John Fetterman and the Politics of Hypocrisy

Progressives who dismiss the lingering speech issues from the candidate’s stroke run the risk of embodying what they decry

By Larry Platt

Who Is Derek Green?

The former At-Large City Councilmember and assistant D.A. known as a practical policymaker is now a former candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia

By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff

Announcing Kenney 2.0

Jim Kenney can still reverse his legacy as a mayor who quit on his city. Here, the “Quality of Life” speech to Philadelphians he needs to make now.

By Larry Platt

Talking To People You Disagree With

Root Quarterly looks at a California-based organization, now working with Penn, that asks: Does a successful American experiment depend on empathy?

By Lauren Earline Leonard
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Why Republican Candidates Can’t Flip U.S. Senate

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi says Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate in PA, AZ, GA, WI and OH are not quite ... qualified

By Ali Velshi

The Enlightenment Is On The Ballot

Media needs to cover the values underpinning the gubernatorial campaign of Doug Mastriano, because business as usual “objectivity” won’t capture the looming threat to pluralism

By Larry Platt
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Praising the Non-Endorsers of Doug Mastriano

A Republican supporter of Democrat Josh Shapiro on what passes for a bit of courage among his fellow state party members this election season

By Craig Snyder
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Constitutional Republic vs. Democracy

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi explains the movement behind the message ... and the threat it poses to American rights

By Ali Velshi

“Democracy Or Not Democracy”

What the highest-stakes Pennsylvania election since the last high stakes election (i.e. that one two years ago) is really about

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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The Odd Connection between Trump and the Rosenbergs

In 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for espionage against the U.S. Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi explains the strange link between the Rosenbergs and Donald Trump.

By Ali Velshi