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Introducing Women's History Month All-stars: a special series about women often overlooked in history read by bad-ass women of today

Protecting both pedestrians and traffic flow is at the crux of the debate over redesigning Washington Avenue, which gets a hearing Tuesday. The answer may lie in a compromise used by cities around the world.

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi reveals the three countries that are keeping an eye on the war in Ukraine and what it means for their ambitions.

Will the pandemic be a wake-up call about the weaknesses in emergency care? Or will it be a death blow? The answer is in what we do next.

With his Navy Yard-based company, Ecosave, Marcelo Rouco is providing the kind of win-win solution that's good for businesses, the city and the planet.

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi breaks down the effects of climate change and how they hit minority communities faster and harder

Since The Citizen wrote about First Step Staffing in 2018, the nonprofit has placed thousands of Philadelphians in entry level jobs around the region. Now, it's launching Second Step to create even better opportunities for all.

WURD host Charles Ellison talks to Lynette Medley, one of the partners of SPOT period hub in Germantown, who is trying her best to stamp out menstrual poverty in the city

A former assistant DA hired by Krasner on why can no longer support his former boss

Councilman Derek Green's bill putting you—the taxpayer—in the banking business is expected to pass Council tomorrow. What problems does it solve? What problems does it create?

In this episode from the Ideas We Should Steal Festival, Aqeela Sherrills (Director, Newark Community Streets Team) lays out a plan for initiating peace and redefining safety in the city

In this Ideas We Should Steal, we look at the Working Farms Fund which has helped small, organic farmers preserve and cultivate hundreds of acres of farmland around Atlanta. Could Philly be next?

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi applauds a recent victory for the ACLU, but wants to know why it was necessary when we already have a First Amendment

Philly's Democratic Socialists tried to upend the appointment of democracy-saving Republican Seth Bluestein to city commissioner. But two local pols demonstrated the real progressive ideals we need from our leaders.

Andrea "Philly" Walls' photos of Black joy can be seen as a visual act of ongoing resistance. They're also the exact antidote to the time we live in.

Since 2014, Food Connect has tackled the problems of rampant food waste and hunger with a logistical solution: connecting people in need of food with people who have excess food

In this Ideas We Should Steal episode, Ali Velshi chats with Peter Georgescu, former CEO of Young & Rubicam, about rethinking capitalism and how businesses were created to make life better for everyone in society

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi has been watching the recent book bans and is worried this trend will make for a stupider society that reverses the social progress we've made

Invest. Illegal dumping sites like the one Ya Fav Trashman tried to clean up last month are a product of longtime disinvestment in Black neighborhoods. WURD's mid-day host challenges the city to match Ya Fav's commitment.

Could a new behavioral health model from Girard College and CHOP be the solution our children need in these overwhelming times?

In this episode from our Ideas We Should Steal Festival, Russ Stark, St. Paul's Chief Resilience Officer, lays out a path to combat the climate crisis through car sharing.

In this episode of Generation Change Philly, we spotlight Michelle Freeman, Founder of event management company Witty Gritty. To both locals and those outside our city, she is one of the region's biggest cheerleaders.

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi soberly assesses the "tsunami of hunger" now breaking over Afghanistan. Their desperation is appalling. America must act.

For progressives, it's the ultimate inconvenient truth: We need better, smarter policing and prosecution to combat gun violence. Eric Adams is saying that in NY. Anyone here care to agree?

Author Piper Kerman joins Reform Alliance CEO Robert Rooks to discuss achieving what is achievable: safety and reform in our prison system