CitizenCast

On this episode of For Fact's Sake, MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi shines a light on the question of crime and immigration. Politicians who traffic in fearmongering love to beat this drum, but the reality about crime statistics and immigrants is much different.

On this episode, 6abc's Matt O'Donnell introduces our fifth and final candidate for attorney general: Northeast Philly State Representative, Jared Solomon

It has been six months since the brutal attack by Hamas that resulted in 254 Israeli hostages. 134 are still unaccounted for. MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi makes sure we don't forget about these innocent men, women and children who half a year later are still enduring daily terror and trauma. "Hope is mandatory."

Dynamic pricing — aka surge pricing, but also discounted pricing — works for Uber and Amtrak. Can it work for other larger Philly systems?

Fort Worth, Texas mayor Mattie Parker won her second term with a whopping 70 percent of the vote. On this episode of "How To Really Run A City," our hosts--former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and The Citizen's co-founder Larry Platt--talk with this superstar mayor about managing a city-wide boom while maintaining a small-town feel.

Mayor Parker believes that what sets her apart is not actually needing this gig, which frees her up to pass commonsense policies. "If it costs me my job, great. I just want to live in Fort Worth and raise my family." It's an attitude and drive that has earned her overwhelming support from her city.

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Roxanne sits down with the Forman Arts Initiative's Adjoa Jones de Aleida to discuss her appointment as the FAI's first executive director. From de Aleida's unique trajectory as an educator to innovative programs that embed artists inside city agencies, Roxanne and de Aleida outline how local artists can develop their own voices while simultaneously serving the citizens of Philadelphia.

On this episode, 6abc's Matt O'Donnell introduces our fourth candidate for attorney general: former Philadelphia Chief Public Defender, Keir Bradford-Grey

On this episode, 6abc's Matt O'Donnell introduces our third candidate for attorney general: former Bucks County Solicitor, Joe Khan

"I've never read a book that so radically demands empathy and change," says MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi. "Hunger" by Roxanne Gay is about body image and the trauma of being a rape survivor. Florida schools decided to ban it.

Is billionaire, political donor and part TikTok owner Jeff Yass the only person who doesn't want to shut everybody else up?