Topic: Guest Commentary
Applause for CCP Teachers
Community College teachers are opening minds and changing lives. It's time, a former Temple professor urges, we treated them with the respect they deserve
By Christina Hasaan and Sara Goldrick-RabHow Can Center City Achieve Total Recovery?
Despite what you’ve heard, downtown Philly is doing pretty well. Center City District’s President/CEO on how the city is rebounding from the last three years — and what new leaders must do
By Paul R. LevyThe Next Mayor’s Crime Prevention Plan
Cities around the country are using cameras and data analysis to solve and prevent crimes. Is there a candidate, a local resident wonders, who will do the same in Philly?
By Daniel ChertokA Mayoral Agenda for Older Philadelphians
More than 60 percent of voters are over 50. That’s just one reason, the AARP’s state director says, candidates should listen to them
By Bill Johnston-WalshA Green Agenda for the Next Mayor
Safer, healthier and more environmentally equitable neighborhoods are key to Philly’s future success. Here’s what a group of local organizations say our next mayor must do
By The Green Living Plan for Philadelphia Executive CommitteeA Democracy Agenda for Philadelphia
Mayoral and Council candidates must vow to strengthen our local democracy — and make sure government works for the people. Committee of Seventy’s chief policy officer lays out with what they should do
By Pat ChristmasPolicy Questions for Mayoral Candidates
The world — and our city — will transform over the next decade. What the next mayor does — or does not do — will shape the future, for better or worse.
By Anne GemmellBye, Bye Fiefdoms?
Philly 3.0’s engagement director on the promise a new mayor and City Council offer: Reversing the balkanized, piecemeal approach to land development Darrell Clarke has championed.
By Jon GeetingMayoral Candidates, Stop the Public Education Platitudes
Voters deserve to know how the next Mayor of Philadelphia will build the new Board of Education — and, a longtime education advocate says, how they’ll hold that board accountable
By Debra WeinerHow will the Next Mayor Address Mental Illness?
Local mental health advocates call on mayoral candidates to address the underlying issue that affects, crime, drugs, homelessness and growth
By Marc Pomper and Elizabeth Sinclair Hancq