About that missing $700k ...
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For the second time in three years, the School District of Philadelphia was defrauded out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. What’s really going on?
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The next green tech hub in America
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While Washington implodes and other cities resist, Riverside, CA Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson is moving ahead with an ambitious tech agenda — and battling youth homelessness in her city. “I feel positive about the direction California is taking,” says Riverside, CA Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson, our guest this week on How To Really Run A City. In the wake of reduced support from Washington, D.C., she optimistically declares, “We’ll find our way forward. We’ll keep fighting.” In this episode, former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed joins guest host Scranton, PA Mayor Paige Cognetti, fresh off...
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The Philly guitarist behind the blues in Sinners
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Grammy award-winning Philadelphia guitarist Randy Bowland shaped Hollywood’s next breakout star in his iconic Sinners role
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UArts' Celebration of Life
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A memorial that’s part shiva, part reunion, part performance and part open house
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Ordinary people resisting is what creates change
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What can you do to preserve democracy? Ali Velshi draws on the history of resistance and civil disobedience to demonstrate the small things anyone can do to resist the backslide into authoritarianism.
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Meet the Hair Nerds
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On this episode of Citizen WURDs, James Peterson sits down with Jennifer Boisseau and Theresa Byrd, the Hair Nerds, who use their hairstylist skills to restore dignity and bring joy to patients at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
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Immigrant businesses in Philly fight to stay open
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Immigrant small businesses help power Philadelphia. But tariffs — and deportations — could devastate many of them
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The SEPTA crisis will impact more than just Philly
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The fallout from SEPTA's budget deficit will impact the entire state. On this episode of Guest Commentary, the CEO of Brandywine Realty Trust wants every Pennsylvanian to see that SETPTA doesn't just survive, it thrives.
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Overheard at Fitler: An Evening with Ambassador David Cohen | pt. 2
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Join us for part two of the fascinating conversation between Ambassador David Cohen, now back from Canada, and Citizen co-founder Larry Platt. They talk about real diplomacy on the world stage and why diversity is so important for our city, state and nation.
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Pregnancy can be a death sentence
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In a post-Roe world, Ali Velshi explains, choices around pregnancy in America can now be criminalized and life-threatening.
info_outlineImmigrant small businesses help power Philadelphia. But tariffs — and deportations — could devastate many of them