Choose Democracy

The 2024 election was the beginning, not the end, of saving our democracy. Here's what else you can do

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

12 Easy Tips for Reducing Post-Election Anxiety

Social media feeds with political gotcha moments overwhelming you? Scared of getting into it with your family member / person in line at Target / your neighbor with the big sign in their window? Dr. Z has advice

By Lauren McCutcheon

Calling All Young Philly Writers!

The Philadelphia Citizen is partnering with Vote That Jawn on an inaugural student essay contest in honor of the late Philadelphia-proud writer and voting activist Erinda Sheno

By Jessica Blatt Press
Guest Commentary

Peeking Through the Curtain at Kamala

One Temple grad student’s ongoing reservations about the vice president, even after a somewhat up-close view of the candidate’s NABJ interview in Philadelphia

By Deesarine Ballayan

Caitlin Clark, Race and the WNBA

A public intellectual and former Penn professor on how Black women are once again getting the short end of the sports media narrative

By Michael Eric Dyson
Art for Change

Championing Art with Words

For more than two decades, Roberta Fallon’s Artblog has amplified Philadelphia art and artists — work that is more important than ever. The next in a series with Forman Arts Initiative

By Logan Cryer
Excerpt

“You’re In This Fight”

How a peaceful march, a misguided cop and a rubber bullet turned Canadian-born (by way of Kenya, South Africa and India) Ali Velshi into a true American. An excerpt from Small Acts of Courage, the MSNBC anchor and Citizen board member’s new memoir, launching May 7, in Philly

By Ali Velshi
Guest Commentary

Local News Matters

What do a historic muckraker, the corruption trial of Johnny Doc, and the long arc of justice in Philadelphia have in common? A robust local newspaper

By Anthony Green

Keeping Local Media Afloat

Today, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism granted The Philadelphia Citizen — and 16 other local media organizations — beaucoup funds to sustain and grow

By Lauren McCutcheon

Stop Feeding the Polarization Beast

A Shippensburg politics professor has an important message for anyone who cares about American democracy

By Alison Dagnes