Topic: News Media
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Choose Democracy
The assault on the U.S. Capitol was a low point of our 248-year history. It’s time to pick a side: Are you for or against democracy?
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CaitlinClark-791x400.jpg)
Caitlin Clark, Race and the WNBA
A public intellectual and former Penn professor on how Black women are once again getting the short end of the sports media narrative
By Michael Eric Dyson![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NICE-HOLIDAY-img_0099-copy-791x400.jpg)
Art for Change: Championing Art with Words
For more than two decades, Roberta Fallon’s Artblog has amplified Philadelphia art and artists — work that is more important than ever. The next in a series with Forman Arts Initiative
By Logan Cryer![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ali_Velshi_Small_Acts_of_Courage_Book_Launch_HED-791x400.jpg)
Excerpt: “You’re In This Fight”
How a peaceful march, a misguided cop and a rubber bullet turned Canadian-born (by way of Kenya, South Africa and India) Ali Velshi into a true American. An excerpt from Small Acts of Courage, the MSNBC anchor and Citizen board member’s new memoir, launching May 7, in Philly
By Ali Velshi![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/John-Dougherty-Philadelphia-1-791x400.jpeg)
Guest Commentary: Local News Matters
What do a historic muckraker, the corruption trial of Johnny Doc, and the long arc of justice in Philadelphia have in common? A robust local newspaper
By Anthony Green![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/News-media-standards-791x400.jpg)
Keeping Local Media Afloat
Today, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism granted The Philadelphia Citizen — and 16 other local media organizations — beaucoup funds to sustain and grow
By Lauren McCutcheon![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Polarization-791x400.jpg)
Stop Feeding the Polarization Beast
A Shippensburg politics professor has an important message for anyone who cares about American democracy
By Alison Dagnes![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Center_City_District_HED-791x400.jpeg)
Guest Commentary: Urban Doom Loop … Really?
A story in the Wall Street Journal last week singled Philly out for having an empty office district. The head of the Center City District wonders: Do facts even matter anymore?
By Paul R. Levy