Politics

All the candidates — Democratic and Republican — on Philadelphians’ ballots on May 19, 2026

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member is joined by David Rohde to discuss the Commander in Chief's inability to pay attention to the war he started

The Department of Education’s zeal to eliminate diversity efforts on campus has now veered into a small-print threat that could shatter independence — and financial viability — for local colleges. A longtime university president on what we can do about it

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Her budget proposes four new H.O.M.E. bills that could provide more housing and also support SEPTA. But they don’t go far enough

Pundit and activist Michael Smerconish joins Citizen Co-founder Larry Platt, along with former Mayors Michael Nutter and Kasim Reed, to talk about the current state of media and the importance of people connecting with people IRL

The Center City legislator’s proposed bill would block more than 90 percent of city building projects, just as Mayor Parker says to build, build, build

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member sits down with retired U.S. Army Col. Jack Jacobs to talk about the dangers of invoking Christian Evangelical Nationalism in our war with Iran

When The Wilma Theater set out to put on plays to challenge how we view the country’s 250th anniversary, they never imagined how prescient they were being, says the theater’s co-artistic director

Not according to students in a recent poll. A longtime university president reflects on how the new data explodes the political narrative