CitizenCast

In our ongoing Ideas We Should Steal, we ask what would it look like if public defenders in Pennsylvania — like progressive prosecutors — had the resources to be reformers?

From our first live event in the Business For Good series, we pull three power guests to explore a tangible fix to Philly's stubborn poverty problem. Featuring Jasmine Sessoms of Hilco Redevelopment Partners, Jerry Sweeney of Brandywine Realty Trust and Sharmain Matlock-Turner from the Urban Affairs Coalition. Moderated by Larry Platt.

In this episode of Generation Change Philly, Laura Keane has dedicated her career to closing the gap between being accepted to college, and being a college graduate

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi explains that every dollar going toward Russian oil is funding Vladimir Putin"s assault on innocent Ukrainians. We must do better.  

Mayor Kenney has been an inveterate spender. So why doesn't his newest budget proposal invest more in working class growth, like mayors are doing in cities from Newark to Dayton?

In honor of Earth Day this week, clean Philly advocate Ya Fav Trashman shares his cures for our city's litter epidemic

Emmy award-winning documentarian Glenn Holsten talks about his four decades of weaving together our city's tales of community, creativity and civic potential

Vicki Miller, who runs Indivisible Philadelphia, joins Charles Ellison to discuss the 35 Doors Project, a get out the vote program launched earlier this year.

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