CitizenCast

Councilman Derek Green's bill putting you—the taxpayer—in the banking business is expected to pass Council tomorrow. What problems does it solve? What problems does it create?

In this episode from the Ideas We Should Steal Festival, Aqeela Sherrills (Director, Newark Community Streets Team) lays out a plan for initiating peace and redefining safety in the city

In this Ideas We Should Steal, we look at the Working Farms Fund which has helped small, organic farmers preserve and cultivate hundreds of acres of farmland around Atlanta. Could Philly be next?

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi applauds a recent victory for the ACLU, but wants to know why it was necessary when we already have a First Amendment

Philly's Democratic Socialists tried to upend the appointment of democracy-saving Republican Seth Bluestein to city commissioner. But two local pols demonstrated the real progressive ideals we need from our leaders.

Andrea "Philly" Walls' photos of Black joy can be seen as a visual act of ongoing resistance. They're also the exact antidote to the time we live in.

Since 2014, Food Connect has tackled the problems of rampant food waste and hunger with a logistical solution: connecting people in need of food with people who have excess food

In this Ideas We Should Steal episode, Ali Velshi chats with Peter Georgescu, former CEO of Young & Rubicam, about rethinking capitalism and how businesses were created to make life better for everyone in society

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi has been watching the recent book bans and is worried this trend will make for a stupider society that reverses the social progress we've made

Invest. Illegal dumping sites like the one Ya Fav Trashman tried to clean up last month are a product of longtime disinvestment in Black neighborhoods. WURD's mid-day host challenges the city to match Ya Fav's commitment.

Could a new behavioral health model from Girard College and CHOP be the solution our children need in these overwhelming times?

In this episode from our Ideas We Should Steal Festival, Russ Stark, St. Paul's Chief Resilience Officer, lays out a path to combat the climate crisis through car sharing.

In this episode of Generation Change Philly, we spotlight Michelle Freeman, Founder of event management company Witty Gritty. To both locals and those outside our city, she is one of the region's biggest cheerleaders.

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi soberly assesses the "tsunami of hunger" now breaking over Afghanistan. Their desperation is appalling. America must act.

For progressives, it's the ultimate inconvenient truth: We need better, smarter policing and prosecution to combat gun violence. Eric Adams is saying that in NY. Anyone here care to agree?

Author Piper Kerman joins Reform Alliance CEO Robert Rooks to discuss achieving what is achievable: safety and reform in our prison system

Katherine catches up with Dr. David Rubin, director of PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), who has been blanketing the airwaves arguing that it's time to rethink our Covid risk management strategies

In the Age of Self-Care, a Stanford psychologist suggests a better antidote to what ails us right now is focusing on other people

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi discusses new intervention requirements for police officers in the wake of George Floyd's murder--including one disturbing case from Florida caught on tape.

Amid a tsunami of crises, Jim Kenney should become a quality-of-life mayor. It's how he'd bring the city back.

In this episode of Ideas We Should Steal: the benefits of trees. They go beyond health, heat and raised property values. Here, a few ways other cities are increasing their tree canopies, and how we can follow suit.

What's the long game to breaking the cycle of generational poverty in Philly? We invited Terri Sorenson of Friends of the Children, THRIVE CEO Omalara Fatiregun and Bill Golderer, President of United Way of Greater Philadelphia to outline the steps we need to be taking. Join us for this important brainstorming.

In the eight years since co-founding the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project, Joanna Visser Adjoian and Lauren Fine have helped dozens of young people stay out of adult prisons—and get the support they need to lead productive lives

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi breaks down the meaning and history behind seditious conspiracy, and why the recent charges by the Justice Department are so important

Carpetbaggers, 2020 election result deniers, candidates—including a celebrity TV doc—spending personal fortunes, and connections to Communist China and the Turkish army. Welcome to democracy, PA-style.