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

Is our legislature for sale? Pennsylvania is an outlier in politics: There are no limits on campaign fundraising, members of our full-time legislature can hold outside jobs, committee chairs can ...

As it turns out, corner daylighting is already state law. Find out who represents you on the City Council and reach out to let them know you want the city to start enforcing the law and even take ...

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 ...

A 2024 survey from the Center for Effective Philanthropy found that 95 percent of all nonprofit leaders cite burnout among staff — and themselves — as a top concern. To address the problem, Vice ...

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 ...

Visit the Center for Black Educator Development to learn more about the #WeNeedBlackTeachers campaign to add Black teachers to the workforce nationwide and right here in Philly. Studies show the power ...

“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 ...

Critical funding to museums and libraries across all 50 states has been threatened by executive order. Find out who your state and federal representatives are and reach out to let them know how ...

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 ...

Find out who your state and federal representatives are and reach out. Demand that your representatives stop the bullying and blackmail of higher education. Demand that they stop the bullying and ...

Now more than a full year in office, Mayor Cherelle Parker proposed her second budget, for fiscal year 2026, on March 13, 2025. The spending priorities outlined in the $6.8 billion budget for the City ...