Topic: U.S. Politics

The Citizen board member joined us virtually to reflect on the hope of bipartisanship, the broken GOP and government working as it should.

The Covid Relief Bill includes much-needed funding for city services—if, Philly 3.0’s engagement director cautions, Congress doesn’t take it away

America may have moved on from the deadly Capitol siege. But the show of political and ideological force will continue to define us—if we let it.

A day after thugs waving confederate flags and wearing “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirts breached the Capitol, a talk with a Trump-supporting Republican state senator offers some hope

A local theater director on how Trump’s post-election Republican enablers have thrust us into a real-life version of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible

The election results reveal the potential for a transformative new coalition—if Joe Biden and progressives have the guts to go there

The first-term congresswoman from PA joined The Citizen for a virtual town hall to talk about the unique way she’s disrupting politics for the better

How did Joe Biden become the antidote to Trumpism and coronavirus anxiety?

Could help be on the way for Main Street businesses? Here, a rundown of the relief bills and programs that, if Congress acts, might just help

It’s too bad, WURD’s midday host contends, that the city can’t see that