Topic: Donald Trump

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
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
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
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
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
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