Who Won the 2025 Primary Election

How low was turnout on May 20? Who will be on the ballot for November 4? Which DA candidate prevailed?

By Lauren McCutcheon
Citizens of the Week

CHOP’s “Hair Nerds”

Jennifer Boisseau and Theresa Byrd use their hairstylist skills to restore dignity and bring joy to patients at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

By Jessica Blatt Press

The Answer to Trump’s Tariffs?

An active member of the circular economy argues it’s not about forcing competitive levies. It’s about using existing systems to finesse an advantage

By Nicolas Esposito
Development … for Good

The Sensory-Friendly Hospital Building for the Future

Jefferson Health’s shiny new Honickman Center shows neurodiverse design can be both budget-friendly and beneficial to everyone

By Natalie Pompilio

Four Ways Philly can Grow our Tree Canopy

The City’s ambitious Tree Plan will need an all-out effort to accomplish. Here, some ideas we could steal from elsewhere

By Courtney DuChene
The Citizen Recommends

The Philadelphians Video Murals

Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib showcase new and earlier immigrant experiences in Philadelphia with their newest moving visual art exhibition in LOVE Park, launching Wednesday.

By Cara Kishter

Jalen Hurts Just Showed Us Leadership Isn’t Optional

In his Substack, Love, Art & War, former Super Bowl-winning Eagle and activist Malcolm Jenkins says when the stakes are highest, leadership isn’t a speech or a slogan: It’s a choice

By Malcolm Jenkins

City Workers with Integrity? We’ve Got Them

The Citizen’s 2025 Integrity Icons are city workers who uphold the highest standards of ethics, hard work, and passion

By Jessica Blatt Press

Where Are the Trees We Were Promised?

Two years into the City’s first-ever Tree Plan, our leafy coverage has remained static. What happens now?

By Courtney DuChene
Ideas We Should Steal

Polling Places in Jails

A way to get more people voting and make our communities safer? That’s what happened with a Colorado program Pennsylvania could easily replicate

By Malcolm Burnley