Ranked #1
Mayor Pete Could Be Your Next President
Mayor Pete Could Be Your Next President
In a series on potential presidential candidates who served as mayors, The Citizen hosted South Bend’s Pete Buttigieg. L... Read more
20 Feb 2019
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27mins
Ranked #2
Foodizen: Not Cambodia Town
Foodizen: Not Cambodia Town
Our series on the nexus of food and culture explores the flavors of the South Philly area around Mifflin Square Park, on... Read more
21 Jun 2019
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10mins
Ranked #3
More Trees, Please
More Trees, Please
Trees—which nourish the earth, beautify the city, lower temperatures and increase good health—are disappearing from Phil... Read more
15 Aug 2019
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12mins
Ranked #4
Are the New Philly Poverty Stats the Wakeup Call Jim Kenney Needs?
Are the New Philly Poverty Stats the Wakeup Call Jim Kenney Needs?
The latest Philly poverty numbers should be a call to arms and not cause for a victory lap. Did it wake up Mayor Kenney?... Read more
5 Oct 2019
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17mins
Ranked #5
The Street Corner Answer
The Street Corner Answer
Intensely local investments rescued a Louisville neighborhood from the brink. Could it be a new way to think about econo... Read more
28 Mar 2019
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32mins
Ranked #6
Talking Trash
Talking Trash
The Mayor’s new street sweeping pilot may cause more pollution in our already polluted city. Is this really a solution w... Read more
27 Apr 2019
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7mins
Ranked #7
Week 14: Jason Kelce’s Eagles Education Season
Week 14: Jason Kelce’s Eagles Education Season
This week, the Super Bowl-winning offensive lineman compares Philly schools to those of New York City—and celebrates a l... Read more
6 Dec 2019
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4mins
Ranked #8
Reality Check: Mayor Kenney’s Black Problem
Reality Check: Mayor Kenney’s Black Problem
The Mayor’s office and board appointees are overwhelmingly white. WURD’s afternoon host wonders: Has he delivered on wha... Read more
25 Apr 2019
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12mins
Ranked #9
Reality Check with Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Reality Check with Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
WURD host Charles D. Ellison and the Philadelphia Citizen's Executive Editor Roxanne Patel Shepelavy talk about the rece... Read more
6 Jun 2019
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26mins
Ranked #10
Dear Gentlemen, Your 60-year-old Wedding Pics are Ready
Dear Gentlemen, Your 60-year-old Wedding Pics are Ready
Nick Fiorellini finds that decades after having photos from their same-sex Philly-area ceremony confiscated, a search is... Read more
24 Jul 2019
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5mins
Ranked #11
Seriously? Busing?
Seriously? Busing?
Larry Platt thinks the flare-up between Joe Biden—Philly’s third senator—and Kamala Harris is a window into why people h... Read more
6 Jul 2019
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8mins
Ranked #12
Reality Check with Larry Platt
Reality Check with Larry Platt
The Philadelphia Citizen publisher Larry Platt joined Charles to discuss the breaking news of Police Commissioner Richar... Read more
27 Aug 2019
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16mins
Ranked #13
The Fix: Term Limits For City Council?
The Fix: Term Limits For City Council?
In Arlington, Texas and across the nation, term limits are gaining steam. Would they make Council more responsive…to us?... Read more
19 Jan 2019
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11mins
Ranked #14
The CARES Act Will Not Be Enough
The CARES Act Will Not Be Enough
$2.2 trillion in federal dollars will help. But it’s local institutions, Drexel’s Metro Finance Director notes, that wil... Read more
2 Apr 2020
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10mins
Ranked #15
Reality Check: Of Course, It Was Nicetown
Reality Check: Of Course, It Was Nicetown
The shootout with city police yesterday was in a struggling stretch of North Philly that has too often seen violence. Ch... Read more
16 Aug 2019
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9mins
Ranked #16
The Things We Cared About
The Things We Cared About
2018 was quite a year. Can we make 2019 the best one ever in Philly?
31 Dec 2018
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7mins
Ranked #17
How To Fix City Council
How To Fix City Council
Philly 3.0’s Engagement Director on two reforms that could make local elections more competitive—and make for better out... Read more
21 Feb 2019
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8mins
Ranked #18
Reformer vs. Progressive
Reformer vs. Progressive
Recent revelations illustrate Philly’s real political divide. Here’s why it matters.
24 Jan 2020
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17mins
Ranked #19
Brady vs. Brooks
Brady vs. Brooks
Kendra Brooks’ Working Families Party council candidacy has ruffled feathers. But does she represent real change? This i... Read more
26 Oct 2019
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11mins
Ranked #20
Good News About Voting
Good News About Voting
Turnout is expected to be low on Tuesday, but, as Philly 3.0’s engagement director explains, the state’s new election re... Read more
5 Nov 2019
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9mins