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WURD Host Charles D. Ellison speaks with the Commonwealth Foundation Vice-President about corporate welfare and Philly's failed Amazon HQ2 pitch

A team at Penn is trying to balance the scales of gender representation in urban planning—through Wikipedia

WURD host Charles Ellison speaks with bestselling novelist and SafeKids Stories founder Lorene Cary about the power of youth and Vote that Jawn, a citywide effort to get young people to the polls 

In Oregon and 12 other states, voters are automatically registered to vote. In 16, they can register on election day. In several counties and states, voting is done by mail. All have higher turnouts than in PA

In an excerpt from his memoir, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper writes of working with politicians on both sides of the aisle. He’ll talk about bringing reason to politics at our Ideas We Should Steal Festival on the 30th

Philly retirees reflect on their “first time”  

A design project seeks to save threatened religious spaces by reimagining their use as community hubs—for neighbors new and old

  At next month’s Ideas We Should Steal Festival, the CEO of Brooklyn’s Ascend Charter Schools will talk about turning away from “No Excuses” and toward what may be the key to education: Joy

Our own James Meadows and WURD host Charles Ellison discuss a local design project that seeks to save threatened religious spaces by reimagining their use as community hubs—for neighbors new and old  

Penn Medicine’s guru of innovation may be the smartest person in Philly you haven’t heard of

As the president of Center City District notes, poverty is not fate. But it will remain stubborn as long as the city still lags in jobs and housing

Turning Points CEO Dawn Holden and WURD's afternoon host Charles Ellison discuss the local child welfare agency,which is proving that youths who struggle after foster care can lead stable lives.  

The mayor has increased the spending of your taxpayer dollars by a whopping 17 percent since taking office. What is our return on that investment?  

A local child welfare agency is proving that youths who struggle after foster care can lead stable lives. And you won't believe how little its intervention costs  

WURD's afternoon host and Philadelphia lawyer Alex Braden discuss Braden's latest column on ending ending our expensive culture of incarceration—and instead spending money to help prevent many crimes in the first place  

Nationwide contests in developing countries turn honest public officials into celebrities. Let’s convince the DC-based group behind the project to bring it here

And trash cans reduce litter, according to a new city report. So when, Philly 3.0’s Engagement Director wonders, is Mayor Kenney going to do something about it?  

Reality Check host Charles D. Ellison talks with an Integrity Idol officer about the nationwide contests in developing countries which turn honest public officials into celebrities. 

Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden teaches teens to grow the food they eat. But the lesson is really about so much more

Hear what you missed at the sold out Citizen event with author Anand Giridharadas and B Lab’s Jay Coen Gilbert