City Council is pushing the mayor to spend $100 million on gun violence prevention programs. Is that bold policy-making or just the appearance of it?

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is embedding the arts right into many city agencies. They have a goal Philly should be emulating: supporting art in every neighborhood in the city.

A former city official wonders if Philadelphia leaders can rise to the occasion and capitalize on city growth in the wake of Covid.

Legendary urbanist and Citizen columnist Bruce Katz chats with two infrastructure trailblazers—Oklahoma City mayor David Holt and Shalini Vajjhala, founder/CEO of re:Focus, a California social venture—about how best to use the trillions of dollars from the American Relief Plan.

Here's how we should use our American Rescue Plan windfall to grow jobs in Philly. Do our leaders understand this?

The North Broad Street corridor will never be the Avenue of the Arts—and that's a good thing. It's redeveloping to the beat of its own drum.

It's been a hundred years since the Black Wall Street massacre. Philly's African American Chamber head says we must all help Black-owned businesses thrive

WURD host Charles Ellison talks with Citizen writer Christine Speer Lejeune about vaccination rates in Philly and some creative ways of boosting our numbers.

The former mayor, troubled by the problems tearing Philly apart, urges all of us to work together to revive the city he's loved for 55 years.

States and cities across the U.S. are giving away big prizes for people who get vaccinated. It would be a great way to boost the rates in Philly, too.