CitizenCast

Mary Summer is a Penn professor who co-created a documentary about illegal abortion in 1970. With Roe poised to be overturned, she looks back in order to see a way forward.

This 1971 documentary by Catha Maslow, Jane Pincus, Mary Summers and Karen Weinstein tells the story of two women in pre-Roe Massachusetts seeking out and obtaining illegal abortions. Their journeys are harrowing and represent a past that could once again darken our present. 

In this episode of Business For Good, Brightly, an immigrant-owned cleaning service co-operative opening in Philly next spring, offers workers a pathway to the American middle class

Former City Commissioner Al Schmidt's testimony this week before the Jan. 6 committee was a reminder that maybe integrity isn't dead after all

WURD host Charles Ellison talks with Tasnim Sulaiman of Black Men Heal about her success pairing Black men and therapists of color to find a pathway to healing trauma

Two recent podcasts: Stronger Every Day (Kouvenda Media) and Philly Under Fire (Philadelphia Citizen) get behind the statistics and tell the stories of the people (and solutions) surrounding the epidemic of gun violence in our city

Philly's selective schools are not enough to ensure every child receives the education they deserve. A longtime Philly educator on what more we must do.

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi walks us through the Trump Administration's Middle Eastern "Abraham Fund." Spoiler: It was just another scheme to line Jared Kushner's pockets.

While Mayor Kenney, DA Krasner and police commissioner Outlaw point fingers and demonstrate the Philly Shrug, State Sen. Art Haywood rejects the politics of helplessness

WURD host and Citizen contributor Charles Ellison chats with Camille Boggan of 5th Square about the idea to extend free anywhere SEPTA passes to 15,000 Philly workers

In this episode of Generation Change Philly, we induct Greg Seltzer, founder of Philly Music Fest, who uses his business savvy and personal passion to help current and future generations of local musicians thrive.

Yasmine Mustafa is answering the call to expand her innovations and keep healthcare workers safer, too

The Second Amendment is only one sentence long. And it didn't mean in 1791 what gun advocates claim it means today. Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi breaks down what the Second Amendment actually says...and meant.

A riveting HBO documentary on the philosopher comic prompts some warm memories — and reminds us of what's missing from today's public conversation

The president of Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM) challenges local partners to join their efforts to address escalating depression and anxiety in Philly's neighborhoods

WURD host and Citizen contributor, Charles Ellison, chats with Lisa Wise of Flock, a Washington D.C.-based family of real estate companies. Lisa discusses her work helping to provide grants for first-time Black and Brown families who are purchasing homes.          

In this episode of Citizen of the Week, Rev. Michelle Simmons heads a Germantown nonprofit called Why Not Prosper. It helps recently incarcerated women get back on their feet and avoid reentering the penal system.

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi breaks down Germany's dependence on Russian fossil fuels and highlights a way forward, not only for Germany, but for the rest of the world

WURD host Charles Ellison chats with Adam Barbanel-Fried, director of Changing The Conversation Together in PA. By making a deeper connection to infrenquent voters, Barbanel-Fried hopes to convince them to get out and exercise their right to vote.

The murder of 19 young children in Texas yesterday is a reminder of the violence children experience in America everyday — in and out of schools. Here, some ways to help

A long-time college president recommends ways to affirm democracy — through libraries and schools — in these troubled times

One Portland neighborhood reduced gun violence 60 percent by changing traffic patterns and reviving a park. In this episode of Ideas We Should Steal, we ask if Philly can do the same.

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi explains what it means to have one political party actively fighting against democracy. Pennsylvania is held to the light.

An insurrectionist, a stroke patient, a TV doctor, a newspaper that's anti-vote, and warring progressive and establishment factions walk into an election. Is the joke on us?

Welcome to the resistance. We need newer blood in politics and we've put together a panel to do just that. Speakers include Amanda Litman (founder of Run For Something), City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas, State Rep. Joanna McClinton and Paige Cognetti, mayor of Scranton. "I tell young people who want to run," Litman says, "You can do this!"