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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
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“I Was Too Stupid To Be Scared”

One of the 120,000 living members of the Greatest Generation turns 99 this year. For Memorial Day, he talks to the Citizen’s co-founder about his secret to longevity (hint: martinis) and about saving America … then and now

By Larry Platt
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Ali Velshi on Women, Life, Freedom … In Iran.

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member discusses the renewed morality crackdown on women in Iran, where Mahsa Amini's tragic death inspired the Women, Life, Freedom movement

By Ali Velshi
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Leadership In A Time of Protest

On the latest episode of How To Really Run A City, former mayors Michael Nutter and Kasim Reed catch up with Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney. NEW this episode: Watch the conversation

By Larry Platt
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club reads The Giver

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews author Lois Lowry about the dark themes in The Giver that guide young readers through discovering their humanity

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi on South Africa’s Fight for Democracy

MSNBC host and Citizen board member Ali Velshi looks back at his parents' homeland and puts the struggle against South African apartheid in modern context

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club reads Bridge to Terabithia

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews Katherine Paterson on the universal and sometimes dark themes of childhood in the enduring classic Bridge to Terabithia

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Interviews Philadelphia’s Block Captain of the Year

The MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member talks with Michelle Belser of Melrose Gardens about civic engagement and working with the community

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Has Hope For The Hostages

The MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member on the necessity of hope for the innocent men, women and children taken hostage by Hamas six months ago

By Ali Velshi
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What Philly Can Learn from America’s Fastest Growing City

Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker talks to our podcast hosts, former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, about how she’s guiding her Texas city through a population boom that benefits everyone. Hint: It’s just common sense

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy