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Ideas We Should Steal – Open Checkbook
Cities like New York and Pittsburgh allow the public to view every local government expenditure online. City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart wants to make that happen here, too
Business For Good – Ed Satell’s Latest $1 Million CEO Challenge
The veteran entrepreneur and founder of the Satell Institute is going all out to help nonprofits during Covid-19
Reality Check – REINVENTING THE POLICE ADVISORY COMMISSION WHEEL
Three years ago, Mayor Kenney “reestablished” the department’s civilian oversight board. So, WURD’s afternoon host wonders, what’s so different this time?
Ideas We Should Steal – Fighting Domestic Abuse During Covid-19
The pandemic has survivors of domestic violence trapped at home with their abusers. France, Spain and others have figured out how to reach them
Ideas We Should Steal – Ethical Policing
The New Orleans Police Department has been remade thanks to an innovative peer intervention program. Can the Philly PD undergo a similar culture change?
The Slow Death Of Black Americans
The Citizen’s new columnist reflects on what today’s media coverage glosses over: the long, wrenching story of black people in this country
Just Another Socialist Revolutionary, Policy Nerd, Organizer…And Would-Be Pol
Catching up with Nikil Saval during the homestretch of his primary challenge to State Senator Larry Farnese
$3,000 Covid-19 Forgivable Loans
A group of bold-face name Philly business leaders are funding loans to small businesses left out of PPP and, in the process, providing all of us with an object lesson
Putting Money to Work
Women’s Way is set to expand a financial coaching program that has already helped 250 low- and moderate-income women save $115,000. Could it be the key to getting them through the pandemic?
Is Now The Time to Go Softer On Public Corruption?
A ballot question amends the charter’s ban on political activity. Is there evidence that, left to their own devices, our political players will make good government choices?