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

Local actions cities must take in the wake of federal funding and workforce cuts from the government under President Trump ...

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

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 ...

Samantha Wittchen has long been a problem solver. She’s the co-founder and interim executive director of the nonprofit Circular Philadelphia and the co-founder and chief product officer of the ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...