CitizenCast

Murders raging. Trash piling up. Police both running amok  and  turning a blind eye to enforcing laws. How'd we get here?

A federal self-employment fund used by five states—but shut down by Pennsylvania—can help would-be entrepreneurs make a go of it. How about it, Congress?

While the City and advocates continue negotiations over the homeless encampment on the Parkway, Denver and New Jersey demonstrate some much-needed new thinking

In Chicago, Lori Lightfoot is out with a visionary post-Covid plan. A group of Philly civic leaders are working on doing the same. Here's hoping it's a first step.

Critical thinking, empathy and kindness are saving lives from Scotland to Florida. Why not in Philly?

What the NFL star (and former Citizen columnist) doesn't get about DeSean Jackson's anti-Semitic posts

The Presidential candidate wants to make Housing Choice Vouchers an entitlement. Philly 3.0's engagement director on what that means here

The reaction to the NFL star's anti-Semitic postings flips the usual script … and may just offer a constructive way forward in Black / Jewish relations

The Black-owned real estate company provides affordable housing and wealth-generating opportunities for oft-overlooked Philadelphians

The Radnor-based firm invests in companies that address inequity, like Reconnect, whose interview with Rayshard Brooks was released just after his death at the hands of Atlanta police

Want to get more young protesters casting a vote? Start by taking them seriously

A third of Americans have medical bills they cannot pay. A New York nonprofit has helped eliminate $2 billion of that debt for the poorest of them

Recent events at The Inquirer and The New York Times raise questions both about racial hierarchy  and  the commitment to open discourse

In 1967, thousands of students marched to protest inadequate schooling for Black Philadelphians. In this new moment of racial uprising, a group of high schoolers won the right to honor them.

Heat and Covid-19 could make this the most dangerous summer on record. Two urban environmentalists with ways to make a more sustainable, resilient and just city.

Juneteenth, celebrating the end of slavery, is a City holiday for the first time today—but Black Americans' fight for freedom is long and enduring

Less police funding wouldn't have spared George Floyd's life or upended systemic racism. But real reform of police unions might.

Less police funding wouldn't have spared George Floyd's life or upended systemic racism. But real reform of police unions might.

The first in a series exploring Covid-19's effects on Black Philadelphians asks: What else is lost when someone dies?

Cities like New York and Pittsburgh allow the public to view every local government expenditure online. City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart wants to make that happen here, too

The veteran entrepreneur and founder of the Satell Institute is going all out to help nonprofits during Covid-19

Three years ago, Mayor Kenney "reestablished" the department's civilian oversight board. So, WURD's afternoon host wonders, what's so different this time?

The pandemic has survivors of domestic violence trapped at home with their abusers. France, Spain and others have figured out how to reach them

Remember the civil rights-era admonition to keep our eyes on the prize?

The New Orleans Police Department has been remade thanks to an innovative peer intervention program. Can the Philly PD undergo a similar culture change?