Voice: Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on The ABCs of Book Banning
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews 101-year-old book activist Grace Linn and George M. Johnson, author of All Boys Aren't Blue
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi Covers an Unsung Titan of Black History
The MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member profiles Ralph Bunche, the first Black person to win the Nobel Peace Prize, a man dedicated to peace, diplomacy and protecting the underserved
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi on the Fallout from Pulling Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal
The MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member outlines how the U.S. withdrawal from an international agreement has done serious damage to our ability to deal with Iran and its role in Middle East hostilities
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi on the Originalism Sin
The MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member interviews Penn professor Kermit Roosevelt III about whether the Supreme Court can overcome its devotion to originalism before our democracy collapses
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi Banned Book Club on North Dakota’s Anti-Library Crusade
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews Taylor Brorby, author of Boys and Oil, who found safe haven in books and libraries growing up. Unfortunately today's kids may not have that luxury.
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi on the Real Story Behind Claudine Gay’s Ouster from Harvard
The MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member talks about the coordinated conservative campaign to remove one of academia's few Black leaders a for political gain
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi on Trump Comparing Himself to Putin
The MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member discusses the presidential candidate's bizarre legal arguments and self-comparisons to international despots with Rep. Stacey Plaskett
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi Banned Book Club on The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews Stephen Chobsky, whose classic The Perks of Being a Wallflower has literally stopped suicides
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi On Young People Who Don’t Understand the Holocaust
The MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member laments the vast ignorance of the most basic facts of recent world history
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi on Trump, The Wannabe One-Day Dictator
The MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member Ali Velshi says Trump's double-down on being dictator for a day is a blunt authoritarian threat
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