CitizenCast

Pennsylvania voters have spoken: We want Josh Shapiro to not be crazy. Here's what else the new governor should do

Longtime advocate Mark Gleason calls for facts, not fiction, in responding to a Philadelphia Citizen column about education funding.

Larry talks about the saving power of art with Black Thought of The Roots and Jane Golden, Executive Director of Mural Arts Philadelphia.

In this episode of #VelshiBannedBookClub, MSNBC Host and Citizen Board Member Ali Velshi talks with Sarah Smarsh ("Heartland") and Stephanie Land ("Maid") about "Nickel And Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich. Books about the reality of poverty in the U.S. are being banned by people who want to ignore the issue.

House Democrats voting for the Bucks County Republican may be a way to calm the raging culture wars in Washington D.C. — and the nation

A history lesson, including some scholarly conjecture, about Philadelphia's New Year's Day parade. You know, the Mummers. Wait. You don't?

Welcome to the second half of our opening panel during the 2022 Ideas We Should Steal Festival. MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi moderated a fascinating discussion about democracy and local journalists. He was joined by Erinn Haines, editor-at-large of The 19th*; Jill Abramson, former executive editor (and first woman executive editor) of The New York Times; Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine; and Chris Baxter, editor-in-chief of Spotlight PA.

With the federal government in disarray, cities will be the key to economic growth next year.

When Volodymyr Zelenskyy stood before Congress, he likened the situation in Ukraine to two well-known battles fought by Americans: the Battles of Saratoga (Revolutionary War) and the Battle of the Bulge (WWII). MSNBC Host and Citizen Board Member Ali Velshi explains that both of these were turning points against an autocratic regime. The latter happened on Christmas Day.