Who Are this Year’s Citizens of the Year?

Our search for the next crop of local heroes is well underway — and we need your input!

By Jessica Blatt Press
Ideas We Should Steal

Break — Then Fix — the School District

Hurricane Katrina pushed New Orleans to completely upend how it educates its children. Twenty years later its success is off the charts. Finally, folks are talking about it.

By Ravi Gupta

Thank You, Carol Saline

The bestselling author, magazine writer and local icon died this weekend. Here’s why she mattered

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Guest Commentary

Penn, Do the Right Thing on Diversity

The Philadelphia City Councilmember (and alumna) who represents the district where University of Pennsylvania resides urges the Ivy to make DEI an ethical and core operating principle

By Jamie R. Gauthier

How the Hell Are Kids Going to Get to School?

The first round of SEPTA service cuts aligns with the start of the school year — seriously hampering back to school for thousands of students. Here are some ideas that could help

By Courtney DuChene

The Museum Will Welcome You Now

Three years into her tenure, Philadelphia Museum of Art Director/CEO Sasha Suda is reimagining the institution for a new age and a new population. Can she convince the city — and her colleagues — to get on board?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Ideas We Should Scale Showcase

By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff

What the SEPTA Saga has Revealed about Parker and Shapiro

The Mayor has been silent. The Governor is rallying the already converted. Whatever happened to preventing a crisis before it starts?

By Larry Platt

John Kruk, Philly Demigod

How the Phils’ yapper has, with every random observation, touched our soul

By Olivia Kram
Guest Commentary

Save SEPTA For My Mom

A Philly high schooler on how the transit agency’s proposed cuts will be especially hard for one group of people, including her mother — and thousands more Philadelphians with disabilities

By Leila Golzari-Hunt