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Viktor Orbán has been in power in Hungary as Prime Minister since 2010. During his rule, Hungary has seen a significant backsliding of democracy, including a crackdown on rights, an increase in corruption, a weakening of the independent judiciary, extreme anti-immigration policy, and the near-elimination of the independent press. Despite the illiberal democracy the nation … Continue reading Listen: Ali Velshi Asks, If Orbán Can Lose in Hungary …

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You know it’s the season for food, drink, and fun outdoors when Parks on Tap is back. Get ready Philly, you have a lot of things to do this week before it gets too hot to enjoy. Oh, and it’s 420. Nice. East Market hosts both a Night Market and Earth Day festivities, ACHIEVEability holds … Continue reading Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend

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To see Jane Golden at work is to understand what it means to truly love what you do. The founder and executive director of Mural Arts Philadelphia, Golden literally jumps up and down with joy as she unveils mural after mural, in every corner of the city, seemingly just as excited by the 4,000th as she … Continue reading Citizen of the Year Awards: Jane Golden, Edward G. Rendell Lifetime Achievement Award

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Walking into The American Philosophical Society Museum’s dimly-lit first-floor gallery, you are confronted by an eight foot square map of North America, purchased by Benjamin Franklin and hung in Independence Hall during the Second Continental Congress. The Popple Map, as it’s known, has been lovingly restored for its third ever appearance in public. To its … Continue reading The Citizen Recommends: These Truths — The Declarations of Independence

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“Divisions within America were great at that moment [during the American Revolution]. Far beyond anything that I would have expected,” says banker, political thinker, history and all-around Renaissance man Richard Vague. “The people at that time overcame those differences and made the decisions — however reluctantly — they needed to make.”        Listen … Continue reading RECAP: The Man Who Paid for America

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It was inevitable. About a month ago, Uber Eats robots arrived in Philadelphia, zooming down sidewalks with tiny red flags in the air, like defenseless matadors. Then, on March 31, a couple of guys kicked the crap out of one in a parking garage, cow-tipping it over. Vandalism is hardly the main obstacle in the … Continue reading Ideas We Should Steal: Fix the Sidewalks!

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This year, the United States of America celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding. The American Revolutionary War was fought between April 1775 and September 1783, though the war for independence wasn’t “formalized” until the next year, when the Second Continental Congress, right here in Philadelphia, passed the Lee Resolution for Independence on July 2, … Continue reading Things to Do This Week For America’s 250th

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Reggie Jenkins was a social worker for over 15 years, a decade of which was with Housing Works doing advocacy and activism, job coaching, and handling outreach and intake. Nicknamed “The Advocate Guy,” he is passionate about helping people. Originally from New York, Jenkins was incarcerated in Philadelphia for four years. When he was released to … Continue reading The Key to Staying Out of Prison? Jobs

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Back when The Woodlands launched a program in grave gardening, Executive Director Jessica Baumert thought maybe 20 people would sign up. Instead, 75 people filled out the application. That first year — 2016 — Baumert had to stretch the historic West Philadelphia riverside cemetery’s modest resources to get everyone the materials they needed. She did, … Continue reading Beyond the Grave — Gardening for Good

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Forty years ago, Harvard political economist Paul Peterson identified the fundamental constraint cities face: they cannot effectively tax mobile factors — residents and businesses will vote with their feet and leave, eroding the very base being taxed. Philadelphia’s population history is Peterson’s theorem made real. The city peaked at 2.07 million residents in 1950. It … Continue reading Guest Commentary: How Philly Can Add $2 Billion to Its Economy Without Spending a Dime

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In the past decade, California has enacted more than 100 housing laws to address the state’s housing shortage and affordability crisis. But which of these bills actually moves the needle and helps build more housing – and specifically, more affordable housing? While I was out in Sacramento a few weeks ago, I attended the Housing … Continue reading The New Urban Order: Housing Lessons from … California?

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Leigh and John Middleton are famous for avoiding fame. This is not an easy task, especially not right now, since they’re the marquee donors behind the just-opened, two-venue, mega art exhibition, A Nation of Artists. One hundred masterworks from their previously unseen family collection — pieces that used to hang in their home — are … Continue reading CITIZEN OF THE YEAR: Corporate Citizens Leigh and John Middleton

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