CitizenCast

WURD host and Citizen contributor Charles Ellison talks with Karla Ballard, founder of YING. She describes her app as an attempt to monetize time banking by turning members into a tight-knit community bound by helping one another.          

In this episode of #VelshiBannedBookClub, Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi speaks with legendary author Margaret Atwood about the frightening versions of American autocracy that threaten us all.

Jim Kenney can still reverse his legacy as a mayor who quit on his city. Here, the "Quality of Life" speech to Philadelphians he needs to make now.

In this episode we look at a California-based organization, now working with Penn, that asks: Does a successful American experiment depend on empathy?

WURD host and Citizen contributor Charles Ellison speaks with Dr. Tyra Bryant-Stephens, director of CHOP's Community Asthma Prevention Program about their endeavors to eliminate asthma triggers. CAPP has completed renovations in 125+ homes, changing the lives of Philly families.          

Twelve U.S. states allow school kids to take excused days off for emotional well-being. PA should too

Margins for the control of the Senate are razor thin, Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi details why Republicans are losing confidence

Media needs to cover the values underpinning the gubernatorial campaign of Doug Mastriano, because business as usual "objectivity" won't capture the looming threat

At a recent Citizen event, MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board Member Ali Velshi talks Ukraine, democracy, empathy — and what we all need to do to save our country

In this episode of Guest Commentary, the Political Director of Republicans4Shapiro on supporting vs. avoiding the subject of our state's Republican gubernatorial candidate

In this episode of Generation Change Philly, engineer-turned-angel investor John Moore helped launch ImpactPHL with the goal of making Philly the social impact investment capital of the country. Five years later, he may be succeeding.

What is the difference between a democracy and a constitutional republic? Are the two terms mutually exclusive? Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi walks us through the definitions and explains why the more conservative members of our body politic fear your vote.

What this highest-stakes Pennsylvania election is really about

In this episode of Business For Good, we highlight Karla Ballard who raised over $1 million for her app, YING, seeking to replicate the community of helpful neighbors she grew up with in Philadelphia--one task at a time

Damaris Alvarado-Rodriguez is on a mission to provide opportunities for children and adults — including through a new teacher apprenticeship program starting this week

In 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for espionage against the United States. Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi explains the strange link between the Rosenbergs and Donald Trump.

Does the Biden administration's recent winning streak, including the Inflation Reduction and CHIPS and Science Acts, contain an object lesson for Philly?

In this episode of Guest Commentary, Philly's former district attorney has a three-step plan to get guns off the street — and reduce the record shootings — in Philly

One of the most famous — and famously attacked — climatologists in America is now the founding director of Penn's new climate change institute. He has a few things to say to those who doubt we can still save the earth

In this episode of #VelshiBannedBookClub, Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi talks to Laurie Halse Anderson about her book: Speak (one of the most banned books in the country). Labeled by its critics as pornographic, Speak explores assault and consent-based sexuality in a young adult setting. "You would think people would find the educational system...the right place to talk about thes...

There's been a lot of handwringing over Democrats like Josh Shapiro trying to choose their MAGA general election opponents. But maybe we need a nationwide referendum on Trumpism, once and for all?

The City's disorganization around Philly's illegal dumping crisis is as messy as the dumping itself. A reporter who has spent months delving into the disaster calls for a leader we can count on

In a groundbreaking new report, the head of Center City District starkly lays out the problem — and calls for Philadelphia's next mayor to fully invest in growth

In this episode of #VelshiBannedBookClub, Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi speaks with Mark Twain scholar, Matthew Seybold, about this iconic (and banned) work of American literature. Seybold says Twain's use of the N-word was not just a product of his time, but purposeful commentary about dehumanization.

Senate candidate John Fetterman's heckling of Mehmet Oz may entertain the already converted, but it might work against persuading independent voters