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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
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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
Guest Commentary

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
Guest Commentary

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
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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
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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