Guest Commentary: How 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

What We Can Learn From John Fetterman

The Senator’s public admission of his mental health struggles sends an important signal — especially, a young Philadelphian argues, for other men

By Jemille Q. Duncan

Guest Commentary: Six Ways Schools Can Better Serve Students

The heads of two local youth organizations asked students what they needed to feel safe and well-served in schools. Here, some solutions to fix what ails the system

By Darryl Bundrige and Donna Cooper

Guest Commentary: PA Adults with Autism Deserve More

Pennsylvania has among the fewest housing options for people with intellectual disabilities. That, a mother, scholar and advocate notes, causes them harm — and wastes all of our money

By Amy Lutz

Listen: Ali Velshi on Mental Health Care — and Eric Adams’ Policy

MSNBC host and Citizen Board Member Ali Velshi breaks down the policy of hospitalizing mentally ill persons against their will — and explains why we still wrestle with it today

By Ali Velshi

Ideas We Should Steal: A Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health Care

An Oklahoma program helps save police resources and provide better care for residents in distress. Could Philly do the same to combat our mental health care crisis?

By Jessica Blatt Press

Generation Change Philly: The Healthcare Revolutionary

Penn Medicine’s Shreya Kangovi has created a community health model that has worked with 16,000 Philadelphians and has been replicated in 18 states. The key? Listening

By Natalie Pompilio

Ideas We Should Steal: Mental Health Days for Philly Students

Twelve U.S. states allow school kids to take excused days off for emotional well-being. PA should too

By Courtney DuChene