Elections
Ali Velshi Inside Project 2025 & Extremist Groups
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member on Project 2025's redirection of our national security away from extremist groups and against diversity and equity
By Ali Velshi
What Even Is an Auditor General?
The state’s chief fiscal watchdog is on the ballot in November. Here’s why that matters, the next in our Your City (Commonwealth) Defined series
By J.P. Romney
Public Speaking Can Win (or Lose) the Presidency
The ability to deliver a message effectively could determine our next POTUS — and is a skill, a long-time university president argues, that all students should learn
By Elaine Maimon
Ali Velshi Inside Project 2025 … Inside Your Bedroom
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member on Project 2025's insidious reach into our lives, our families, and our bedrooms.
By Ali Velshi
Are Voters Ready for a “Politics of Joy?”
Is Kamala Harris's presidential campaign more 1980 or 1968? That depends
By Kevin Sunday
Fear of a Biracial President
Amidst last week’s rally of 14,000 people featuring Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, there was something missing: Any mention of race from the Dems’ presidential ticket
By Malcolm Burnley
Ali Velshi Inside Project 2025 and Schedule F
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member outlines how Schedule F dismantles the civil service system and hands the president unprecedented power
By Ali Velshi
What Kamala Harris can Learn from FDR’s 1936 Philly Speech
A former communications director to the late Sen. Harris Wofford on how voters’ key economic concerns ultimately come back to democracy
By David M. Stone
Why Walz Helps Harris Win PA — and Beyond
A Pennsylvania history professor on how the Minnesota coach-turned-governor could be the key to making America nice again
By John Hinshaw
“Baruch Shapiro” Was Funny … ’Til It Wasn’t
Progressives targeted Josh Shapiro in the VP sweepstakes. What does that mean for PA … and the country?
By Larry Platt