CitizenCast

After the worst year ever, Larry Platt offers three new year's resolutions for Mayor Jim Kenney. Hope springs eternal, right?

Philly high school teacher Maureen Boland pens an ode to something we miss most this year: faces and smelling and community in general

Local civic leader Richard Phillips says the coronavirus pandemic can be an opportunity to reinvent Philadelphia.

A compendium of the things we cared about in a super crappy year

Philly Superintendent William Hite has taken some hits lately. Does he have what it takes to manage—and tame—a $3.5 billion bureaucracy? The evidence is...conflicting.

TerraVida Holistic Centers and the Urban League team up to secure rights--and jobs--for people with previous cannabis-related convictions.

Josh Shapiro and his take-no-prisoners Supreme Court brief helped expose the fraud that is Donald Trump's claims of election rigging.

In the wake of a Black Lives Matter banner being vandalized in Center City, author and lecturer Lorene Cary reflects on the human capacity to see the sacredness in each other.

Boys' Latin social worker Kenneth Bourne II explains how boosting attendance in school means changing how we approach the problem.

Kenny Holdsman, President of Philadelphia Youth Basketball, and Aaron Crump chat with WURD host Charles Ellison about how basketball leagues can keep kids off the streets.

She was the best hope for reform in Philly politics. But now Martina White has sided with the crazies who deny the results of the election.

Six years in, the Bok has overcome neighborhood skeptics to become so much more than a mere space for Philadelphia's creative set.

Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff uncovers the fact that the racism that underpins outcomes in the pandemic, also drives the spread of the pandemic.

How Councilwoman Helen Gym and Mayor Jim Kenney are catching the allergy to reality.

"Beethoven in Beijing", a fascinating new documentary, recounts the Philadelphia Orchestra's role in breaking through Mao's Cultural Revolution and bringing classical music to the People's Republic of China.

We catch up with Philadelphia Youth Basketball, a local youth organization that uses hoops to keep kids off the streets and away from guns.

WURD host Charles Ellison chats with Ezechial Thurman, music technology teacher at Hill-Freedman World Academy, as well as David Bradley, producer at World Cafe Live about a new album by local students that has become one of the most poignant soundtracks of 2020.

With The People's Kitchen, local chefs are serving food to those in need, while fueling awareness and action around social justice.

Author John Kromer writes that we can't depend on our committee people to boost election turnout. The power to do that lies in our hands.

Thomas Koenig writes that the insights on government penned in the city centuries ago point a way forward for America.

The 2020 election results reveal the potential for a transformative new coalition—if Joe Biden can channel his inner RFK

Professor Katy Milkman is leading groundbreaking research to uncover why we make the decisions we do (about what we eat, when we exercise and even whether or not we'd take the Coronavirus vaccine) and then tells us how we can make better choices.

Give back during Thanksgiving this year—deliver turkeys, assemble care packages, donate clothing and more. We'll show you how.

WURD host Charles Ellison talks to South Jersey teacher Larry Abrams of BookSmiles who lets teachers load up on books to give to their students. The cost? Free.

Delaware Rabbi Michael Beals talks about his optimistic view of the world now that Joe Biden, "a mensch," is president-elect.