The event faced programming challenges weeks before it began Thursday and has since experienced a bumpy start to its 16-day run.

I don't want to hear another word about how much white European visitors are enjoying ranch dressing while team officials, Africa's top referee, and now one of the world's most celebrated fans are turned away from the World Cup. The USA is an utterly unfit host — it's as simple as that

Did birthright citizenship begin at the 14th Amendment, or does it go back much further? This Sat at 10 AM EST, historian Van Gosse joins Neglected Stories to explore the history behind today's biggest constitutional debates. 🎙️ G-Town Radio 92.9 FM 🌎 www.gtownradio.com #History #Immigration #SCOTUS

A spectre is haunting Europe and America – the spectre of gen Z socialism. That’s the urgent warning from the Economist in a new cover-story editorial: "How to fight back against Gen-Z socialism" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Read the response by @normansolomon.bsky.social

Watching the games? There is always time for a sip. #WorldCup #Haiti #Mexico

America’s 200th birthday 50 yrs ago wasn’t just fireworks and parades. It was a fight over who belongs in the American story. + Mayor Rizzo & Nixon's bromance This Sat at 10 a.m. EST, historian Marc Stein explains how Philly became the center of that struggle. 🎧 92.9 FM Philadelphia 🌐 gtownradio.com

Feminism. Progress. Backlash. What now? Saturday, 10 AM (EST), tune in to Neglected Stories for a powerful conversation with activist Conni Bille. From the rise of the feminist movement to today’s challenges—we’re asking the big questions: where we go next 📻 92.9 FM 🌐 gtownradio.com #Feminism #Women

For too long, bureaucracy kept 7 child care centers across our city empty — spaces that should have been alive with laughter instead collected dust. We've run through that red tape. This fall, all 7 will open their doors, bringing an additional 240 free 3-K seats & real relief to working families.

Feminism has never moved in a straight line. This Saturday at 10 AM (EST), we talk with activist, former NARAL staff Conni Bille about the movement’s history, today’s backlash, and what comes next. 📻 92.9 FM 🌐 gtownradio.com History matters—especially now. #Feminism #SocialMovements #GenderJustice

‘How dare The Atlantic accuse me of drinking on the job. I’m gonna sue you as soon as I find some Tylenol and a couple Bloody Mary’s…’

Is universal access to healthcare possible in the US? Dr Walter Tsou Answers: check out the interview at open.spotify.com/episode/5Koy... #Healthcare #Singlepayer #UnitedStates #Freedom

AP publishes a good multi-state rundown on pushback all over the country against plans for huge Trump prison camps: apnews.com/article/immi...

🩺 A Wise Doctor Once Wrote. <3 Funny Signs (10 Photos): streetartutopia.com/2026/04/11/f...

Gas is up 40% since the start of the war. Yet Trump said a few weeks ago this is a small price to pay and that “only fools would think differently.” Grocery prices are up.Utility bills up nationwide. America is getting less affordable. Families have paid over $1,700 in tariffs since he took office.

Why doesn’t the U.S. have universal health care—and what will it take to get there? This Saturday, 10 AM EST 92.9 FM Philly + www.gtownradio.com Dr. Walter Tsou breaks it down so everyone can understand—and act. #HealthCare #PublicHealth #MedicareForAll

A sermon that shook an empire. This Saturday, we explore Servando Teresa de Mier—friar, rebel, and revolutionary thinker. With writer Rafael Toriz on Neglected Stories. 📻 92.9 FM 🌐 gtownradio.com 🗓 10 AM EST #Mexico #History #Faith LR: Pedro Rubio, Rafael Toriz, Pedro Rodriguez @GtownRadio

Candidates to square off in PA 3rd CD on April 14 at Center in the Park, Germantown, Philadelphia #PA #Congress #Democrats

Nebraska Dems: Don’t fall for the fake candidate put up by the GOP. Vote for independent Dan Osborne for Senate! They're trying to cheat by fooling enough voters. Don't be one of them.

If you were busy getting to a NO KINGS event & missed the airing of Neglected Stories: People, History, Movements, here is your chance to hear the entire episode on the life and times of Zilpha Elaw. Prof. Kim Blockett revives the extraordinary live of this trailblazing black woman. #Women #History

www.inquirer.com/business/30t... #Empanadas #Philly

Here's a quite unique conversation about the history of Blacks and Puerto Rican relations in Philadelphia post WWII - plus a look back athe '76 March Without Colonies -timely as we look at the 250th Independence birthday in '26. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/0ux... #Philly #AfricanAmericans #250

On Neglected Stories: Host Pedro Rodriguez sits down with author & tennis professional Gabriel Allen to explore the hidden history of tennis — a story of class, race & gender in the making of the modern sport. 📅 Sat, Oct 11 | 🕙 10am EST 📻 92.9 FM | 💻 gtownradio.com #CommunityRadio #Philly #Tennis

"No hate, no fear! Immigrants are welcome here!" Absolutely massive crowd at the New Yorkers Against ICE march. Blocks long!

What do you care about a small island off the Caribbean coast of Honduras? Tune-in at 10 am this Saturday, Sept 27, Part 2 Roatan vs the Billionaires, Germantown Community Radio, 82.9 FM, streaming at gtownradio.com. Previously on Spotify Neglected Stories: People, History, Movements #Honduras #US

BREAKING: Jimmy Kimmel will return to air on Tuesday, September 23, according to The Walt Disney Company.

Did you miss Neglected Stories: People, History, Movements' episode about the conflict between Honduras and a group of multi billionaires over the fate of the island of Roatan? Check it out here: open.spotify.com/episode/1jGc... #Roatan #Honduras #Prospera #Libertarians

I talked with crime data maven Jeff Asher, whose always relevant work has gotten extra-relevant now that Trump is invoking urban crime as a reason to occupy cities 1/ paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-wi...

Greystar was using rent-setting algorithms from software company RealPage, the subject of a 2022 ProPublica investigation that showed the firm was helping landlords decide prices in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like behavior. By @heathervogell.bsky.social

I wrote about stagflation, how it happens, and why it didn't happen under Biden. Next week about prospects under Trump 1/ paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-econom...

Proud to join over 100 people protesting Ryan Mackenzie’s threats to Social Security! I was also thrilled to help @lv4allorg.bsky.social in distributing over 300 bookbags! My campaign, unlike MAGA Mackenzie, will always be for the people, not the powerful.

This Sat, Aug 16 | 10–11 am — Neglected Stories w/ Pedro Rodriguez. Historian Bennett Parten reframes Sherman’s March to the Sea as a massive liberation, led by self-emancipated people seeking Union lines. 📻 92.9 FM & gtownradio.com | 🎧 Podcasts Sun #History #CivilWar #Emancipation

Listen to an interview with Dr. Castel Sweet on her short doc "Sites of Memory" exploring racial violence in the Deep South creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

I'm not waiting on the sidelines I'm a businessman, veteran and Lehigh County Controller. I've been fighting for you every day. I'm ready to take that fight against the MAGA machine and corporate oligarchy. I'm running for Congress for the people, not the powerful. Join us at votemarkpinsley.com

Check out this podcast: An Extraordinary Voice fo Justice - The work of Richard Weishaupt, retired attorney @CommunityLegalServices @Philadelphia: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/0ux...

🎤 Next Neglected Stories (Sat, June 21 @ 10AM): Tim Hayes joins us—Philly music legend, civil rights activist & drummer for Philly Gumbo. Hear about his organizing roots, meeting Malcolm X, & love for music in Philly. 📻 92.9 FM stream → www.gtownradio.com #PhillyGumbo #PhillyHistory #CommunityRadio

If you missed this because you were doing your duty protesting Trump's policies, here is the link to the story of Ben Fletcher, the black labor leader from Philadelphia who led thousands of workers in a successful strike in the early years of the 20th century: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ped...

🎧 New episode: Neglected Stories this Saturday at 10AM on @gtownradio Pedro Rodriguez speaks with historian Peter Cole about Ben Fletcher—Black dockworker, Wobbly, and labor hero who organized 4,000 multiracial workers in Philly. Listen live: 92.9 FM or www.gtownradio.com #LaborHistory #IWW #Philly

Listen to "Philadelphia COVID-19 Pandemic Revisited" by Neglected Stories: People, History, Movements. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ped...

Today, NALC President @BrianRenfroe19 took part in a Capitol Hill roundtable on reconciliation provisions attacking postal & federal employee retirement benefits. These harmful cuts are still on the table. Contact your rep & tell them to oppose these cuts: nalc.org/action

Amazing!

🚨 WALMART RAISING PRICES DUE TO TARIFFS “We will do our best to keep our prices as low as possible but given the magnitude of the tariffs, even at the reduced levels announced this week, we aren’t able to absorb all the pressure given the reality of narrow retail margins,” Walmart CEO says.

"The Boeing 747-8 being offered to U.S. President Donald Trump by Qatar once served the Qatari royal family & has been sitting unsold for years." "The jet, has been lingering without a buyer since being put up for sale in 2020." Hand-me-down Saudi royal rape plane www.newsweek.com/qatar-gift-t...

Join Councilmember Landau and cultural leaders tomorrow at 1 PM for a press conference supporting the arts amidst federal funding cuts. It starts with arts — come stand up for Philly’s cultural community!

🎙️ Coming up on Neglected Stories: People, History, Movements — an urgent convo w/ author Mark Torres on the U.S. history of eugenics. How did it shape public policy? Did it influence the Nazis? Why must we understand it now? 📅 Sat, May 17 — 10AM 📻 92.9 FM Philly / 💻 gtownradio.com #History #Eugenics

I’m torn between writing about the build-up to the US midterms and ignoring it because I don’t think there will be a free and fair election and writing about it only normalises an abnormal situation. Thoughts?