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Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Banning The Poet X
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member speaks with National Young Person’s Poet Laureate Elizabeth Acevedo about young women learning the art of self-expression against the grain of faith and family
By Ali VelshiHow To Really Run A City: A Special Episode on Citizenship
In the latest episode our podcast, former mayors Michael Nutter of Philadelphia and Kasim Reed of Atlanta revisit past guests for a reminder about what really matters in America today
Listen: Ali Velshi Lays Out the Stakes of the 2024 Election
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member says it's OK to be concerned about Biden's age. But the larger concern is democracy itself
By Ali VelshiListen: Ali Velshi Compares the Supreme Court to Tinkerbell
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member warns that SCOTUS's failure to maintain public trust is an enormous threat to a functioning government and the very survival of our nation
By Ali VelshiListen: Ali Velshi Reminds Us of Draconian Restrictions to Immigration a Hundred Years Ago
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member reminds us that we've been here before, restricting immigration and deporting immigrants is dangerous to our future and economy
By Ali VelshiListen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on Erasing Immigrant Stories
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member speaks with Laurence Yep about the immigrant experience in America and how important those stories are to our history
By Ali VelshiListen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Reads The Glass Castle
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with Jeannette Walls to talk about her provocative memoir and the complications and ugliness of real life
By Ali VelshiListen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Sits Down with Randi Weingarten
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews the new president of the American Federation of Teachers about her efforts to take on book bans
By Ali Velshi