CitizenCast

In the eight years since co-founding the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project, Joanna Visser Adjoian and Lauren Fine have helped dozens of young people stay out of adult prisons—and get the support they need to lead productive lives

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi breaks down the meaning and history behind seditious conspiracy, and why the recent charges by the Justice Department are so important

Carpetbaggers, 2020 election result deniers, candidates—including a celebrity TV doc—spending personal fortunes, and connections to Communist China and the Turkish army. Welcome to democracy, PA-style.

In this Ideas We Should Steal episode, we look to Vienna, ranked the most livable city in the world for 10 years. This is in part due to rethinking urban design with women and children in mind. Could a similar approach in Philly make our city more livable for all?

WURD host Charles Ellison speaks with Melissa Ostroff, Pennsylvania Field Advocate at Earthworks, about PGA and its gas leak failures.

Online beefs are behind an increasing amount of violence in Philly. A local resident and teacher wonders what police can do to stop it—and what responsibility social media giants should face

During our Ideas We Should Steal Festival, Ali Velshi moderated a conversation about American writer and activist James Baldwin. Professor Eddie Glaude and musician / playwright Stew joined Ali on stage. "It's weird how relevant [Baldwin] is now. He was writing about an America in which there were truths and there were lies. And the lies were prevalent."

Mayor Kenney ended 2021 complaining that he's responsible for things that are out of his control. Council President Darrell Clarke, however, ended the year seeing a power vacuum.

Something as simple as walking every day can help lessen one of the biggest risk factors for severe illness or death from Covid-19: obesity. That's why we need to encourage more of it in Philly.

In this episode of Generation Change Philly, we highlight Raheem "King" Saladeen who has unlocked opportunities around the world with his artwork—including his ubiquitous "JP The Money Bear." But his heart belongs to the city that raised him and the late friend who believed in him.