Sep 30, 2025
In this episode of Guest Commentary, a Temple professor speaks to the shameful statistic that a third of Philadelphia schools have no play area in place, let alone green spaces that allow students to really thrive.
Sep 29, 2025
"In 1983, fifty companies controlled 90% of America's media. Today, five companies control 90%." Ali Velshi points to the temporary suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! to demonstrate how an oppressive administration uses mergers to control free speech. "But Kimmel is back on the air," he says. Boycotts, sit-ins,...
Sep 26, 2025
On this episode of Big Rube's Philly, the iconic chef, brand marketer and photographer talks with the owner of O’Jung’s — a South Philly bar that’s changed with the times but also … hasn’t
Sep 25, 2025
When Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan took office in 2013, his city had just filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
Today, business is booming, crime has fallen to a 60-year low and it’s no understatement to say that Detroit is back.
Mayor Duggan, now running for governor of his state as an Independent,...
Sep 24, 2025
Citizen writer Courtney Duchene joins Dr. James Peterson for his regular Citizen WURD segment to discuss her Ideas We Should Steal article about Richmond's dramatic success in cutting the city's poverty rates. Can Philly follow suit?