Topic: U.S. Politics
Federal Grants Should Serve People, Not Politics
A mental healthcare provider CEO says Trump’s new executive order on federal grants will take the scientists out of science
By Dr. Jeannine L. Lisitski
Is Trump Targeting Welders Now?
A provision of the President’s One Big Ugly Act threatens to disrupt shipbuilding at Philly’s Navy Yard. A longtime university president bemoans yet another attack on post-high school education
By Elaine Maimon
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with the Most Banned Author in The Country
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with the first member of the Banned Book Club, George M. Johnson, to discuss the successful effort to fight back against book bans nationwide
By Ali Velshi
What Our Congressional Delegation Can Learn From Baseball
A longtime university president urges a return to playing fair
By Elaine Maimon
Be a Patriot, Not a Parrot
Taking care of your neighbor isn’t socialism. It’s American.
By Patrick J. Murphy
Where is Congress’s Moral Courage?
Medicaid is shrinking. The debt is exploding. International students are leaving. And Congress isn’t doing a thing.
By Patrick J. Murphy
How to Build More Housing without the Feds
President Trump is set to disrupt housing policy as we know it. Here’s how Drexel’s Metro Finance head says cities and states can take over
By Bruce Katz
What a Typewriter Taught Me about Human Connection
A local artist has traveled America inviting people to write letters to the President on her vintage typewriter. See her March 8 at the Free Library for the Global Day of Unplugging
By Sheryl Oring
Who Will Protect You Now?
A former city worker was recently fired from the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which President Trump plans to shut down. That’s a win for scammers and price-gougers
By Nick Hand
More Random Applause, Please
Let’s just clap for each other. Because the country is on fire and the bucket brigade needs to start somewhere
By Ronnie Polaneczky