Politics
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 PlattWho 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 StaffAnnouncing 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 PlattTalking 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 LeonardWhy 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 VelshiThe 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 PlattPraising 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 SnyderConstitutional 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 ShepelavyThe 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