Citizencast

The DA’s first three months have revealed incompetency. But is there something more troubling at play?

The 29-year-old organization sends promising high school grads in groups to 56 colleges across the nation. How about getting Philly in on that pipeline?

The Cabrera Family Settles in Philly After Hurricane Maria. 

Philadelphia Theater Company's new artistic director came in and did the unthinkable: Cancelled everything. Tonight, she launches a second act

Laws are like bibles in another edition of CitizenCast's City Council Cheat Sheet. 

In a monumental move District Attorney Larry Krasner announces an end to cash bail in Philadelphia. Or has he?

In the latest in a series about Puerto Rican evacuees, a young family braves a new world—but struggles to see a bright future

Officials will tell you Pennsylvania elections are secure because our machines aren’t connected to the internet. They’re wrong.

The best way to stop a school shooting has nothing to do with guns, or locks, or school police. It’s to prevent them from happening beforehand

Mayors around the country are launching city-wide efforts to get all stakeholders thinking about what’s best for kids. Can it work here?

The Florida teen activists prove that young people are as politically savvy as any adult. We should let them vote earlier.

This week, a "Very Special" prayer from Stefen Wisniewski and the Earned Income Tax Credit hit Room 400

Mayors around the country are launching city-wide efforts to get all stakeholders thinking about what’s best for kids. Can it work here?

Last Thursday, panelists discussed the recent coverage of gun violence after the Parkland, Fl., shooting and what real solutions look like for Philadelphia and the country.

The city is owed hundreds of millions in delinquent real estate taxes. With the proposal of yet another tax hike, why are some on Council standing in the way of collection?

Thousands of high schoolers from around the region will walked out of class Wednesday to protest inaction on gun control. And we should thank them.

A Citizen and Free Library event on Monday explored the perennial urban question: How do we make communities everyone can live in? 

Listen to your tax dollars at work in our (brief) rundown of this week’s City Council meeting.

La Colombe’s Todd Carmichael has become one of the nation’s most politically outspoken CEOs. A visit inside his world reveals he’s just getting started.

Mayor Kenney is set to choose his new school board from 27 candidates. Here are four things we need to know from them.