CitizenCast

We are nearly three years in. Is there any data to suggest D.A. Larry Krasner's progressiveness is working?

Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan's anti-violence program has helped reduce shootings in Chicago's South Side by 33 percent—while citywide, violence has spiked. The key? Economic opportunity

State Rep. Jared Solomon spent a day picking up city trash to understand just how bad Philly is at waste. Here, some ways to do better

Jen Devor, co-founder of Better Civics, chats with WURD host Charles Ellison about our electoral system and how it's constantly putting up barriers to voting

Larry chats with bestselling author, professor, preacher and public intellectual Michael Eric Dyson, whose much-anticipated forthcoming book provides a roadmap from racial reckoning to reconciliation

The Sixers may be struggling. But through their support of NBA Math Hoops, Philly-area kids get the all-star treatment for excelling—in the classroom

Could the proposed Healthy Town Tioga Project be the solution to the disparities that plague Philly?

In this exchange between Council President Clarke and a constituent, not even a murder epidemic can prompt an empathetic response. This is your tax dollars at work?

Larry Platt chats with Chrissy Houlahan about heroes, hats & coalition building (mostly the latter).

Missing from the NBA players' historic wildcat strike last month was a call for bold action on economic justice. If only they'd heard of Philly nonprofit B Lab

Pat Christmas, Policy Director at the Committee of Seventy, talks to WURD host Charles Ellison about the dire need to find enough poll workers for this once-in-a-century election.

The four-year-old Philly company—started by a millennial and a boomer—takes on social isolation by providing an easy platform for 50,000 older adults worldwide to connect

The Democratic lieutenant governor and his former Republican rival have the kind of bromance that proves politics can be friendly  and  forward-thinking

Center City venture capitalist and philanthropist Richard Vague has a stimulus plan that will boost the economy and address inequality. Will the political class listen?

Portland, Oregon, just passed the most revolutionary urban zoning reform in recent history to keep residents from being displaced. In Philly, that could bring housing relief to tens of thousands

The city needs to recruit another 4,000 people to work the polls to ensure voting goes smoothly on November 3. Here's why it matters—and some ways we can prevent this last minute scramble in the future

Jakeema Burton and Brianna Banks speak with WURD host, Charles Ellison, about empowering youth through their work with Up2Us Sports and Kensington Soccer Club.

A virtual panel discussion last week was full of talk of reform. But you wouldn't have known we're in the midst of a tragic murder epidemic

Patrice Banks and Erikka Wells, co-founders of Women of Color Automotive Network, speak with WURD host Charles Ellison about opportunities for women of color in the world of auto repair.

Thanks to the pandemic, chef and native Philadelphian Omar Tate brought his lauded pop-up home. Now, he's working on its reinvention: a Mantua food and community center

Innovations like learning pods do not cause inequity. Instead, a Philly dad and schools advocate contends, it's access to that innovation that is the real problem we need to solve

What last week's meeting between Black and Jewish leaders tells us, now that the local head of the NAACP has been jettisoned for an anti-Semitic posting

Under PA State Treasurer Joe Torsella's newest plan, Pennsylvania would join 26 other states in offering tuition-free skills training and associates degrees to all residents

The USPS is in the news these days for its (potential) election-related failings. But a novelist and Penn professor remembers it for its beauty

Chef Lou Farrell of Welcome Bread talks with WURD host Charles Ellison about how he's fed thousands of hungry Philadelphians during the pandemic. And how everyday citizens can help.