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More than a dozen years ago, this South Jersey resident decided to join suited-up pals in a Mummers comics club. And she has never looked back.

A history lesson, including some scholarly conjecture, about Philadelphia's New Year's Day parade. You know, the Mummers. Wait. You don't?

"I made my business because I was out every night," says Jennifer Sherlock of the PR firm Jenna's Communications. Big Rube swung by the Rittenhouse Hotel to chat with Sherlock about her rise from TV reporter to the queen of Philly PR. 

Ali Velshi breaks down why

On this episode of Velshi Banned Book Club, Ali Velshi invites authors Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin Pritchard onto the show to discuss their children's book and why they were suddenly banned from a California stop on their book tour. 

With so much chaos in the world around, some Philadelphians find comfort in the darker side of the holiday season

At a time when Washington, D.C. is in hot debate over the Affordable Care Act, Maryland is using an ACA provision to fund safe, legal abortions for Medicaid recipients — without costing taxpayers. On this episode of Ideas We Should Steal, we look at whether Pennsylvania should follow suit.

Is Donald Trump trying to gaslight the country about affordability in this country? Ali Velshi breaks it down.

Anti-vaccine activists, including the country's top health official, offered renowned CHOP immunologist and RFK target $1 million to debate them on vaccine safety

As mayor of Baltimore and then governor of Maryland, Martin O'Malley used transparency and statistics to drive his city and state forward into the Information Age. And then he  — literally — wrote the book on the subject.  His conclusion after more than a decade in public office? "We live in a time of enormous opportunity," O'Malley said on the latest episode of How To Really Run A City. "It's the dawning of the Third Industrial Revolution. People want to believe that tomorrow can be better than today." O'Malley, a former Social Security Administration Commissioner and Irish clan chieftain, knows the stakes of the current political moment. Yes, you have to lead with joy. But to get people back from the brink of political despair, you've got to get shit done at the local level, because if we can't deliver the goods of a republic – the services that make a republic worth having — then we can't blame people for not following us. "Over the last 20 years," O'Malley said, "trust in the federal government has falle

The City law requiring elected officials to quit before running for another office makes elections less competitive. Council's new proposal won't fix it — at least not without a change.

Research has found that fixing up abandoned homes can make a city safer. Is Mayor Parker's H.O.M.E Plan reaching its full potential?

"Would-be U.S. citizens are now scared that their own naturalization ceremony is just another trap," Ali Velshi says. What we're seeing is "an assault on legal immigration."

On this episode of Guest Commentary, CHOP's renowned immunologist on why following recent recommendations by RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisory committee is a terrible idea

With the closing of Bryn Mawr's Lifecycle Wellness and Birth Center, women have lost yet another important maternity option

On this episode of Business for Good, we look at a new online coaching tool from former Vertex CEO Jeff Westphal that promises professional mentorship — without the mentor

Recently, Roxanne Patel Shepelavy moderated  a panel on violence prevention and how to keep Philly's progress moving forward. The event was hosted by The Trace and the discussion was insightful and impassioned. Listen in.

The Director of the FBI. The Secretary of Homeland Security. The Secretary of War. Ali Velshi breaks down the most recent string of scandals to show why basic ineptitude is preventing Donald Trump from enacting his agenda.

Hurling eggs at an Eagles coach's house isn't gritty — it's bullying. It's time to retire the mean routine, and not just in sports.

Jigar Mehta led an effort to spare small businesses from a shocking tax increase next year wrought by Mayor Parker's new tax plan. Will it become law? Visit this story on the web for more details.