CitizenCast

THE CITIZEN RECOMMENDS: Flash Focus on Privacy and the Internet

An event at the Rosenbach with The Citizen’s Larry Platt asks a question of our time: How can we live in the age of Facebook?

Jim Kenney’s Bad Day

Did the election results tell us something about the state of the Mayor’s popularity?

Citizen of the Week: Scott Blunk

The volunteer at W.B. Saul High School’s on-campus farm is taking what was once seen as troublesome and expensive animal waste and transforming it from poo to profit

Ideas We Should Steal: Free Rental Assistance

19 Reasons to Vote Today

Have you gone to the polls yet? There’s still time to make your choices known—and plenty of reasons to do so

Citizen of the Week: Kyle Shenandoah On WURD's Reality Check

The Millenial from Forgotten Bottom realized he had to be the change he wanted to see in his neighborhood. So he jumped all in

Why Philly Should Bring Back the Rooming House

L&I head David Perri is right—co-living may be the best way to create affordable housing in a city that desperately needs it

Your City Defined: The Office of Property Assessment

How does the assessment process work? A look at the history of the OPA.

Ah, Nostalgia

Philly native Pat Cunnane’s Obama White House memoir takes us back to what feels like decades ago.

The Year of the Woman?

Madeleine Dean is among a spate of women and newcomers hoping to ride an anti-Trump wave into office. Will the same old PA politics stop them?

Larry Platt Talks Meek Mill on WURD's Reality Check

Larry Platt visits Charles D Ellison's Reality Check on WURD to discuss Meek Mill and criminal justice reform.

The Case of the Missing Millions

The City misplaced $27 million of your money, didn’t reconcile its bank accounts for 7 years, and now wants to raise taxes again. Where does the buck stop?

City Council Cheat Sheet

It's National Police Week and Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. would like to dredge the Schuykill River.

Reality Check: The Looming Public Housing Fiasco

In the wake of HUD chief Ben Carson’s proposal to triple public housing rent, WURD’s afternoon host calls on the City to find a real solution to our rental woes

Our Electric Vehicle Gap

Philly lags behind other cities in putting city-owned electric cars on the street. Might SEPTA, of all places, be the model for how to turn that around?

Ideas We Should Steal Revisited: Night Mayor

Philadelphia's bustling nightlife draws many of the best and brightest to our region. Will poor handling of a night mayor initiative turn them away?

CitizenCast City Council Cheat Sheet

City Council recognizes the 50 year anniversary of the Fair Housing Act and a resolution to decriminalize marijuana hit the floor.

“The Trees are the Lungs”

On this Arbor Day, we celebrate the arborists who care for our trees.

CitizenCast: Your City Defined—Street Sweeping

As it turns out, the moniker "Filthadelphia" stretches all the way back to the 1800s. CitizenCast takes a look back at our storied history of keeping Philadelphia streets clean

CitizenCast: A Better City, One Solution at a Time

At The Citizen’s Solutions Open Mic Happy Hour, we heard from residents like you about their ideas for fixing what ails Philly. It gave us reason to hope

"We Can't Waste This Moment"

Finally, a business leader has a plan to bring jobs to Philadelphia. is anyone going to follow Jerry Sweeney's lead?

CitizenCas:t City Council Cheat Sheet

Philadelphia City Council President, Darrell L. Clarke, deescalates a tense situation and Councilman David Oh's intent to amend Pa's Post Conviction Relief Act

Get To Work

The jobs are in the suburbs, but many Philadelphians have no way to get there. The Philadelphia Unemployment Project has the answer: Car pooling

Larry Platt Talks Larry Krasner On Reality Check

Larry Platt discusses Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner's first three months on the job with WURD Reality Check host Charles D. Ellison

Now Comes The Hard Part

By appointing his first school board, Philadelphia's Mayor Kenney has taken responsibility for schools. How can we know if he’s succeeded?

Ideas We Should Steal Revisited: Open Primaries

As the number of Philadelphia citizens who identify as Independent increases, should the city finally consider open primaries?

The Dangers Of Disruption

In a cautionary tale, a Philly entrepreneur with big dreams runs afoul of the Philadelphia Water Department

Reality Check: Jumpstart Germantown

WURD's Charles D. Ellison speaks with Jumpstart Germantown developer Ken Weinstein on his program that trains local residents to be their own community developers.

City Council Cheat Sheet

A very very very very...very special guest and "Deep State" accusations in this week's City Council meeting

The Krasner Warning Signs

The DA’s first three months have revealed incompetency. But is there something more troubling at play?