CitizenCast

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi files his last report from Ukraine, using their national anthem to highlight the true spirit of freedom.

Philly's new Covid mandate made national news this week. Yay, us?

In Batesville, Arkansas, a high school's solar panels saved the district enough money to raise teacher salaries. A similar program in Philly could save as much as $20,000 per school.

Covid has been rough on everyone--especially moms. WURD host Charles Ellison talks with Christine Speer Lejeune about her article on the pandemic titled: "Save The Moms."

A longtime college president urges Pennsylvania to learn from states like Illinois and Louisiana, which are increasing college attendance by requiring high schoolers to submit a free student aid application

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi opens our eyes to the historical context of what's actually happening in Ukraine

Let's explore how capitalism can lessen inequality and create opportunity. Fire away, Twitterverse!

How, the state's former environmental protection chief wonders, can Philadelphia achieve its carbon output goals while also favoring its own city-owned gas utility?

WURD host Charles Ellison talks with Dave Hardy, former CEO and Co-Founder of Boys' Latin of Philadelphia charter school about what he describes as unreasonable demands by teacher unions in Chicago. What does this mean for Philly?

Geoff Gross's wildly successful company, Medical Guardian, is built on simple, affordable at-home tech that gives seniors security, connectedness—and self respect.

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi explains how the air raid siren is the sound that defines modern warfare. 

Councilmembers Kendra Brooks, Helen Gym and Jamie Gauthier, with an assist from Senator Elizabeth Warren, have proposed a wealth tax for Philly. But are they unwittingly harming the middle class?

Citizen writer James Peterson unpacks that Oscar slap

From computer programmers in the 1940s to a seminal gospel singer in the 1920s, join us for the final episode of Women's History Month All-stars

In Philly politics, there's stuff that's illegal...and then there's everything else

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi describes how democracy is backsliding all over the world. So he was proud when President Biden took a stand and said Vladimir Putin had to go. 

On this episode of The Fix, a public corruption trial of Councilman Kenyatta Johnson and a lawsuit against Councilwoman Jamie Gauthier puts the practice of councilmanic prerogative on trial

WURD host Charles Ellison speaks with Josh Staub, Director of Restorative Programming at the School District of Philadelphia about innovative ways to counteract the cycle of conflict between students

From medical school to passing the bar, meet the bad-ass women of Philly history

America's hottest city—Phoenix—lowered surface temperatures of a neighborhood by more than 10 degrees with a new water-based surface on its streets. Could Philly be next?

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi takes us through the Laws of Armed Conflict and how they relate to both the Holocaust and Ukraine

The three finalists for Philly's new schools superintendent might very well be solid educators. But has anyone asked if that's really what we need?

The Philadelphia School Board is on the verge of hiring a new superintendent. But, a former Temple education professor warns, it will take more than one person to transform our schools

From a rousing singer and actress to the Philadelphia Ten artists, enjoy a few stories about bad-ass women told by bad-ass women

Through wicked smart tweets and on-the-ground organizing, Dena Driscoll is the persistent activist we need to make a more livable Philadelphia