Jalen Hurts Just Showed Us Leadership Isn’t Optional

In his Substack, Love Art & War, former Super Bowl-winning Eagle and activist Malcolm Jenkins says when the stakes are highest, leadership isn’t a speech or a slogan: It’s a choice

By Malcolm Jenkins
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club and the Threat to Our Nation’s Libraries

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member invites Jon Yaged, CEO of Macmillan Publishers, to discuss the vital role of IMLS

By Ali Velshi
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The Meme That Birthed a Movement, Politics That Work …

… and other smart takes to help you make sense of all the national news overwhelming you this week

By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff
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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
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Ronald v. Donald on Black Educators

The divergence between these two GOP presidents highlights how far half of the body politic has moved in just under four decades

By Sharif El-Mekki

Hail to the Champions of University Values

The presidents of Temple and Princeton are setting an example for what leaders must do in today’s political climate, according to a longtime university president

By Elaine Maimon
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Ali Velshi Explains How Even With The Tariff Pause, Prices Went Up

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member reintroduces our hypothetical American "Betty" to hash out the damage that tariffs are causing our economy, despite the "pause"

By Ali Velshi

Winners Write the History …

… so let’s ensure the American people are those winners by preserving and teaching the stories that form our democracy, a longtime college president urges

By Elaine Maimon

Defederalizing America

Drexel’s Metro Finance head on the “less perfect union” President Trump is shaping with his radical restructuring of U.S. government

By Bruce Katz

“Directly Targeting Hungry Children”

President Trump’s cuts to food banks puts thousands of Philadelphians at risk of increased hunger. Here’s how it will affect Share Food, our area’s largest hunger relief organization

By Rachel Wisniewski