CitizenCast

In part two of our latest episode of How to Really Run a City podcast, former Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed and former Philly mayor Michael Nutter hear more rhetorical gems from bestselling author and public intellectual Michael Eric Dyson ... who has some, uh, soulful theories about how to win elections and govern cities. Let's call it the Bobby Womack school of governance.

Elaine Maimon joins Dr. James Peterson, host of Evening WURDs, to discuss her recent Citizen article about the head-scratching closing of UArts.

On this episode of Guest Commentary, the director of Drexel's Wealth and Work Futures Lab explains why minimum wage hasn't budged in fifteen years and what needs to happen

... it did not go well. MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi breaks down the 1924 National Origins Act and explains the long-term damage that resulted.

In advance of the presidential debate, former mayor Michael Nutter shares some thoughts on the answers we really need to hear from the candidates

Where can the country look when federal courts begin to falter? We've been here before, explains MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi. It is no surprise that state courts held Donald Trump accountable and preserved rights that SCOTUS stripped away.

Two deep canvassers from "Changing the Conversation Together" joined Solomon Jones on "Wake Up with WURD" to discuss one of the most effective techniques for getting reluctant voters to the polls.

University of the Arts' former CFO wants answers about the suddenly-closed school's $40 million funding gap

On this episode of #velshibannedbookclub, MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi brings Laurence Yep onto the show to talk about his banned book: Dragonwings.

Critics have scoured Yep's book about Chinese immigrants for evidence of "anti-American sentiments." This is a dangerous practice.

Progressive members of City Council protested them. Jay-Z supported them. Mayor Parker tried to unite everyone. You have entered the frontlines of school choice.