CitizenCast

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!"

Philly's "deep-canvassers" are using a startling — and potent — blend of vulnerable emotion to get people to the polls. Join us to become one of them before the November general election.

Founded by women, Philly-based Black Men Heal is helping to address the emotional pain of African American men around the country

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi takes us inside a new report detailing the abuses of Indigenous children in government-run boarding schools. They were systematically stripped of their identity in order to acquire tribal lands.

Legendary media consultant Neil Oxman takes us inside politics — and throws some righteous shade

The Supreme Court's expected overturning of Roe v. Wade brings the fight over abortion to the states. Here's what that means for Pennsylvanians. 

A program in Massachusetts and Baltimore trains shooters to refrain from shooting by literally changing their minds

WURD host Charles Ellison and Larry Platt square off over councilmanic prerogative--its underlying principles and whether or not a tool that is anti-democratic can be used to altruistic ends

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi declares if freedoms are being stripped away from some of us, then none of us truly live in a free country

On the cusp on his Twitter takeover, a Constitution Center event this week reframed the plutocrat for your consideration — and reminded us of the First Amendment's magic

Philly already has two easy, inexpensive ways to deal with our city's trash crisis. Will Philly's leaders finally step up?

As part of our Development for Good series, listen in on this live event at the Fitler Club moderated by Martha Cross from the city's Department of Planning and Development. On the panel: Diana Lind, vice president of Community & Culture at the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia; Gregory Reaves, founder of Mosaic Development Partners, LLC; and Julie Donofrio, managing director at PennPra...

In this Guest Commentary, the city's anti-litter evangelist plans to donate a big portion of sales of his new children's book to schools — in a very Ya Fav way

We have reached that point, argues Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi, when Jewish space lasers and claims of cocaine-fueled orgies cross no red lines. Because for one party in America, there are no red lines.

The Democratic establishment may have lined up against him, but John Fetterman maintains a gargantuan lead in the polls. What's going on here?

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.