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Panelists Patrick Murphy (former congressman and Army Under-Secretary) and Batya Ungar Sargon (author of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women) are joined by moderator Ali Velshi for an insightful conversation into how things went so wrong with working class voters in 2024. Part 2

Let's clap for each other. Because the country is on fire and the bucket brigade needs to start somewhere, right? Why not random applause?

Panelists Patrick Murphy (former congressman and Army Under-Secretary) and Batya Ungar Sargon (author of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women) are joined by moderator Ali Velshi for an insightful conversation into how things went so wrong with working class voters in 2024.

Unhurried and authentic, Tio Pepe Portuguese restaurant has gotten more popular even as Portuguese folks leave Northeast Philly. One Portuguese Philadelphian recorded what she loves most about this authentic slice of home.

District Attorney Krasner has a shifting zeitgeist and a credible challenger in former Judge Pat Dugan. On this interview special, Larry and Dugan chat about what he sees wrong in the city, and what he would do to change things as Philly's new DA.

IWSS Festival panelist Piper Stege Nelson accomplished just such a feat for local nonprofits during Amplify Austin Day. And she thinks it's an idea that Philly really should steal. 

Wharton's new foray into studying Artificial Intelligence is Accountability AI Lab. Malcolm sits down with Kevin Werbach, a Wharton professor (and fellow podcaster) who leads the lab, to ask exactly what is accountable AI?

The financial planning app WealthMore aims to advise non-affluent investors — especially women and people of color. "This is the one area of our lives, where we ask the average American to be both the 'patient' and the 'doctor,'" its founder says. WealthMore is trying to change that.

Donald "The Conqueror" Trump has set his eyes on land expansions that nobody asked for and nobody wants. Canadian-born Ali Velshi breaks down what it would actually mean for Canada to join the United States. "Canada wouldn't be the 51st state, it would be states 51 through 60, at the very least." And if you think those states would be conservative-leaning, you don't know Canada.

On the podcast this week, our hosts welcome Tom Henkey, who served for six years as Chicago's Senior Emergency Management Coordinator. His recounting of the Chicago 2011 blizzard that trapped hundreds of cars on a major thoroughfare is harrowing. In the wake of weather-related emergencies all across the country, Henkey is a timely and knowledgeable guest to join our hosts. And remember, as cities...

WURD Radio's Dr. James Peterson sits down with Citizen staff writer Courtney DuChene to discuss the complicated history of, and thorny solutions to, the infamous Roundhouse.

In this Guest Commentary, the former Dean of Temple Law School worries that it may be too late to save what is great about America. But we must persevere if we want to keep what is left.

How do we celebrate Black History Month when our government is seeking to erase everything it stands for? Dr. James Peterson of WURD Radio takes on the issue.

This past weekend, Donald Trump's tariffs targeting Mexico and Canada began. Both countries promised to retaliate with tariffs of their own. This is how it will cost you.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation grilling makes you wonder whether his iconoclastic father would have voted for his own son. 

On this episode of Big Rube's Philly, Reuben Harley visits with Kevin Harris, aka K.Vaughn, to explore his journey from coming up in West Philly to joining the Navy to becoming a fashion guru whose scarves are nationally renowned. 

Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round is a documentary about a little-known milestone in the Civil Rights Movement that centered on an amusement park in Glen Echo, Maryland. The film will be screened here in Philly on February 6.

Should PA become the tenth state to opt into the Restaurant Meals Program, offering SNAP beneficiaries access to restaurant meals? We think this is definitely an idea to steal.

... they start carrying out law enforcement functions. "This is important," Ali Velshi explains this week as he discusses the role and limitations of the U.S. Posse Comitatus Act.

With Trump targeting cities, how should Philly respond? By lessening our dependence on D.C. through innovative growth policies. This way, we'll stand a fighting chance.

On another episode of Evening WURDs, Dr. James Peterson sits down with Nicholas Esposito to dig deeper into a Citizen article he wrote titled, Is Another Trash Day The Best Way To Clean Philly? 

Connor Barwin's City-funded $21 million revamp of Vare Recreation Center shows what Rebuild could accomplish. So why did ReBuild fall so short of its overall target?

The Washington Post is experimenting with a new slogan. Rather than "Democracy Dies in Darkness," it would be "Riveting Storytelling for All of America." Ali Velshi's guest this week is Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa. "Without journalism, you have no democracy," she says of this precarious new stage for American journalists.

Commitment to excellence, human dignity, and an unwavering pursuit of justice are how we live up to the ideals of Dr. Martin Luther King, explains Dr. James Peterson.

A feminist NFL star who loves to do good for Philly kids out of the limelight? Yup. Listen to why Jalen Hurts is our 2024 Citizen of the Year.