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Philadelphia sues after slavery exhibit removed from historic site

Originally published: Al Mayadeen on January 23, 2026 by Agencies (more by Al Mayadeen) | (Posted Jan 24, 2026)

Philadelphia officials have filed a lawsuit after a slavery-focused exhibition was removed from a historic site, accusing the Trump administration of attempting to sanitize U.S. history ahead of key national commemorations.
“We must build an alternative”

Originally published: The Lever on May 15, 2023 by Matthew Cunningham-Cook (more by The Lever) | (Posted May 16, 2023)

How Helen Gym’s fight to save a hospital turned her into a frontrunner to be Philadelphia’s next mayor.

Democracy Needs Public Media w/ Victor Pickard
Scott Ferguson

Victor Pickard returns to Money on the Left six years after his first appearance on the show to discuss the state of the U.S. media system under Trump 2.0. Pickard is C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication and Co-Director at the Media, […]
Public Employment & Training from the Great Society to the “End of Welfare as We Know It”
Scott Ferguson

This month, Scott Ferguson speaks with Mario Rendina about the politics of public employment and training in the United States as they shifted over the course of the late 20th century. Rendina brings over thirty years of hands-on experience working within municipal government in Tampa Bay, Florida—specifically within Hillsborough County. Grounded in his extensive career […]
The Public Banking Institute
Scott Ferguson

In this episode, we speak with Walt McRee (President) and Peter Winslow (Vice President) of the Public Banking Institute (PBI) about their past and ongoing advocacy for public banking. Founded in 2011 by author Ellen Brown and a core collective of advocates, PBI aims to break the monopoly of Wall Street’s private banking system by […]