DA Larry Krasner, running for a 3rd term, refuses to take part in a televised debate with opponent Pat Dugan. Don’t voters ...

CCP President Donald Generals was fired on April 10. A long-time university president has some hiring advice for the ...

Polling places in jails are a way to get more people voting and make our communities safer. How Pennsylvania can follow ...

The hobby economy might just might what Philadelphia’s Center City — and other U.S. downtowns — need to survive and thrive ...

Ali Velshi, Caitlin Dickerson and Petra Molnar discuss the growing surveillance state and how tech companies are threatening ...

The 2nd Annual Citizen of the Year Awards Dinner will take place Thursday, February 25, at the Fitler Club Ballroom, 1 S. 24th Street in Center City, Philadelphia. Find all the event details here. One ...

“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky To advocate for projects like Little Scandinavia, better prison conditions, and funding for ...

Reach out to your state representatives and let them know what you want to see from marijuana legislation. Sen. Street’s website allows PA residents to show their support for adult-use marijuana ...

Meet the all-star citizens among us who inspire us to do — and be — better Philadelphians. The 2nd Annual Citizen of the Year Awards presented by FS Investments and Jennifer Rice and Michael Forman ...

Your one-stop-shop for civic engagement so you can be a better Philadelphia citizen. The Philadelphia Citizen’s comprehensive civic engagement toolkit offers a host of ways to get involved in your ...

Find out who represents you on the City Council and reach out. Give feedback on the city budget and let your representatives in the City Council know what you want your dollars committed to. The ...

One of the founding tenets of The Philadelphia Citizen is to get people the resources they need to become better, more engaged citizens of their city. Find an issue that’s important to you in the list ...