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Citizen of the Week: Deborah Burnham
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (1686+ words) Home " Health " Citizen of the Week: Deborah Burnham Our 3rd Annual Citizen of the Year Awards take place Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at the Fitler Club Ballroom in Center City. Put on your best cocktail attire and join us for a reception from…...
Guest Commentary: Teaching Kids to Cook is Public Health
1+ week, 2+ day ago (782+ words) Home " Opinion " Guest Commentary: Teaching Kids to Cook Is a Public Health Strategy Philadelphia Can't Afford to Lose Many Philadelphians are struggling with nutrition-related conditions like heart disease and diabetes. These conditions'take shape over years, driven by a complex mix…...
Guest Commentary: We're Angry About Literacy Rates Too
1+ week, 3+ day ago (789+ words) Home " Opinion " Guest Commentary: We're Angry About Literacy Rates Too Reach out to the School District of Philadelphia. The public is encouraged to attend and participate in the district's regular Action Meetings. You can'find the schedule here'as well as information…...
Can Superintendent Tony Watlington be Transformational?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (546+ words) Home " Opinion " Are Our Kids Not Learning Good? Reach out to the School District of Philadelphia. The public is encouraged to attend and participate in the district's regular Action Meetings. You can'find the schedule here'as well as information on'how to…...
Trump's Latest Attempt to Bully Universities
2+ week, 2+ day ago (517+ words) Home " Education " Trump's Latest Attempt to Bully Universities Submit your public comment on changes to the System for Award Management (SAM) to'regulations. gov. They say by March 30, but if you've missed the date, send it anyway " and copy your Congressional…...
Weekly News Roundup - Citizen Staff Must-Reads
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1682+ words) Home " General News " Citizen Must Reads: Your Weekly Guide to Surviving the News 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. We…...
Citizen of the Year Awards: Educator Charlie Mc Geehan
1+ mon, 13+ hour ago (1187+ words) Home " Events " Citizen of the Year Awards: Educator Charlie Mc Geehan Our 3rd Annual Citizen of the Year Awards take place Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at the Fitler Club Ballroom in Center City. Put on your best cocktail attire and join us for…...
Are Campuses Ideological Battlegrounds?
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (583+ words) Home " Education " Are Campuses Ideological Battlegrounds? 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. We hope to do that in our Good…...
Guest Commentary: Getting Better Head Start
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (431+ words) In the fall of 2003, I met Lucy, a young single mother who had been on her own since age 18, working tirelessly just to get by. Despite the challenges, she held fast to one hope: that her daughter, Marcy, would have…...
The Dirty Business of Erasing Black History
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (699+ words) One of the interpretive plates forcibly removed from the slave memorial at Sixth and Market streets in Philadelphia bore a title that told the truth plainly: "The Dirty Business of American Slavery." That phrase is not metaphorical. It is descriptive....