Politics

Be Like Ike
Drexel’s Metro Finance head looks back at a national hero and truly presidential leader (and a select delicious dessert) to make sense of what we need in this radical moment
By Bruce Katz
Why Did I Send a Book to the Mayor and City Council?
Because, as this budget season reminds us, Democrats had better stop celebrating what they spend — and instead focus on what they actually build and deliver for real people
By Larry Platt
The Wackiest Race for Local Judgeships Ever?
A Bob Brady conspiracy theory, a tax-dodging candidate and a huffing mess. This year’s low-excitement judicial races just got a little juicier
By Malcolm Burnley
“Governtainment” in City Hall
On the latest episode of our podcast, Rochester Hills, MI Republican mayor Bryan Barnett speaks out about Trump’s tariffs — and reveals his (slightly wacky) secret to staying in office for 18 years
By J.P. Romney
The Pedestal We Put Them On
Shut up and dribble? Responsibility as role models? How to interpret the Eagles who went — and didn’t go — to the White House.
By Malcolm Burnley, Olivia Kram and Larry Platt
Can Larry Krasner be Pro-Democracy and Anti-Debate?
The DA, who is running for a third term, has so far refused to participate in any televised debates with his opponent Pat Dugan this campaign season. Don’t voters deserve at least that?
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Josh Shapiro and Moral Clarity
Wouldn’t the Governor’s principled call for it in the New York Times and elsewhere best be served by retiring the phrase “antisemitism?"
By Larry Platt
Polling Places in Jails
A way to get more people voting and make our communities safer? That’s what happened with a Colorado program Pennsylvania could easily replicate
By Malcolm Burnley
Local Actions Can Save Us from Federal Pullback
Drexel’s Metro Finance chief on what places like Boston, New York and even Alabama are doing in the wake of funding and workforce cuts from President Trump's federal government
By Bruce Katz
Ali Velshi — Do We Now Live in a Surveillance State?
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member talks with Caitlin Dickerson and Petra Molnar about the growing surveillance state and how big-donor tech companies are threatening due process
By Ali Velshi