worker-Owned Businesses

How about a workplace where you share the wealth with your co-workers — including your boss? Pittsburgh, Boston and other cities are helping local businesses become employee-owned, with benefits for all

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

How To Up Your Election Day Game

It's Election Day, Philadelphia! Clearly, you’re going to vote. There is still more you can do

By Lauren McCutcheon and Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Do You Remember Your First Time?

Philadelphia citizens reflect on where they were, who they chose and what it felt like the first time they ... voted.

By Olivia Kram
Citizen of the Week

Ken Weinstein, Ballot Corrector

The real estate developer — along with 600 other volunteers statewide — is working to help people “cure” their rejected mail-in ballots

By Courtney DuChene

Things to Do, Election Edition

Get out the vote parties, concerts, festivals, art and more in the runup to November 5, 2024 — Election Day

By Lauren McCutcheon
Watch

Ultimate Job Interview of Attorney General Candidates

See how Republican David Sunday, Democrat Eugene DePasquale, and, in his first public forum, Forward Party candidate Eric Settle described their job qualifications in a Pittsburgh event

By Courtney Duchene and Lauren McCutcheon

Vote Like Mount Airy Votes

Voting divisions in Northwest Philly have among the most engaged voters in the city — including, in one division, 90 percent turnout. The reason is not what you might think

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Guest Commentary

Gen Z Voters Need More

A teenage Philadelphian on why her generation isn't taking just “Yes” for an answer

By Lanaa Dantzler
Guest Commentary

Our Elections are Safe, Secure, and We All Must Participate

A longtime election worker and now City Council staffer pushes back on false narratives that harm our democratic process — and explains how Philly’s voting machines really work

By Max Weisman

PA’s Secret Weapon to Fight Climate Change

A bipartisan Philadelphia-based group is spreading the word about Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment in the hopes the 53-year-old law can protect our endangered environment today

By Courtney DuChene