CitizenCast

In this episode of Guest Commentary, a Temple professor speaks to the shameful statistic that a third of Philadelphia schools have no play area in place, let alone green spaces that allow students to really thrive.

"In 1983, fifty companies controlled 90% of America's media. Today, five companies control 90%." Ali Velshi points to the temporary suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! to demonstrate how an oppressive administration uses mergers to control free speech. "But Kimmel is back on the air," he says. Boycotts, sit-ins, petitions -- "these are the tools that break authoritarian power." 

On this episode of Big Rube's Philly, the iconic chef, brand marketer and photographer talks with the owner of O'Jung's — a South Philly bar that's changed with the times but also … hasn't

When Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan took office in 2013, his city had just filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.  Today, business is booming, crime has fallen to a 60-year low and it's no understatement to say that Detroit is back. Mayor Duggan, now running for governor of his state as an Independent, joins former Mayors Michael Nutter and Kasim Reed, along with Citizen Co-founder...

Citizen writer Courtney Duchene joins Dr. James Peterson for his regular Citizen WURD segment to discuss her Ideas We Should Steal article about Richmond's dramatic success in cutting the city's poverty rates. Can Philly follow suit?

A Philadelphia-born mentor and longtime engineer wanted to see more young people of color enter STEM fields. He started a program in his garage — and ended up with a generation of confident scholars.

Ali Velshi takes on the web of mergers and federal threats that led to Jimmy Kimmel's show being pulled from the air.

A Temple Law professor who studies comedy and democracy explains why both are imperiled in the wake of Kimmel's suspension

This is the message from two-time Super Bowl Champ Lane Johnson -- one passed on to him by his friend, trainer and fellow mental health advocate, Jay Glazer

Or at least, that's the Republicans hope. State Treasurer Stacy Garrity received the most votes of any PA candidate ever during her reelection bid last year. She may already be the Commonwealth's most successful female politician. But is that enough?

A Germantown nonprofit offers Philadelphia students who've experienced gun violence the chance to tell their stories on the big screen. The result: healing.

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons." Ali Velshi explains that American colonists lived in a world where the British crown policed every aspect of their lives. The Fourth Amendment was the Founders answer to those abuses. Last week, the Supreme Court undermined that constitutional answer. "Once the Fourth Amendment is considered negotiable for one group," Velshi says, "it become...

A local vet, former U.S. Rep and Undersecretary of the Army, reveals what 9/11 and Charlie Kirk's assassination tell us about the America we live in. Could this become a roadmap to unity?

As the Birds head to Kansas City to play the Chiefs on Sunday, the Eagles' five-time All-Pro, six-time Pro Bowler shares the city's innovative approach to get children the mental healthcare they deserve

On this episode of Big Rube's Philly, Reuben Harley visits Kevin Gregg, Phillies' Vice President of Communications to discuss his day-to-day secrets for success and how the Phillies are helping local kids through "baseball clinics."

The Citizen just turned 10! Here are 10 ways you have helped us make an impact in the last decade.

"The danger isn't in losing, the danger is in doing nothing." Ali Velshi highlights ways that citizens across the country are taking a stand for American democracy. 

... Philly could do it, too. In 2011, Richmond, VA's mayor set an ambitious citywide goal to reduce its dismal poverty rate. Two successors later, the city is showing remarkable success. Here in Philly, mayors are more likely to dismantle their predecessors' programs. Perhaps that should change.

On this episode of Citizen WURD, former state Rep. Donna Bullock joins James Peterson. Bullock is now the President and CEO of Project HOME, which is working to move Philadelphians from the streets to shelters to stable living.

"The world had counted us out. But like in 2017, we shocked them all."

"Democratic leaders are simply not rising to this moment," says Ali Velshi in this passionate rebuke. "If you are a political leader in this country and you're not prepared to fight with both hands? Then perhaps you should step aside."

The Trump Administration will be ending the Corporation for Public Broadcasting this year. In some classrooms, educational programing like PBS Kids is being replaced with videos from PragerU, an unaccredited media organization that "promotes American values" to children. Ali Velshi breaks down the replacement and plays a few of their disturbing clips.

Compromise may finally be in the air. Some thoughts on the politics behind our budgetary fiasco — and why a win/win has been so elusive

On this episode of Guest Commentary, a Penn alumna and Philadelphia City Councilmember urges the Ivy to take a stand and restore its focus on DEI

President Trump is rescinding loan forgiveness for people who he thinks flout his politics — including possibly Philly public school teachers. A longtime university president takes a stand.