All aboard the Philly Bike Train
CitizenCast
Who are all those people standing outside City Hall with their bicycles?
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Philadelphia workers must be able to afford Philadelphia
CitizenCast
On this episode of Citizen WURDs, Dr. James Peterson is joined by Natalie Shieh and Sarah Maginnis who dissected the wage tax and talked about how they're boosting urban development in order to make the city more affordable for everyone.
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Daddy University
CitizenCast
On this episode of Citizen of the Week, one veteran from West Philly felt left out of the parenting equation twenty-two years. Today, he’s turned thousands of local dads into successful child-rearers. For even more information about Daddy University, on the web.
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Does the U.S. have enough missiles?
CitizenCast
Military stockpiles of defensive and offensive missiles are dwindling. It would take four to five years to restock our supplies. Ali Velshi investigates the growing crisis.
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A century-old idea for feeding American cities
CitizenCast
To combat wartime food prices in the 1910s, the federal government actively promoted local food markets. Modern urban thinkers build on these ideas to reinvent grocery stores and combat food deserts.
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What it would take to bridge the divide between left and right
CitizenCast
CNN's Michael Smerconish moderated a panel at the Promise of Democracy 250th Summit recently. It focused on how the country can overcome the widening divisions shaping American public life, and the cultural and community tensions that have resulted.
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Choosing between your pocketbook and the health of your pet
CitizenCast
We consider our animals to be part of the family. Then why, asks a former pet insurance professional, don’t we plan ahead for their medical care?
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Making dining accessible to everyone
CitizenCast
One restaurant in Kensington is participating in the Pay-What-You-Can movement that lets customers decide how much they want to pay for their meal. It's a no-judgment way of making finer dining accessible to anyone.
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The two economic realities in America
CitizenCast
Donald Trump keeps telling Americans we're in a "golden age" of economic prosperity. Ali Velshi breaks down the reality.
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Will the measles outbreak reach Philly?
CitizenCast
The highly contagious disease is sweeping the United States. Philly currently has zero confirmed cases — a stark difference from the city's major outbreak 30 years ago. Are we more prepared this time around?
info_outline“The problems we have as a country don’t go away because the federal government leaves the stage,” says Mary Ellen Wiederwohl, CEO of Accelerator for America, on the latest episode of How To Really Run A City. “All this stuff lands on the front steps of City Hall.”
And then what? That’s what hosts Kasim Reed (former mayor of Atlanta) and Michael Nutter (former mayor of Philadelphia), along with Citizen Co-founder Larry Platt, explore with Brown University Professor Marc Dunkelman, author of the new book, Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress — and How to Bring It Back.
“We need to rethink the balance between our impulse to empower central authority and the attempts to ensure that power doesn’t do damage,” says Dunkelman.
Dunkelman highlights the push and pull of centralized power in U.S. politics, tracing a line from the Progressive Era of the late 19th century to the destructive anger of modern MAGAism.
Reed weighed in with his experience. “Fair is harder,” he says. “I believe in action-oriented leadership. Move faster. Be decisive. Be more inclusive, yes, but by god, do something.”
Join us for an unvarnished discussion about why trust in both politics and infrastructure continues to be broken in this country, along with steps we can take to actually make things work.
As Dunkelman says, “There’s a fantasy that if you just get everyone around a table, they will eventually come to an agreement. The truth is, we need deciders. That’s why we have elections.”
As cities go, so goes the nation!