Topic: Ideas We Should Steal

Trees provide shade, reduce energy consumption and prettify our city. But still Philadelphians—and even the mayor himself—have made it harder to plant as many as we should. Why can’t we be more like D.C.?

More than fifty years ago, Cuba eradicated widespread illiteracy in one calendar year, and its literacy rate still leads the world. If Cuba can do it…why not Philly?

A British inspections system finds what works, and doesn't, without the stress of tests

Challenged by its mayor, Oklahoma City lost a collective 1 million pounds. Philly once tried—and failed— the same thing. Here’s how, this time, we can succeed

Josh Shapiro has reimagined how suburban public dollars are spent—and reinvented government in the process.

Tax credits in New York are fueling economic growth. Can that work here?