Listening to Jeff Brown

He has done more to bring fresh food to inner cities than any other grocer—as with his upscale, affordable new store on Monument Road. So why is the Mayor attacking him over the soda tax?

By Larry Platt
The Citizen Updates

Healthy Rowhouse Project

The two-year-old nonprofit and the city discuss a low-interest loan program—one of the first in the country—to help homeowners repair their houses

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Is the Soda Tax Legal?

It’s likely to pass City Council on Thursday. But will it amount to nothing?

By Stephen St. Vincent

Flubbing Politics

Mayor Kenney’s soda tax initiative seems to be crumbling around him—and he has no one to blame but himself

By Stephen St. Vincent
Ideas We Should Steal

Ranked Choice Voting

How Donald Trump’s almost certain nomination highlights our broken voting system

By Stephen St. Vincent

Yo, Kenney and Clarke, Read This Book!

Vetri partner Jeff Benjamin has some ideas for improving relations between you and your government

By Larry Platt

The Revolution Is Operational

When’s the last time you encountered the city bureaucracy and said to yourself, “Wow, what great customer service?"

By Larry Platt

Deconstructing Jerry

A school reformer takes on PFT President Jerry Jordan

By Kevin Trainer

The Comeback of Charters?

Twenty years in, good charter schools are self-policing and calling for the closing of bad ones. Is it enough to get the movement’s mojo back?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Deja Vu All Over Again?

Three recent stories in our politics felt depressingly familiar. And one development didn’t.

By Larry Platt