Topic: Ideas We Should Steal

Ideas We Should Steal

CityScore

In Boston, two dozen metrics combine to score how the city is doing on a daily basis. Is Philly primed to do the same?

By Alex Braden
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Better Socks for the Homeless

Plus: Improving lifelong health by rooting out childhood trauma, and a more efficient way to map potholes

By Stephen St. Vincent
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Paris Goes Car-Free

Plus: The Philly police invite you to inspect their data, and refusing to give mass shooters their 15 minutes of fame

By Stephen St. Vincent
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A New Way to Measure Gun Violence

Plus: City planning with women in mind, and giving glasses to LGBT individuals experiencing homeless

By Stephen St. Vincent
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A Homeless Shelter that Gives Booze to Alcoholics

Plus: Confronting water discrimination, and why texting and driving isn't that dangerous

By Stephen St. Vincent
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Appointing a Bike Mayor

Plus: Smarter trash pickup, and teaching coal miners to code

By Stephen St. Vincent
Ideas We Should Steal

Make Election Day into a Holiday

They do it in India and Germany and even Puerto Rico. And more people show up to vote

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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Minimum Wage Increase Hasn’t Raised Prices

Plus: An app to remove gender bias in job postings, and San Francisco requires solar panels on all new buildings

By Stephen St. Vincent
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Philly’s Plan to Reduce the Prison Population

Plus: John Oliver on lead poisoning, and a civil rights movement for sexual assault survivors

By Stephen St. Vincent
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Ban Tax Day!

Plus: PA's Clean Slate Act gives ex-offenders a second chance, and gamifying the grocery store for healthy shopping

By Stephen St. Vincent