Citizen Must-Reads

Trump’s Qatari G(r)ift, “Copaganda,” Waning U.S. Popularity …

… and other takes on the week’s news to help you cut through the noise

By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff
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No DA TV Debate is a Loss for Voters

Each campaign has declined at least one debate invitation. But as incumbent Larry Krasner picked his preferred forums, traditional televised appearances have not made the cut.

By Jared Council

Stop Using Antisemitism as a Weapon Against Higher Education

A longtime university president tells Congress to cease and desist from persecuting colleges under the guise of fighting antisemitism

By Elaine Maimon
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Ali Velshi — Do We Now Live in a Surveillance State?

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member talks with Caitlin Dickerson and Petra Molnar about the growing surveillance state and how big-donor tech companies are threatening due process

By Ali Velshi

John Fry’s Call to Arms

While others cower, the new Temple prez doubled down last week on Enlightenment values — and just may be modeling a new course for would-be leaders in the age of autocracy

By Larry Platt

Students, Direct Your Ire Where It Belongs

A longtime university president points to the real threat that needs protesting

By Elaine Maimon
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Ali Velshi On The Red Scare and MAGA

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member draws a comparison between the consequences of an infamous movement in the 1950s and today's threat to our freedoms

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi On Losing Abortion Rights, Losing Gay Marriage

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member connects the dots between stripping women of bodily autonomy and stripping civil rights from LGBTQ+ Americans

By Ali Velshi

Hey Philly, Let’s Tell Bezos to Suck It

The Citizen is intensely hyperlocal. But attacks on Enlightenment values know no borders. Here, a way to stand against media surrender and get clearer on national affairs without regard to ideology

By Larry Platt

Can Worker Co-ops Fix Our Busted Democracy?

City Councilmember Nic O’Rourke wants Philly to promote more democratically-run businesses as a way out of today’s political and economic doldrums

By Malcolm Burnley